Anyone with a TAMIYA "DARK IMPACT"?

[el tomaso]

I just remember why I hopped up my keen hawk so much, my LHS called one day and said nobody bought df-03 cars, and I could get 50% on every tamiya df-03 hop-up and a brand new MS kit for parts. Everyone else wanted the durga, I had one but sold it after I got the keen hawk. The durga felt so heavy and slow IMO.

I think the df-03 is a great buggy for bashing, but a little too "different" for competing with the race cars. But that isn't what it was made for anyway. I think your plan is very interesting, and I like old buggies, or new ones with some old school thrown into the mix.

I am never going to sell my tamiya top force, IMO thats the best buggy from way back. I drive it even though its a rare classic, but I only have a GT-tuned brushed motor in it. Did you know the top force is the grandfather of the dark impakt, it is the df-01, kind of cool.

What kv is that motor, and which esc, is it the 60a? If I remember correctly thats a 5 or 5,5t motor right? If so 3s will be seriously dangerous

I tried my lazer zx-5 fs with xcellorin 6,5t on 3s once in a gym after hours, it was fun but I don't need that much speed. I am more of a drivability person. Still, drifting on a gym floor with that much power was something special. Wish I still had access to that gym, with all the snow out.

Good luck with the build, and post more pics and a video. I may buy another df-03 if I can find a decent used one.

Thomas G

[THE H.P FREAK]

HI!... Well I picked the DARK IMPACT up on Friday and started building it right away.





Well I made a stupid mistake and put all the stickers on and afterwards realized the body had a clear tear off coating on it! LOL! So needless to say they are all scrap now. So after painting the body today I just threw on some stickers I had laying around.

[THE H.P FREAK]

HI!... I didn't car for the spur/pinion gear set-up on this thing. Teeth are way to fine. With me running a brushless 6000KV motor I figured they wouldn't last too long. So I built a conversion kit and converted it to a M-0.8 gear set-up. Currently running a 54spur/15pinion.







Here's my ESC/RECEIVER set-up :

[THE H.P FREAK]

HI!... Well I picked up my slipper clutch and started modding it already! LOL! I still want to run my M0.8 gearing set-up. So I took the gear shaft from the slipper clutch kit and drilled a small hole in it to accept a dowel pin. Then I simply modded a TRAXXAS slipper clutch and mounted it. Turned out pretty good. Sorry for the crappy pics, old digital camera.

[THE H.P FREAK]

HI!... Is there any after market company that makes the REAR/FRONT ring/pinion out of steel instead plastic?

P.S : I just emailed Robinson Racing to see if they make and steel gears or if they would be willing to make a run of them. I explained the issues with them. Who knows mabey they might if theirs enough interest in them. We should all start emailing them asking.

[THE H.P FREAK]

HI!... Well I've been talking with a gear company across the way to get some bevel gears made up out of steel (hardened possibly). They want me to send them some of the gears I want made out of steel so they can look at them and get me a quote. Would there be a interest here in buying some of these gears if it's feesable? Probably the more I get made the cheaper they would be.

These are the two bevel gears I'll be sending to them :



Is there any other gears that are prone to breaking that I should have them look at as well? Let me know and post up a pic of what you think would be another candidate.

Neal.

[el tomaso]

The aluminium idler(or whatever I would call it) in the rear gearbox was the first to go in my df-03. IMO the bevel gears do just fine as is.

TG