Tamiya Screwed Up But I Fixed The Wheelbase Issue. 45th Anniversary Porsche 934 Coupe TA02SW RC
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- I cover all the steps required to fix the 5mm! wheelbase fault on the just-released Tamiya 45th Anniversary Porsche 934 Coupe.
I found a post on the Tamiyaclub site covering this known issue. It's a little different but it can also help you fix this issue. www.tamiyaclub...
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Great job on moving the wheels back, good solution. Also really great looking porsche you got there.
Thanks 👍
Good trick to adjust wheelbase 👍
Q1: Since the bodyholes arent precut, could you get away with leveling it out between front and rear?
Q2: Why the hell do they release a 45th model with such a fundamental flaw?
Mr T could have sold the porker with 1 wheel at front and 2 at rear and it would still get bought,Mr T knows that. Look at no bearings in kit, entry level esc that dont really work with lipo, etc
@@garymurphy5133 there are no bearings in this kit?
pretty dam stupid if you ask me,REALLY POOR TAMIYA
Greedy Tamiya
exactly !!!! just laziness on tamiyas part
i went ahead and picked up the arms for the Porsche do i still have to change the bottom arms this is for the front
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Good job Gavin! Very neat & well explained. Probably neater than mine! I feel I cheated... On my black edn 934 I measured that it needed a 6mm wheelbase reduction: 4mm front, 2mm rear. I chose to do 3mm front & 3mm rear so that only the arms needed modifying & avoided the added complexity of the gearbox & pins etc. Both the top arms needed just a washer or two. Then I simply bent all four body posts forward a touch to compensate for 1mm rear bias. I used 4x blue alloy 3mm spacers from the Avante spacer set.
If it works for you, it's a win :)
Do you have a link to the wheels, I can’t find them.
If you think this is bad for a 45th anniversary special, wait until you see the Blazing Blazer re-release with the body hashed up onto the CC-02 chassis...
Will never happen. Well I hope not.
@@RCKickschannel Well of course I was joking, at least I hope Tamiya would never dare do such a thing. After seeing my first Tamiya car, the awesome 1980 Holiday Buggy re-released on the DT-02 chassis where it was completely ruined by a chassis that wasn't in proper proportions with the body, I was a little worried what they may have planned for the future!
@@BlackSeaRC Blazing blazer just as it was back in the day would be perfect please Tamiya.
Gav did you buy the MST rims in the UK, if so could you provide a link, cheers.
UK Distributors info below.
Drift Manji Rc
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And
Slide Dynamics RC
Add: 18 Nutmeg Crescent, Iwade, Kent, Me9 8gf United Kingdom.
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@@RCKickschannel Cheers for the info 👍
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This is a strange issue that doesn't fit in with the Japanese stereotype of superb engineering and design,it's fairly poor that Tamiya haven't modified the design and released this kit in this state.
Yes and it's been like this for ages. It can be fixed 100% with a few small changes is the arm design. No clue why it wasn't done.
The trouble with Mr T is that when it suits he falls into this "is a only a toy,so i wont bother too much".
@@RCKickschannel I'd say 45 years,it was this sort of attitude that did for the British bike,car and aero industry,a Japanese company of all companies should know this.
Can't see any liks to the parts used like the MST rimms
Shame on you Tamiya for selling this car with the wrong whe...elbase. Better employ Gavin in your company for fixing future problems.
I think it is more likely Tamiya has a small effigy of me at the factory that has pins stuck in it now and again hehehe
@@RCKickschannel Hi gavin , inspired by your awesome Rothmans Porsche , i will to try it on a Porsche 911 RSR. My question is , did you Cover the Blue with WHITE, gunmetall, black ? Or did you cover the Blue with gun metall Black.
Thanks
I wish you and your family a happy save 2022.
Thank you very much for the explanation. Wouldn't it be neater to get new shorter chassis plates made and somehow get a shorter drive shaft? Is that possible /available? Pros and cons? I'd like the fact that the whole suspension and drivetrain section would stay untouched... Custom carbon plates would be no problem, but the 4wd driveshaft ?
Sure you can do these things Simon. It all comes down to cost and effort. The mod I did cost me nothing over a few little bits from my parts bin really. I would say this mod is good enough for shelf queens and fun road driving but if I was racing this car at a track, I would be more inclined to go a different route as I would not be worried about spending £100 fixing this issue, but I would be looking at fixing a load of others at the same time. You can get a different chassis top and lower plate, as well as lower and upper arms and lower gearbox covers in alloy. That as well as a bucket load of other upgrades and mods that can cost you as much as the original kit.
so i keep seeing these brave pills from tamiya come by.
who stocks them?
