tamiya vanquish restoration/updating by nitrobasher

[Maxx man]

well Ive had this old tamiya sitting around my rc shelves for a long while now... I got it from my dads friend who went to thailand for a missions trip... I removed the old mechanical speed controll (msc) and droped in an old duratrax streak ecs that has a 20t limit... the originall owner put tamiyas rebuildable motor to replace the stock motor... I removed the extra servo (of course) from the msc and I put a battery in to test the stock radio gear and it works!!!!!!! but I cant reveres the channal for the gas so I either have to have a deladed transition into forward or just pull backward on the stick (I plan on using my futuba 2pl and I want to put in a smaller reciever) all the springs are shot also the shocks are fine but the springs are dead so Im gunna need some new ones but thats for another day... heres the pics. the wires look messy but Ive got those orginized now
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[Steve.M]

Get that Macro setting on your camera goin!

[LSXEric]

I see another sand ripper!

[demo12]

I agree ^
looks like it could be fun!

[Maxx man]

I see another sand ripper!

I must agree... but I dont want to break it... its kinda old... somtime from the early 80s and is actully originally from japan...so thats kinda cool I thought... anybody know of a good whell tire combo for sand? it uses hex's the same as my slash... I cant remember what size they are

[Maxx man]

oh and by the way thats the start of my new work table:D just got the tabel and some shelfs for the cars underneth done last weekend... i need tow new shelves and paint

[OldSchoolRC]

sweet! i would save those old wheels and tires. They are very hard to come by! Glad to see the body's in decent shape too - mine's pretty beat up.

As far as wheels, both Tamiya wheels from the Baja King/Baja Champ or Dark Impact/Keen Hawk would fit. I have baja king's on mine, they look great and fit perfect.

You're making me want to bust mine out again, lol. i only drive it on pavement, replacement parts are hard to come by.

[Maxx man]

ya I figured that parts are hard to come buy so I think I will mostly keep it as a shelf queen.. mostly it will be driven... possibly sand depending on if I can find any other then the beach cause I dont think people like rc stuph on the beach here in maryland...

[Maxx man]

I just had a problem... I put the 75mhz christal in the reciver and it wont work with my radio? is it because its an older reciver? are 27mhz receviers limited to 27mhz?

[OldSchoolRC]

are 27mhz receviers limited to 27mhz?

yes, and vice versa with 75mhz band

[Maxx man]

aw... that means I need to spend almost $100 in recevers:( cause if I ever want to get into racing the track doesnt alow 27mhz stuph:(:(:(:(

[camiguel]

I was about to post what you just said Oldschool. When I read your post I was like Dohh. :rolleyes:

Nice car and dont make it a shelf queen. Run it just dont beat the snot out of it. You would be surprised how much more durable a car is if you dont go 50 mph and ramp it off what ever you can find. lol:D

[Maxx man]

well I didnt mean shelf queen... maby like a royal servent... anyway the slash preload clips fit I just learned so now I can go drive it once the snow melts...
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the part that the spring sits on was gone so Im using a body clip for the time being...
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[LSXEric]

Ha a body clip!

Time for 2.4 gig nitrobasher, the traxxas one is 150$ for radio and reciver.:)

As for tires use sand paws, and any 2.2 rims should work. Traxxas rims can be bought for nearly 5$ for 2.

[Maxx man]

ya but 2.4 gig still pricy for me:( how much is a reciever?

[demo12]

Nitrobasher its 150 for radio and reciever

[Maxx man]

I went to tower and they have $175... but I want a radio with multiple car memory... so just getting the tq2.4 isnt really worth it since I cant have multiple car memory... so for now its just gunna be new recievers...

[Maxx man]

Ha a body clip!

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ya whatever that part is called (drawing major blank) was gone when I got the car so I have that for now...

[demo12]

havin no money sucks!!:(

these are real cheap recievers
http://www.bidproduct.com/part/Product_list_TRANSMITTER%20RECEIVER%20CRYSTAL_1.ht ml

[OldSchoolRC]

i picked up Futaba'a 10 model AM radio and receiver, 1 in 75 and 1 in 27mhz....i had quite a collection of receivers that i've picked up over the years, and they have all different frequencies. Good radio, pretty cheap, now i have all my cars programmed in, and i just swap out crystals and set it to the vehicle i want to drive. I also have an FM one for my nitros. When i go out, i only take 1 radio and my crystal clip and I'm all set. I have my 75mhz set up of off road, and 27 mhz for on road, so depending where i am planning to bash, i know which one to grab. Eventually, i'd like to get them all on the same frequency, but i always spend the money on other stuff. :)

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXENN3**&P=7

[camiguel]

Youre making very good progerss keep us posted. And about the 2.4 go for it once you get it you will never look back just like brushless. :cool:

[Maxx man]

ya thats the same radio Ive got:D and camiguel the link didnt work can you try it again?

