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Old 28-04-2008
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Default Yokomo YR4-M2 touring car

I have a yokomo in case you people didnt know.

I have not drove it yet because it's dirt season right now.
But when the new carpet track opens in reo I'll race it.

Bought it from Shodog on Tamiya club. Very nice dealer.

The mods I've done to it, removed that white spur with a B2/B3 spur gear...it worked.
I had that spur laying around for ages, but was a direct fit for this carpet car.

I also rebuilt those Japan shocks too, with 60wt in the rear, 35wt in the front.
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I had one of these back in the 90`s, they were crap.


Shodog is a top bloke, no competition for yantits though


Oh and your shock oil setup will be shocking to drive, this car had a lot of flex at the front anyway, i think i ran 100wt sometimes up front
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Nice car you have there. Is it fast ??? try the JRX's spur it will make it go faster
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I thought the M2 had bigger shocks?
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I think they did a later version ian, they also did a JAP version which had better/bigger shocks, these shocks were useless, they were far too small
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More info here

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these shocks were useless, they were far too small
Thats an underestimate, they were absolute ********!!

(sorry thread starter, get the bigger ones )

I had an original YR4, that was ace in stock class and modified on carpet!
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O yeh, it was the type j, that sucked too
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When was the last time yokomo released a great car
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When the BX came out

Is'nt Chris Grainger the current UK snoring car Champ with a Yok?, to beat Mandy Moore, current World Champ the car can't be too bad.
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they did release a good tourer yes but that doesn`t count, its boring

The BX is good in the right hands but i do feel there are faster cars out there, i have never driven one (i would like too) but even neil seems to "struggle" with it.
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I think its a matter of driving style with the BX, I'm way faster with mine, then with the B44 I bought to replace it. The B44 is possibly easier to drive, but I just don't get the same lap time out of it.
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The BX is really good in the wet and dirt, any other condition and it's a right handful.
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I had one of these back in the 90`s, they were crap.


Shodog is a top bloke, no competition for yantits though


Oh and your shock oil setup will be shocking to drive, this car had a lot of flex at the front anyway, i think i ran 100wt sometimes up front
It ran fine with the setup I had for carpet....
Actually I have not ran it yet, but with the upgrades that was included on it
seemed like a steal at 100 bucks.

I doubt I will beat Tc5's with it, but we shall see in the fall.
Summer is dirt season..
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Actually I have not ran it yet, but with the upgrades that was included on it
seemed like a steal at 100 bucks.
Yeah, it looks like your 100 bucks were stolen
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It ran fine with the setup I had for carpet....
Actually I have not ran it yet,

How do you know it ran fine if you didn`t run it


I have never known anyone to post as much crap as you do, even ashley makes more sense
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Nice car you have there. Is it fast ??? try the JRX's spur it will make it go faster
I have lots of spur gears that will fit including this one.
I put a B2/B3 spur on it for now.
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Yeah, it looks like your 100 bucks were stolen
That's what you think, I can drive this to victory lane.
Maybe I will be undefeated at reo's carpet track in the fall months.

Then when Action-hobby starts up time for the 501x.

I wonder if the BX parts will fit the 501x....maybe....:/
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I wonder if the BX parts will fit the 501x....maybe....:/
Maybe not. The 501X is a tamiya, and the other is a Citroen.
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