I've looked recently at the DF03MS but not pulled the trigger on one. It has alloy gears which are prone to wear, and aftermarket steel replacements are rare as hens teeth.
I bought a used DB-01 Durga racer, hopped it up with some alloy 3racing parts and a slipper. It was a great strip and rebuild, quite technical at times and certainly one to take time over numerous evenings. It's a quality piece of kit.
I then stumbled on a ex racer DB-01R in Hungary, won it for less than £80 delivered and rebuilt that. Because it has do many hop ups to start with it was a very economical buy.
The plastic quality of the db-01 is in another league to the DF cars, yes the latest release of the -MS has lots of hop ups and TRF dampers but is a shorter wheelbase car and less tolerant when running.
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