[demo12]

i belive you mean me:p
try the other site later i think its down
this should work

http://hobbiesbp.com/

[Maxx man]

I need a AM 75 mhz reciever not a FM sorry...

[Maxx man]

well its to wet outside to do anything but Im having a really ichy triger finger... so I put on the dart impact tires... the battery is charging as I speak... heres a few pics I think it looks awsome.
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I was amazed when I saw that it had sway bars front and back...
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[Maxx man]

hey guys is this reciever worth the money? it will work right?
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&W=000457165&I=LXN511&P=K

[demo12]

That looks good!!

I have a fubuta fp-r122je
its 75.610 10$?

[OldSchoolRC]

hey guys is this reciever worth the money? it will work right?
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&W=000457165&I=LXN511&P=K

Note in the comments section: "COMMENTS: This works ONLY with the RCD radios. Check out the SHREDDER Receivers for Airtronics and Futaba."

If you have a Futaba Radio, they are different shifts - hi-tec receivers will not work with them unless they are specificially for Futaba/Airtronics/Traxxas. If you have a Hi-Tec Radio, you're good!

What is shift? I had no idea, i found out the hard way when my radio and receiver didn't work. A Shift explaination, works for FM and AM i believe: If you live in North American you need to make sure the transmitter and receiver uses the same "shift". The transmitter could be positive shift or negative shift. An FM radio control transmitter uses two RC frequencies. The two RC frequencies are the carrier frequency (frequency corresponding to the channel) plus 0.005 MHz, and carrier frequency minus 0.005 MHz. So a channel 43(72.650 MHz)transmitter transmits on both 72.655 MHz and 72.645 MHz. With PPM one frequency stands for pulse on, the other frequency stands for pulse off. With PCM one frequency represents a zero, the other frequency represents a one. Positive shift is when the carrier plus 0.005 MHz represents a pulse on. Negative shift is when the carrier minus 0.005 MHz represents a pulse one. Other than that there is no difference.

[Maxx man]

ok then Ill just get the reciever that come with it... its a little more expensive but I know it will work:Dhere its is
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&W=000457165&I=LXMRE6&P=K

[demo12]

This is the same thing
for cheaper if you want it

[camiguel]

Hey nitro seems like a good deal and I love those tires.

[Maxx man]

I would love to buy that reciever from ya my mom said no:( otherwise I would have said yes

[Maxx man]

i belive you mean me:p
http://hobbiesbp.com/

oops lol I ment you :p

[camiguel]

Yeah I was gonna say what link??? :confused:

[Maxx man]

its nothing I got your names mixed up:p sorry about that...

[camiguel]

I know I didnt even notice until you brought it up and when you did I reallly didnt care. haha:rolleyes:

[Maxx man]

ya whatever... I did drive it inside a little bit and it has a really good turning radius but I dont know about speed yet...

[camiguel]

Do you still have the silver can mabuchi motor in there?

[Maxx man]

no its got an old rebuildable modified motor in it... Im guessing 27t

[camiguel]

If it feels slow throw in a tamiya black can to keep it fun but not so fast you cant even drive with out breaking it.

Just my 2 cents

[Maxx man]

ya I might do that... its a vintedge motor anyway...

[camiguel]

Any updates Nitro?:confused:

[Maxx man]

no none as of now...

[Maxx man]

well Ive got an update... its not for the vanquish but for my dark impact... I like to call it my monster buggy now:D I do need to go down a few teath on the pinion since these are much bigger tires... I havnt driven it like this yet... its to wet and one of the tires are riped:( but I think it looks cool... Im thinking about doing a 7cell conversion chassie that might let me put a corr shell on:D but we will see...
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[Maxx man]

just made the measurements and the 7cell conversion chassie is still to short to put a corr shell on:( but I wanna do it anyway so I can use a 7cell on it:rolleyes:

[Maxx man]

so what do you guys think? just wondering

[OldSchoolRC]

wheels are a little big for the body...with a 7 cell chassis and a 1/10 truggy body though, you might be onto something.

