RC10 Refurbishment

After seeing Bro Frankie played his vintage RC10 at TKO, I bid it from ebay. The shell is so ugly and needs to be refurbished.

Jerry Hing,

As you can see from the picture, I used the brake fuild ($41, 0.5L from Caltex). It is  water soluble so that you can use water to remove the residual brake fuild form the body. I used around 0.25L to remove all the paint out. You can do it by just soaking the brake fuild into a unused colth or "fish tank filter cotton" and put on the paint for 15-20min, then use unused colth to rub the paint out. Of couse, you have to use Mr. Thinner to remove the residual color.

Ryan

原帖由 minimini 於 2007-12-23 03:01 發表

                               
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hi bro ryan............. your car is really lovely ..........  

but............the servo saver is not the original wor........

Bro minimini, your eyes are so 'sharp'.

Yes, the servo saver is not the original because we (Frankie and I) didn't regonised from the photos when placed the bid at ebay. Bro Frankie had helped me to bid the original servo saver from ebay again.  The servo saver that you saw in the photos is modified from Futaba servo horns.

原帖由 minimini 於 2007-12-24 00:57 發表

                               
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oic.......using small screws......should be stealth.......

Yes. This one is stealth gear box. I bid another one with 6 gear box which is on the way to Hong Kong.

BTW, I am looking for the motor pinion gear for the 6 six gear box. Do you know where I can find it or what pitch it should be ? Can I use the Tamiya one ?

原帖由 go2usie 於 2007-12-24 17:45 發表

                               
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Bro Ryan ~

Your RC10 looks cool can classic~
Do u think it will be ready for a race on next week~
if so, i will try to fix my T losi and hop of i can have a race with yours ~

I think so. Will let you know after this X'mas holiday.

原帖由 minimini 於 2007-12-25 02:22 發表

                               
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I think the pinion gear should be 32 pitch.........

Thanks Bro minimini. BTW, I was given to know from Frankie that you have a lot of vintage rc car. Mr. Mikewu will, sometimes, call for a Vintage offroad party at TKO. Do you want to join ?

That's go. Let our RC10s race togather at TKO

原帖由 lastenfield 於 2007-12-25 22:23 發表

                               
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Could I join your function?

Yes, pls check "party section" and I will also PM your guys when the "Vintage Offroad party is held"

Bro go2usie.

1. Shoes: No time to buy the new "shoes" and I think I will use the original one first and then buy new. (in fact, I don't know which sets of shoes are appropriate, need to ask Bro Frankie).

2. Rear Wing, the re-release one is one its way to my home. However, as I can't wait for it, I put the 3 racing plastic one as the temporary wing (see attached photos). Hoping it looks not so ugly.

[ 本帖最後由 ryancmlam 於 2007-12-26 23:59 編輯 ]

RC10 Lovers, pls note and join if you have time

http://bbs.rc-evo.com/viewthread ... &extra=page%3D1

Bro Frankie,
I found that we can use the tamiya DT02 parts to modify the RC10 so that it can use the 2.2" tryes or tamiya tryes.

1. Front wheels: Replace the RC10 uprights by DT02 or TA01/02's one. Need to add spacers. Part no.0555059, JPY420

2. Rear wheels: Replace the axle hub by DF02's one. Need to make the button hold a bit large and file out the button a bit.

[ 本帖最後由 ryancmlam 於 2008-1-1 01:55 編輯 ]

原帖由 minimini 於 2008-1-1 01:41 發表

                               
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Hi bro Ryan & Frankie,

just a wise guess only.......is it possible to use the Kyosho RB5 steering parts for replacement ??........coz' I trust Kyosho' plastic material more than Tamiya......

No idea on whether Kyosho RB5 parts can be used. I tried Tamiya DT02 only because I have it. The performance of my vintage RC10 is excellent, definitely out of my expectation, it is better than the new Tamiya DT02. An 1980's RC10 is better than a 2000's DT02.

原帖由 minimini 於 2008-1-1 02:13 發表

                               
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I think RC10 with metal bath-tub chassis got better performance than the graphite one......coz' it has a better weight balance.....pls correct me if I am wrong.......

I suppose "the graphite one" that you mean is the graphite version Vintage RC10, not the B4. I don't have idea on which one is better. I like the RC10 gold pan only because it was my dream car when I was a kid.

原帖由 minimini 於 2008-1-1 02:29 發表

                               
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yes....... I do love the gold pan......

but I only got the black one now.......plan to use it for hard-running soon......

BTW, any suggestions about the motor & gear ratio ??..... Thx !!

My hard-running RC10 uses black pig. I tried pinion 26T with a spur 81T (stealth 48 ptich gear case) and found that the motor was very hot. Bro Frankie said that the correct pinion gear should be from 18 to 22T. I then checked the manual and noted that the gear ratio of the stealth gear case is 2.25. So, the gear ratio that I used was 81/26 x 2.25 = 7. That was why it was very hot.

Overall gear ratio of
Pinion 18T = 10.125
Pinion 22T = 8.28

I think a gear ratio of around 8 to 10 is very reasonable for a 2WD buggy.

[ 本帖最後由 ryancmlam 於 2008-1-1 02:54 編輯 ]

原帖由 tiger1 於 2008-1-1 08:02 發表

                               
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I have the MIP 4wd RC10, which was like a dream to drive, I have also tried 2wd rc10 but even in 2wd, rc10 is very pleasant to drive, almost as good as a modern day touring car in 4wd except  ...

Do you mind to show us the picture of your MIP 4WD RC10 ?

Bro go2usie, as far as I know, all plastic (nylon?) parts of the original RC10 should be in white. The black one should be from special version.

The one in ebay that you mentioned is the 3rd generation (same as the one that I played in TKO).

Is it the champion edition ?

原帖由 amadeus3408 於 2008-7-14 09:20 發表

                               
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大哥你該不會是用煞車油洗吧?塑膠會脆化的,

Oh no. I used 煞車油. Brother amadeus3408, apart from 煞車油, any recommendation ?

Any recommendation ? Brother amadeus3408