Some track notes from yesterday's run. My drive shafts kept popping. It was suggested to me to adjust droop by adding more spacers inside the shocks. I opened the front shocks (at the track...) and added two more o-rings inside, so my front shocks now have 4 o-rings inside, and much less travel. That fixed the front for the rest of the day. At the rear I moved the shocks to the most inward position at the towers, and adjusted a shorter (-4 deg, it was) camber to keep the cups in. The back held fine after that and there was no need to mess with the shocks further. Until I broke off the camber link mount in the last round of finals... That's fine, the CF replacement will be here this week. I found out about and ordered "TXV2-021SP", 39mm drive shafts from YR, intended for the rear. Have already ordered double cardans for the front, but they're coming from HK so will take a bit of time to arrive.
I agree about the body, it's probably the best looking rally body you can get. I recently did the the Escort WRC custom which has the smaller wing. It does look really great but you cannot beat the original Cosworth with that big old whale tail wing!
I converted mine to run ta05/TT02type-s suspension. it now can have much more suspension travel without massive driveshaft movement in and out of the drive cups
Hi Rob! Ive noticed a lot of us were missing the limiting spacers that tamiya asks us to put into the front dampers when building, however you already mentioned limiting the down stroke.
I would say it is the most capable tally kit out of the box that’s I’ve come across. Like every Tamiya kit (and others, too) you’ll want various hop ups based on your experience.
the double cardan upgrade is nice, I hope tamiya release a complete kit for the xv02. shims on the axle will shorten the distance for the driveshaft, they fit between the bearing and cup in the upright, though you can't go too far as the hex pins won't fit.
I got a pair of cvd's for a Tamiya GF01 Chassis from GPM Racing, they have 38mm shafts on them and they fixed the problem once you mount them into the XV-02 cvd's
This kit needs more than the upgrades you depict. I've replaced the steering rack with an aluminium version (piece of crap), my rear uprights have broken and I am most likely going to replace them with aluminium version. I have the entire stabilizer set and yeah racing skid guards. I haven't had my drive shafts pop out, but if I did, I would sell this kit. The electronics I have in this kit are worth more than the kit alone, I have to say that I am disappointed in this kit. It's fun to drive but too easy to break.
Some track notes from yesterday's run. My drive shafts kept popping. It was suggested to me to adjust droop by adding more spacers inside the shocks. I opened the front shocks (at the track...) and added two more o-rings inside, so my front shocks now have 4 o-rings inside, and much less travel. That fixed the front for the rest of the day.
At the rear I moved the shocks to the most inward position at the towers, and adjusted a shorter (-4 deg, it was) camber to keep the cups in. The back held fine after that and there was no need to mess with the shocks further. Until I broke off the camber link mount in the last round of finals... That's fine, the CF replacement will be here this week.
I found out about and ordered "TXV2-021SP", 39mm drive shafts from YR, intended for the rear. Have already ordered double cardans for the front, but they're coming from HK so will take a bit of time to arrive.
Great breakdown! 100% droop adjustments would probably mitigate the issue I was having with the driveshafts.
Love it... The escort body is the way to go and great tips for reference.
Absolutely my favorite rally body.
I agree about the body, it's probably the best looking rally body you can get. I recently did the the Escort WRC custom which has the smaller wing. It does look really great but you cannot beat the original Cosworth with that big old whale tail wing!
Absolutely, it’s the wing that does it for me!
very informative, thanks for sharing
Hopefully it helps someone out!
I converted mine to run ta05/TT02type-s suspension. it now can have much more suspension travel without massive driveshaft movement in and out of the drive cups
Very interesting! Worth a shot!
Hi Rob! Ive noticed a lot of us were missing the limiting spacers that tamiya asks us to put into the front dampers when building, however you already mentioned limiting the down stroke.
I am fairly sure I put them in there, but I think even with what they have you put in there, it is not enough to keep the shafts in the outdrives.
interesting, i have yet to run into this problem@@quietrc thanks for the reply
Great job, thanks for al the info.
Thanks! Hopefully that info helps!
Ok so I have the vx-02 kit on hold but now I’m wound wrong if it a mistake. Sounds like it not that good out of the box.
I would say it is the most capable tally kit out of the box that’s I’ve come across. Like every Tamiya kit (and others, too) you’ll want various hop ups based on your experience.
the double cardan upgrade is nice, I hope tamiya release a complete kit for the xv02.
shims on the axle will shorten the distance for the driveshaft, they fit between the bearing and cup in the upright, though you can't go too far as the hex pins won't fit.
Seems silly that they wouldn't. Its not like they need to re-engineer any new parts. It's all stuff Tamiya has.
Have you tried the 39 mm front shafts(from tc-01)? I have also i problem that they are off the couplings :(
I have not, but a TC-01 is on my list of chassis to build. So I could try them out then maybe.
I got a pair of cvd's for a Tamiya GF01 Chassis from GPM Racing, they have 38mm shafts on them and they fixed the problem once you mount them into the XV-02 cvd's
Tamiya 39mm swing shaft (part 53505) is a direct fit. Much better insertion into diff cup and still allows full movement with zero binding.
This kit needs more than the upgrades you depict. I've replaced the steering rack with an aluminium version (piece of crap), my rear uprights have broken and I am most likely going to replace them with aluminium version. I have the entire stabilizer set and yeah racing skid guards. I haven't had my drive shafts pop out, but if I did, I would sell this kit. The electronics I have in this kit are worth more than the kit alone, I have to say that I am disappointed in this kit. It's fun to drive but too easy to break.
For a "Pro" level, it does seem to be lacking some stuff out of the box.