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Originally Posted by DCM
slipper, front cvd's and 501X rear dii halves are a must if you intend to run a 5.5.... the front one way might be a tad much, I know I have not felt the need for one as yet
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I'll second that, my front one-way is still in the packet from when I bought it with the car last year although I am itching to try my new centre one-way.
Consider getting the 3racing alloy suspension pin mounts too (not the silly £ Tamiya ones) as at the speeds a 5.5 will do you may find its dead easy to snag a wheel and pop the whole corner off. The kit mounts are made from the standard Tamiya soft plaggy for some reason and not the rather lovely composite stuff they've made the chassis, inner mounts and arms from. It's a right ball ache searching the track for all the little shims and bushings that fly off when it all comes undone so anything that keeps it all together is a good idea.
Like DCM says, if you intend to run a 5.5 definately get the 501X diff halves for the rear diff at least. Provided you build it right (use CA to glue the diff rings in place rather than rubber cement) and keep adjusting it as it beds in you should be OK with the kit diff down to a 7.5 motor. Any more than that and the design compromises Tamiya made to keep it cheap really start to show and you are into spending money constantly rebuilding to kit spec or fitting heavy duty parts like the 501X diff halves and ceramic balls.
I still wouldn't swap mine for a B44 though. Its partly an inverse snobbery thing but mainly because its built like a brick outhouse and now I've fixed the few weak points it's got the edge crashwise
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