One of my hobbies is radio control car racing.
I was wondering if anyone has seen a 1/10 RX-8 lexan bodyshell. I have searched everywhere and have had no luck.
Thanks.

Havent seen one yet. Still looking myself.

http://www.strages.homestead.com/files/size1.JPG

I haven't seen a real rc rx-8, but did see this (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3155178043&category=44024 ) on ebay

Edit: just found this http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3156647409&category=2565 This is an actual racing rc rx8...i just might buy one!

try www.exoricar.com, type in rx8 in search and i see this

Hope this help

Hmmm...may give your real RX8 a run for its $:D

Thanks guys, but what I am really looking for is just a bodyshell. Tamiya are making a very accurate 350Z, but no Rx-8..:(
What chassis is your Rx-7 Toadman?

I hope I can find a body to fit my Serpent Impulse PRO

Mine's an HPI Sprint chassis. Good link, Pyro.

www.hpiracing.com

HPI makes a 190 mm and a 200 mm body now. 1/10 scale.

I'm running a 1/18 scale HPI...hoping they'll make a RX-8 body for that one. My gf and I are both running FD3S body's right now though on each of our cars. I might have to pick up another one with a Trueno body next...then a FC3S if they ever decide to make one. So I'm an Initial D freak :(

Lexan RX-8 Body pictures are here:

http://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16082

DeBug

HPI does have a really nice Mazdaspeed one.

http://www.hpiracing.com/bodies/newbody.htm

the hot tuners one is pretty cool too though. it comes with like nos bottles, different wheels, a speaker box, etc. pretty cool. Good luck though! let us know what you find.

Do you race touring car Mazda man? What's your setup?

Ike where's the report from the championships this past weekend? Did you go?

Ack, almost forgot. It's a great track and was great fun, I never founf my charger for my Camera so no pics unfortnately. Mike Blackstock took the foam mod class, and it really made me wish I had stuck with it since I used to race with him and do very well at regionals... All the top guys in the US showed, and it was simply amazing to watch them rip up the track. Finals results for the A Main foam mod were....

pos t.pts e.pts 1st 2nd 3rd laps/time name
1 200 96 .... 100 96 100 81/15:29.19 Mike Blackstock
2 197 0 .... 0 99 98 53/10:10.77 Chris Tosolini
3 196 97 .... 99 97 97 80/15:27.56 Brian Kinwald
4 196 94 .... 98 98 94 80/15:31.88 Eric Desrosiers
5 196 92 .... 92 100 96 57/11:02.36 PAUL LEMIEUX
6 195 95 .... 96 95 99 80/15:32.26 Josh Cyrul
7 192 94 .... 97 94 95 78/15:08.80 Walter Henderson
8 188 92 .... 95 93 92 76/15:06.76 Andrew Cartwright
9 187 91 .... 94 91 93 76/15:15.90 CHRIS DOSECK
10 185 91 .... 93 92 91 60/12:04.04 Barry Baker


19 turn A main has some of the same names with different reults, but Blackstock had one hell of a weekend.

pos t.pts e.pts 1st 2nd 3rd laps/time name
1 200 92 .... 92 100 100 67/13:01.60 PAUL LEMIEUX
2 199 98 .... 100 98 99 78/15:13.39 Mike Blackstock
3 197 95 .... 95 99 98 77/15:16.67 Josh Cyrul
4 196 93 .... 99 93 97 77/15:20.09 Chris Tosolini
5 194 94 .... 98 96 94 77/15:20.79 Walter Henderson
6 192 94 .... 96 94 96 76/15:16.25 Eric Desrosiers
7 191 93 .... 94 97 93 76/15:18.51 Barry Baker
8 190 91 .... 91 95 95 51/10:20.06 BOBBY FLACK
9 189 91 .... 97 92 91 53/11:07.89 Brian Kinwald
10 185 91 .... 93 91 92 69/15:20.48 TIMMY HEISER

I decided I'm getting back into it, and will be going with the TC3 Factory Team car, still working out some of the other details. It was quite cool to see some of the legends of RC racing there such as Mike Reedy, Bob Novak, and many others. If there's anything else you want to know about the race or what I learned in my quest to get back into RC let me know.

Ike

Amazing how many of us are into R/C. Boys and their toys, right ladies? :D

Ike - from a cosmetic standpoint I think the Yokomo is the best looking car. The silver carbon chasis looks really nice. But it comes down to parts and we all know eventually you'll break something and the replacement parts have to be readily available because it's no fun to have to wait weeks for new parts.

Check out the JR XS3 radio. Synthesized radios are the new thing and considering how much a set of crystals would cost you, being able to change frequency with the press of a button is a nice feature to have.

Here has some pretty good prices on kits.

www.speedtechrc.com

Yes, it really does come down to parts, I really like the Tamiya Evo III, and the new Shaft Drive car they have coming out, and the Alex Racing Baracuda R3, but parts will not be readily available at the track...


Here's a breakdown of what the top guys were using at the track, basicly who sponsors them. I was really shocked to not see a single guy using a JR or Futaba radio. I'm not sure if they're just not into sponsoring the US drivers much or if there is a specific reason these guys pick KO and Airtronics.

Driver Chassis Battery ESC Motor Tires Body Radio
Blackstock Associated Reedy Novak Reedy Jaco Protoform Alfa KO Propo
Tosolini Yokomo Fukuyama LRP Reedy Jaco Parma Alfa Airtronics
Kinwald Losi Trinity Novak Trinity TRC Trinity Peugot Airtronics
Desrosiers Associated Reedy Novak Reedy Jaco Protoform Alfa KO Propo
Lemieux Losi Trinity Novak Trinity TRC Losi Alfa Airtronics
Cyrul Xray SMC LRP Fantom Jaco Protoform KO Propo
Henderson Associated Reedy LRP Reedy Jaco Protoform Alfa KO Propo
Cartwright Schumacher SMC LRP Fantom Jaco Protoform Alfa KO Propo
Doseck Warpspeed/AE Trinity KO Propo Trinity TRC Protoform Mazda KO Propo
Baker Associated Reedy LRP Reedy Jaco Protoform Alfa Airtronics

Originally posted by i3man
Ike - from a cosmetic standpoint I think the Yokomo is the best looking car. The silver carbon chasis looks really nice. But it comes down to parts and we all know eventually you'll break something and the replacement parts have to be readily available because it's no fun to have to wait weeks for new parts.

Check out the JR XS3 radio. Synthesized radios are the new thing and considering how much a set of crystals would cost you, being able to change frequency with the press of a button is a nice feature to have.

Here has some pretty good prices on kits.

www.speedtechrc.com


Here's a pic of Chris Tosolini's Yokomo

That looks like the graphite upgrade which most sponsored guys would be driving. The stock one actually looks nicer though.

TowerHobbies.com I got mine but haven't painted it yet. Just search rx8