There's no reason why you couldn't run the Manta Ray in Clubman, right?

PS: Manta ray vs. Traxxas Bandit both with silvercans??? :D

Why thank you Sir Power.

In addition, I can now confirm to my learned lords that I shall be driving my Jaguar tomorrow evening and have registered my entry in the racing category for Club men. :thumbsup:

I don't see why not, if i can get hold of a cheap std servo I might even use the old rheostat speedo:thumbsup:

:lol: shall i withdraw your off road entry, Sir

LOL! I probably have the old three step speedo for the Traxxas somewhere. ;)

Seriously, the Bandit is half dismantled! (reused servo, hexes and some rod ends!) Will try to get it together! Take your FF01 in case I can't though...

PS: On second thought, I am not sure that firstly I want to soil the vintage Tamiya class with merely an old Traxxas, secondly... If the weighty (As dave put it, more lead than a fishing tackle shop) Traxxas were to hit a Tamiya... DISASTER! No more Tamiya.

PPS: Sod it, will take it in no matter what state it is at :)

Er, yes please Dave, I wasn't sure what to do about that on the pre-booking page. Thanks!

Normal off-road service will be resumed next week.

Running the old Tamiya off roaders in the clubman eh? Sweet! I guess the manta ray isnt that far removed from the holiday buggies ...;)

Original thunder shot?

Not as pretty now ive used it!!!!! :drool:

Scott

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That's a thing of beauty!

The off road Tamiya from back in the day that I always wanted was a Dyna Storm.

That is one cool car collection you have Scott - im a bit jealous!

We all seem to have a common passion for Vintage Tamiyas - how about we make it a weekly thing to agree what we are racing each week (inc motor) - that way we can have real good close racing:thumbsup::thumbsup:

I can also provide us with top hats:lol:

I don't exactly have a "collection", just 2 TL01s, one which is my son's, has huge scaler tyres and a Land Rover body and is currently a pile of parts... also an 80 turn motor!

PS: Perhaps longer we should agree on motor rules so that the racing is as close as possible no matter what we choose to drive, something simple that we can all agree on.

Now a jacked up TL01 on off road tyres with a Land Rover body - that I want to see

Not a bad idea - say for touring cars min 13t brushless/any brushed, and silver can/21t brushless blinky for direct drive cars

Will post pics when it is done :)

FWIW, Charlie also has a jacked up TL01 with a Land Rover body. Same Kamtec body and all!

Might do that to my TA02 - RCGeeks do some good SUV shells

Got today and monday off .. im going to get the TA03F out and try and rebuild it ....

Scott.

Not a bad suggestion :) Let's see how things develop.

cool :) Can't wait to see how it does with the motor way up front. Tempted to run it as a drifter? ;)

I guess it s not really about restrictions but the want of the drivers in the class to have it all on an even keel ... at the end of the day I wouldnt want to win because I have a faster car ... its a hallow victory :lol:

Scott.

It is difficult to have it all at an even keel when the cars are so different. Maybe there's a price to pay for having everyone run whatever vintage car they please.

The F1s are as quick as the 13.5T TCs round the track. They are as quick because they get through the infield faster, not because they accelerate as hard or get to similar top speeds as the super powerful TCs. If we want an even field it would mean either slowing down the F1s, or speeding up the tourers to be as quick as 13.5T TCs.

Which then begs the obvious question, why not run the TC clubmans as 13.5T TCs if they are basically the same.

Secondly, is it fair to slow down the F1s when they really aren't all that fast down the straights? You could ban foams, which would slow things down. But the F1s look like lightweight twitchy things, I'm not sure they would be much fun on rubber tyres. I guess you guys who drive F1s can answer that :)

Lastly, I don't think it is good to equalize the overall lap times by making some cars way quicker down the straight than others. I'm no expert but I think that's probably conducive to high speed accidents which is ultimately what breaks cars.

A long post to basically say that I'm all for trying to make things as equal as possible whilst always keeping in mind that some differences between different classes are not easy to overcome... And perhaps cannot be overcome without doing something that actually spoils the fun.

Isn't Clubman about just running what you have without getting it smashed to bits? I like the fact I can just bring along the F1 / Group C / Blitzer Beetle and run them as they are. If we start having rules for motor types etc it will defeat the object in my view. It's great to have an "open" class aswell for new starters to join.

When I was a kid, my all-time Tamiya off-road desire was the Monster Beetle, which I've now had and sold. The Boomerang was a close 2nd, but not had one of those yet.

I think Paul is right,
But if they are classics,original or rerelease,should they not just have the cheep Tamiya speedo and all run a silver-can?