[Maxx man]

ya thats kinda what i was getting at since a corr body wont fit even with the 7cell chassie conversion I may have to look around for a nice truggy body for it either that or a VW bug and I can have a reall baja bug

[Maxx man]

wheels are a little big for the body...with a 7 cell chassis and a 1/10 truggy body though, you might be onto something.

who makes a 1/10 truggy? I cant remember... if you can post a link to a shell:D thanks!

[OldSchoolRC]

HPI 1/10 nitro MT's would be a good choice.

LINKS (http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0095p?FVPROFIL=&FVSEARCH=HPI+MT++BODY&search=Go)

[Maxx man]

sweet I think Im gunna have to do that:D just gotta get some taller body posts... I think the ones on the new tamiya subaru based off the DI chassie should work

I think Im gunna do that ford shell :)

[Fiero_Man_121]

why on gods green earth would you do that? get a chevy, a yota, even dare i say it a dodge! but not a ford!

lol im just messin (except about the yota, you must get a yota!)

[Maxx man]

I think I would get a yota but nobody makes a truggy type yota body plust I love fords:D

[Fiero_Man_121]

yeah, it is a shame but we survive. lol

[Maxx man]

ya lil yotas are awsome!... but I also like little rangers even though they are mazdas...:p my first car is gunna be a little ranger

[Fiero_Man_121]

im looking for an 85' hilux or tacoma espesialy if its diesel:D that way all i have to do is throttle to make the ricers wet themselves. lol

[Maxx man]

sweet those a pretty sweet cars... never seen the desil one in person but they are awsome!

[Fiero_Man_121]

yup, my neibor is a hilux fanatic, he has 2 hilux diesels, and he got his son a tacoma for his first car!

[Maxx man]

he got his son a tacoma for his first car!

sweet...he scored huge!

[Fiero_Man_121]

yeah he did, im probably getting my dads chevy suburban

http://i483.photobucket.com/albums/rr198/FieroMan121/P2190124.jpg

[Maxx man]

nice... the ranger is my nonoe's (italian for grandfather)

[Fiero_Man_121]

always good to mooch cars right?

[Maxx man]

always;):cool:

[94eg!]

Hello,

I signed up for this website just cause I happend upon this thread... :D

I just wanted to say that the Vanquish is an excellent car. For the most part it's very robust. I've had mine since 1990 (it came out in 1988) and never really broke anything major. Unfortunately they are very collectable so parts are getting expensive. It seems that the most common parts to break (the C-parts front & rear uprights) are now made in aluminum by some e-bay seller. Sure they are expensive, but you never need to worry about breaking them after that.

The main thing to be careful of is the front gearbox where the shock tower connects to it. These parts are long sold out and the shock tower mounts are relatively fragile. This means don't accidentally run the thing under a car tire... :rolleyes:

Ebay still has pleanty Tamiya hop-ups. The more choice ones would be the hi-cap dampers, the ball-race steering, and front & rear ball diff kit (with center locker & one-way options). These increase the performance tremendously, but are rather costly.

The motor you have is a Tamiya Dynatech O2H. This has a 13 turn rotor in stock trim, with a 10 turn optional rotor as a hop-up. Both the rotors and replacment brush assemblies can be found on eBay for under $20 each. The brushes must be replaced as an entire assembly with timing adjuster. It's actually a very nice piece of electronics made for Tamiya by Johnson.

Here is my fully hop-uped up Vanquish, just to show you what's possible with this car. This was built from the ground up from an Avante carbon chassis kit and every Avante/Egress part I could find. This is my favorite...

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p53/94eg/rc/01.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p53/94eg/rc/D20_0092.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p53/94eg/rc/D20_0119.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p53/94eg/rc/D20_0117.jpg

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p53/94eg/rc/eBay1Avante.jpg

And here's my Avante series collection (including my Vanquish "runner"):

http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p53/94eg/AvanteSeries.jpg

[Maxx man]

wow thats quite a colection of em ya got there! looks nice to! probebly gunna leave it how it is for now since I hardly drive myn... to afraid to break it:o and Im short on cash

[camiguel]

You should just drive it like any rc car you have as long as you dont act stupid Tamiyas are fairly durable adn I am sure you can still find any part for the vanquish if you look hard enough.

Those buggies look fantastic... Now those I would be afraid to drive...wouldnt want to get dirt on any part of those lol.

[Maxx man]

I dont think I would break it but I dont want to find out the hard way if you know what I mean...


with my slash or emaxx I can just run over to the hobby shop and I know they have the part...

when It dries up a bit Im gunna drive it... its been raining here in maryland for 2 days...:mad: