Do these look any good for competetive racing?

[b4rs]

its the new tamiya duranga, and basiclaly its quite cheap, but not too much cmpared to the B4. so i was wondering if it is anygood in any of your eyes. may buy it as a spare for racing.

[janus_77]

If you use a B4, might be easier to search for a decent B4 runner as a spare car. That way you can change parts when needed.

[DCM]

if you are going to race it, then you are going to need at least the front CVD's and slipper, I know I got a quote from a certain asian champion store and the price is silly cheap.

[terry.sc]

Originally Posted by b4rs

its the new tamiya duranga,

It's the Durga http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5482

[jimmy]

I think I might review this one and do a shoot-out between it and the 501X for a laugh, mr.Rotheram is up for some racing with it so we'll see how raceable it is.
The shocks - unless they are somehow changed from other cars, are a bit toss - but some B4 shocks would fit and work like the 501X shocks

[DCM]

if they are the plastic shocks, then as a stop gap, get some of the 501X pistons to take up some of the slop till you can get propper shocks.

[jimmy]

Afaik the plastic shocks have different diameters front and rear? so 501X pistons won't work.

Saying that - the 'hop up' shocks that Tamiya make for the DT02 / DF03 etc have the same diameter pistons as the 501X but the 501X pistons are about 50% thicker so won't work....
In other words there are probably multiple ways that the 501X pistons won't fit ! And pistons are the main problem with these plastic shocks - the provided ones are simply crap.

[PaulRotheram]

shall be giving this a whirl for a few meetings for a review if we can get things arranged.

[RogerM]

Originally Posted by jimmy

Afaik the plastic shocks have different diameters front and rear? so 501X pistons won't work.

Saying that - the 'hop up' shocks that Tamiya make for the DT02 / DF03 etc have the same diameter pistons as the 501X but the 501X pistons are about 50% thicker so won't work....
In other words there are probably multiple ways that the 501X pistons won't fit ! And pistons are the main problem with these plastic shocks - the provided ones are simply crap.

Wouldn't be too much trouble to turn up a few pistons from some PTFE bar ..... let me know the dimensions and I'll see what I can do!