of course, cause of the saddle pack, I was thinking of the 3Racing one.

Hi guys, here is some pics of the modification to my keen hawk body.

omen1975

P.S. It may look messy but that is only the protective film that has lifted. A sharp hobby knife should be ok to cut this piece out but I managed to do it with some body scissors and sandpaper.

Spotted this hope you like;)

Team AZARASHI - Tamiya DF-03 Body Update

Lower Roof, high rear wing design smooth the air flow

“Wing Nose” - create powerful down force

Additional Air flow go in from the body for cool down motor

Air outflow and redirect to the rear wing for effective cooling.

For a Dark Impact, the servo would be located at the front of the cockpit, no?

Not liking the new shell, it's not what I would have done.

Elliott.

where can I buy that body?

http://www.rc-direct.co.uk is apparently the UK dist for them (according to radio control car racer mag).

It not listed yet though.

I've just run my rebuilt DI earlier this evening and it is still the coolest car I've ever seen.

Fixing the layshaft has made it a lot faster, smoother and quieter.

The 3Racing shock towers totally change the cars handling (as does the 50wt oil).

Elliott.

http://www.team-azarashi.com/framepage3.html

Email them your order with (Azarashi part numbers) and your postal address, they will email you a paypal invoice. Simply pay with paypal and its on your door step within 7 days.

If I remember correctly the postage was about 2,000 to 2,500 yen (bout $15 to $20 US) for my ZX-5 body, wings, undertray and stickers. That was to Australia.

Very easy to order through.

Hope this is useful.

omen1975

Ok then, the KWC conversion kit arrived today for the DI and I have just finished fitting it along with the 3 racing shock towers and suspension brace, Man does this car look good, however I think that it is time cut down on the amount of cars in the garage, so it will have to go, along with the DF03 upgraded shocks set. Watch the forsale Thread.

Hi Guys,

In recent contact with Team Azarashi I was informed that they have designed a modification for the KMRC chassis kit (mainly servo size) to allow there or even maybe the Keen Hawks body to fit without body modification.

Here is the links.

http://www.team-azarashi.com/DF03kmckumitatehen.html

http://www.team-azarashi.com/photoxeneigaenglish.html

(webpage translation maybe needed)

I asked about an undertray I saw in the link and they said it will not be for sale but gave instructions on making one, dissapointing really as I would be the first to buy one if they had a ready made one available.

Anyway hope this info helps.

omen1975

P.S. Great review on the 501X Jimmy, well done.

Such a good job, Omen!

where do you find this page?

Thanks Kenny, I tend to do alot of research!!! if only I got paid to do it haha.

Anyway hope this info was useful to you :)

HA~ Thanks!

It is useful and I tend to do more researches, that's why I want to know your methods to do it~;)

It seems Researching is your job~

By the way chaps, I just found this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...7745&rd=1&rd=1 front 1-way unit (not centre) for the DF-03... I'm severely tempted to build a second DF using the KMR chassis kit and the Xeneiga body from Azarashi... Thing is I suppose it'd be a bit of a waste, I've already got one fully hopped up DF-03 and a TRF501X, and I can only race one car at a time... :rolleyes: I might get the KMR chassis and fit it to my car, see what difference it makes handling wise. What do you all think I should do? So many cars, so little time... :p
-Steve

If possible, Do the great job for giving it a report~!!
No one has written the report about DF-03 hop-up chassis.;)

Hey Steve,

I can tell you one benifit straight up, least you will be able to use all saddle pack batteries so then they will be interchangable in both cars. Another thing is to just look at your 501X, does it use a plastic bath tub chassis? :)

If you have spent all that time/money upgrading your DF-03 and you have money to spare then I would recommend you complement it with the KMC chassis kit, as it really does change the whole perspective of the car.

I know KMRC have a Carbon main shaft set (part #DI-005-OW) this part includes a one way and is in production and should be available soon. To view this part go to www.KM-RC.com and download their catologue.

Anyway good luck with your racing.
omen1975

My DF already has the 3 racing conversion but to be honest it's a bit of a pain. I made up an undertray using lexan sheet, and bolted it under the chassis but to remove the battery requires major surgery! I'm currently running a Trakpower lithium in the DF, but I've heard rumours of a new saddle pack lithium battery coming out soon which I'll definitely use for the TRF, so I may as well use that in the DF as well. Standardisation is good. :D I have got a 5 stars centre CV driveshaft, the only one I've ever seen, got it off jr-rc on ebay and since I bought it I've never seen another one. I'm running a centre 1-way and I did try making a front 1-way out of one from a TA-04, and grinding the centre of a front diff gear down, but I couldn't get it accurate enough and it kept stripping drive bevel gears. It did handle extremely well with both a centre and front 1-way though. If it wasn't for the fac that I've just spent £400 getting some new brakes and HT leads for my car, I'd definitely get one right now. I'll probably get one next month when I've been paid... along with a KMR chassis and the Azarashi body... :wtf:
-Steve

Yeah I could see how the undertray would be a hassle with the 3racing chassis.

