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Originally Posted by Carno
You said you loved how it handled, true. But then you rant on about how hard it is to fix it when this thread isn't even about the 501x.
The thing i understand least is how you can say that the 501 handles great and then promote shaft drive when its belt drive is one of the key things that makes it handle so nice.
If people manage to get the car sorted with a diff cover, wouldn't it be a lot more logical for Tamiya to incorporate one into their design instead of changing the whole transmission line to shaft drive.
Personally i wouldn't be as interested in a new Tamiya 4WD if it was shaft driven.
But all this speculation is indeed pointless. We'll just have to wait and see.
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Indeed its not about the 501x but it is a discussion between a 511 and a dex...And having had experience with a 501 which is hardly much difference from the 511 with the exception of "ease of maintenance" and I believe chassis length lol. This is a discussion and is useful for any1 that may be contemplating the 2 cars. It is not strictly about one car but about 2 in comparison and being that I have experience with BOTH I will say what I feel. And yes it did handle great but IMO shaft drive is better and more reliable. I dont know what is so hard that you cant understand
Either way, I know the starter of the thread bought a db01r but like I mentioned before a forum is for all to discuss a topic. And so here we are. I had the db01 as well. Great handling car. But again 6 screws per diff cover and if you just so happen to strip a screw in one of those holes god help you because youll have to dremel your diff cover AND possibly destroy your chassis to get that screw out, invest in a screw extractor or porperly grease those screws before putting them in
...Shock towers that dont allow for full travel of the trf shocks
You need the atomic carbon shock towers with the 2nd upper row of holes for those to work or else your UJ will pop out in the rear. Uhh, crazy heavy
Stock motor mount is garbage. LoL...The amount of wrenching that "beginner" car required would scare away any beginner from this hobby. It did handle pretty well and at least the belts were properly covered. But again...by the time ur done really making the car work properly youll spend lots more when u can juts buy a DEX and be done with it
