My Lightning Yellow MazdaSpeed is faster than yours
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Originally Posted by titaniumgrey
did you just buy a jada toys RC car and paint it ?
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Originally Posted by manok_adobo
where did you get one of those and how much did it cost?
But that's just the body, which you have to paint and detail yourself. You will also need an RC chassis and engine, and there are plenty to choose from. Popular brands include Tamiya, HPI, Kyosho, Yokomo, Team Associated etc., and they range from around $100 for a starter kit to a couple hundred for a higher end kit. And there's lots of hop up options too. You'll also need the radio controller, speed controller, servos, battery pack and charger. Which will put you back at least another $120-$200 or more. It all adds up and can be a pretty expensive hobby.
But once you've got your car setup, it's pretty fun and inexpensive to create new bodies. I think Tamiya makes the best bodies (too bad they don't make the RX-8) and HPI http://www.hpiracing.com/index2.htm is pretty good too with a wider selection of bodies.
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Anytime. But a 1/10th would kill a 1/24th. For a better match up, I'd bring my 1/24th Kyosho mini-z (I have the FD, FC, and AE86 Initial D bodies) or my 1/18th RX-7 HPI micro rs4.
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nice! I plan on doing the same thing ony I'm going to try and pair it up with the rotary airplane motor What chassis did you end up running? looks to be a good fit, but then again HPI bodies have always been pretty good as far as that is concerned. I'm wondering how they would look on the Yokomo drift chassis. Here's what I run around with currently: HPI rs4mt,2 speed tranny, 9t mod motor, tons of hop-ups etc.
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Originally Posted by canaryrx8
nice! I plan on doing the same thing ony I'm going to try and pair it up with the rotary airplane motor What chassis did you end up running? looks to be a good fit, but then again HPI bodies have always been pretty good as far as that is concerned. I'm wondering how they would look on the Yokomo drift chassis. Here's what I run around with currently: HPI rs4mt,2 speed tranny, 9t mod motor, tons of hop-ups etc.
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