Centre and front one way? very interesting.

Try

http://www.maxamps.com/index.html?Imd=38892.783403

For saddle pack Lipo.

Anyway hope this helps, Good luck with your upgrades :)

omen1975

if you want someone to buy your 3racing conversion chassis, let me know, not after a whole car though.

Hi,
you haven't bought it yet?:confused:

always something else more important to buy recently.

DCM, I'll bear that in mind if I decide to get the KMR chassis kit. As one of the guy at work pointed out it'd be worth doing as then I can use the same batteries in both my TRF501 and my DF03. My 3 racing chassis has been modified a bit to take a Trakpower lithium battery, which unfortunately involved removing the two protruding parts of the top deck which the front body mounts bolt to! :rolleyes: My main problem with the 3 racing chassis kit is the lack of space to mount the radio gear, and also how difficult it is to get to the battery retaining clips. If you want it, make me an offer. One of my friends is running the car tomorrow evening (he's just bought a Yok BX but hasn't had time to build it yet, but being the keen type he wants to race tomorrow! :D) but after that if you want the chassis let me know and I'll either put the stock tub back on it or get a KMR chassis kit on order. I'm looking forward to the outdoor series in kent this year, I'm going to try and get along to several of them if I can, I'll try the TRF501 and the DF03 and see which handles best. I might get me a brushless setup as well... ;)
-Steve

you mean your friend will run the 3racing keen type today?
please don't mind to let me know is possible.

No, what I meant was that he's keen to start racing so he's borrowing my car (the 3 racing chassis'd DF-03) to get some track time in while his Yokomo is still in the process of being built. ;)
-Steve

Sorry to drag up an old post but am reading in itrest as looking at getting my boy a DI, so doing a bit of research ( any help or advice greatly appreciated BTW ).

It was the Pro-cat Jimmy......LOL...Ignore that i read on and found Northy beat me to it :O)

I whacked my DI off of many tree roots this weekend had a whole bunch of high speed tumbles and two full speed impacts with exposed logs and the car is still in one piece. The car is very strong.

It's also looks and handles pretty well.

Jimmy is preparing a review on the Dark Impact / Keen Hawk at the minute.

Elliott.

Cheers Elliot.

And Jimmy,

I await another of your stunning reveiws with baited breath !

;)

I shall take some pics of my 3Racing conversion tomorrow

Hi guys,
I am newbie to this forum and to DF-03. A question here:
Does DIK-100 set up easily? I have ordered it last Saturday and would like to have a run on this weekend. Hope I could received it on time~;)

Any more information about DIK-100?
It looks very well!

DIK-100, whats that?

Man, this 3Racing conversion is becoming a right royal pain in the butt!!!

It's the KMRC CF saddle chassis.

How disgusting it is?:confused:

it is a pretty chassis, just having a right pain getting my cells in, I now have ended up with the battery wires coming out next to the steering linkage at the front, space is well tight in there.

If I was building another converted DF-03 I'd personally go for the KMR chassis unless you're running lithium. I've got a lithium in my 3 racing converted DF-03 and it's pretty much impossible to get out without some major surgery. I also had to hack the chassis around quite a bit to get it in there, which resulted in me losing the front body posts. I also had to hacksaw a lump out of the large aluminium rear piece of the chassis (the part the top deck, rear gearbox, and pretty much everything else, bolts onto). It's certainly designed for stick packs, if you tried to run a cell pack in there you'd have to heatshrink it otherwise it would short out against the chassis! :wtf: I now have 6 saddle packs for my TRF501X so if I start racing the DF-03 again in anger I might stick a KMR chassis on it, but that woudl mean I wouldn't be able to use my lithium battery... argh... :o :rolleyes: :D ;)
-Steve

Hi guys,

KMRC have the DF03 chassis kit on special for $99 USD, its an easter special.

heres the link:

http://www.km-rc.com/oscommerce/cata...a1aea0d0dbf616

Good luck
omen1975

Aargh! I'm soo tempted at that price!! :o Why did you have to tell us that Omen... ;) Must resist... I've spent too much on my TRF501 and my DF-03 this week already... :D
-Steve

I am interested in this kit for a long period. It is more attractive for me to buy during this big sales!

Be quick!!Hope To see you in the family of DF-03.
I wanna order one more.But just worried if it will be stock out soon.
Sounds like a no. of people interested to take one.

I think I might as well sell mine, gonna put a 'for sale' add up in a mo.