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Happy to help.

You won't need any of the TA05 parts (except maybe the battery strap - that is pretty cool).. The TRF501X aluminum diff halves and plates 'do not' require any glue, even though they are not keyed. They only need a little diff grease between them and are held fast by the friction and pressure of the two metal parts. I have raced with the TRF501X diff halves for the past year and can confirm that they are tough as nails and work perfectly.

Dremeling the battery tray should not be necessary. Hard pack LiPO's sit pretty low in the stock tray.. You may need to add some high density adhesive foam to the underside of the TA05 battery strap since it is thinner than the plastic kit strap. The foam works pretty good to fill the gap.

Cooling is not a problem with the right gearing and the heat sink plate included with the DB-01R (make sure the apply computer thermal grease to the metal surface between the motor mount and the heat sink plate). I have had good success keeping my temps low with a Novak 6.5T and a Durga body 'without' the hot weather cut.. The only cuts I made were to the intake and outake vents in the body design. I then covered these with fly screen to keep out debris. - I race outdoors on a hard dirt track in Southern California during the summer and can still keep my motor temps on the lower side. You mentioned gearing tall which should still be OK if you are club racing. Races in the USA run 5min a piece (we run 2 qualifiers and a final). At 5min, gearing can be pushed up a bit.

The center one-way is awesome if you run off-road on lower grip surfaces (such as dirt). This is when it can really shine to improve handling. It won't really do much if you race on indoor high grip surfaces like tarmac or carpet. The front one-way is used instead for high grip indoor conditions.

Let me know if you have any additional questions.

Originally Posted by Migs

Hi DB01 fans, i have read this whole thread and the one on rctech too over the last week or so (there were a few late nights) and ive picked up an amazing amount of info on this car, i just got a db01r and wanted to know as much about the car and what i can do to it.

Heres my plan, i'll be running 17.5, and i want the thing close to bullet proof, so im thinking i want to run basically ta05 diffs front and rear, using the precision out drives, 36T pulleys, and the keyed diff rings, the benefits will be lighter diffs, reliable because im not relying on glue to keep the rings in place and it gears the car taller internally to 2:1, downside is only a 6 ball diff as opposed to 12 standard, but i can live with that i think. i know lots of people have run glued rings and had no problems but some have had them come undone, i dont want that happening while im leading an A main, i'll get the TA05 battery strap too, i run 5000 lipos, so the strap will work better i think, also i plan to dremel flat the raised bits in the battery tray area of the chassis so the battery will sit as low as possible. i'll get the flourine coated pivot balls for the hinge pins. im a losi man, so ive already fitted losi shocks to it, which match the length of the shocks that came with the db01r, so it will just be a matter of sorting out a setup. i'll think about getting a centre one-way, i know a lot of people have said it transforms the car, i dont like front one ways, i rather have a diff in the front so thats a tuning option i'll keep in mind.

A couple of questions if anyone could please help me out

Has anyone tried putting a TA05 mainshaft into the db01, what i would like to do is run the ta05 main shaft, for the direct drive but then still be able to put the centre one way on and run an 18 tooth pulley for the rear, anyone know if the parts are compatible, i havent seen the touring car in the flesh but from the manual it looks like it should probably all work, i know slippers are handy but in 17.5 its not needed and the slipper shaft sticking out will get in the way of cooling

Cooling, has anyone got any good cooling solutions worked out for this car, i havnt test fitted the motor to see what sort of clearance there is between the motor and the body (Baldre) but if anyone has any big heatsink/fan setups that fit in, please let me know, i race in a hot climate and we gear the 17.5s tall

thanks for any advice you have and thanks for all the posts in these threads that have helped me pick up so much in such a short time, ive already pm'd a few people on here, pete and dan who have been very helpful

Migs