Yikes, for the money it shouldn't need fixing. Just another reason why Tamiya are right at the bottom of my buying list. They take their punters for mugs.
I did it, YESSSS👍👍👍 Thanks for this awesome instruction, it comes out great at all my 5 PORSCHE 934👍👍👍
Great to hear!
Thanks for a really helpful video! Why couldn't Tamiya come up with some proper solution to this problem?
Brave pill hop up 😂, brilliant!
Tamiya your naughty 😂
Great video,you make it sound easy,I'm new to RC stuff, great to watch you do everything, thanks for the video!
You've done a fantastic job of sorting that Porsche out mate, nice one! I'd agree with other commenters, why didn't Tamiya fix the wheelbase issues before releasing this kit? Apart from that, I love the kit, it looks great :)
That’s disappointing. Tamiya should have fixed this.
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Thats a Fantastic explanation there on how to turn a frown into a great smile there Gavin Well Done, im Sure Lots will be happy with that fix , Great Video their as always :-)
Was actually looking to get this one, but I think I will skip it, its quite some money for a bad quality product.
Reasy to sell the porsche?
Great instructional video. Happy New Year.
Niiiiiiiiiiiiice one Gav
I guess that makes the car a shelfer only :)
Yes this will only go out for runs in the summer on a dry day.
Great little detail of putting the blue and red nuts on either side👍
Thanks 👍
Is the seller of the 230mm chassis upper and lower decks still active on eBay? Is there a shorter replacement or adjustable shaft to avoid cutting and soldering the original one?
Hi Mr and Mrs kicks. Hope you had great Christmas, only commenting as it helps with the algorithm
Also everyone check your bell is still set to all .mine has been taken off all and has been on every channel I watch
Great video Gavin - and Merry Christmas!
Be good to have the occasional technical video. Your painting guide is excellent, as is this one. I’d be keen on a few others like how to set ride height using spacers etc!
excellent Gavin thanks for sharing :)
I had to perform an offset on my Lancia 037 because the wheels were rubbing against the fenders after increasing the road clearance for rallying.
why did tamiya release the kit like that seems really stupid to release a car with a body that doesnt fit?? you shouldnt have to fix it at all tamiya shouldve done their job and release the kit properly
keep those brave pills on hand
thats ridiculous. how can Tamiya have gotten this so wrong??
Nice video on the wheelbase fix, especially I think if it’s staying as a shelfer or not really going to be used much. Looks very good love the wheels. Contemplated doing it to my Porsche but decided against it as I may change the body if i use the chassis more
I think we will see some arms coming out with the modification done so you can just swap the arms out and it’s done. I’ll keep you posted when I know more.
@@RCKickschannel cheers Gavin much appreciated thank you , they would great
I think I would use magnets for the shell. Position forward slightly so front sits perfect and just mod the rear of needed.
That can be a good way to go Robert if you will be building a shelf queen or light runner.
I have the same issue but for the rear, would be amazing if you make a video fixing the rear!
Hi David, It's the same process for the front or rear.
Great video but where am I to look to get a 7x4 or 5x4mm shim? You said you had one in your parts bin or the other shim your took from your Clod Buster for the lower arms. Did the swing arm pin work, the correct length?
You can get them off eBay Paul. I was looking at some yesterday before I found mine.
@@RCKickschannel could you possibly send me the item numbers so I can get the correct bits, would be hugely appreciated
Hey Gavin, what kind of tires are you using on your MST rims?
Normal kit tyres WD for now.
@@RCKickschannel ahh ok. I tried putting on some Tamiya kit slicks on mine and they don't fit quite right. The ones you have looked like they fit better.
@@RCKickschannel do you have a part number?
Thanks for the heads up. Would have preferred a blow by blow instructional video. We are not all as experienced as you.
It was hard for me to do it that way as I was making it up as I was going along. I changed things are I worked on the issue and trying other things to see if it was better or worse. If I showed all that as well as what finally worked, it would have been a more complicated video.
@@RCKickschannel furry muff. Appreciate the reply and the content. Think I took some whiny pills yesterday. I’ll have a squiz for my brave 💊 and get cracking.
Hi Gavin what RWD chassis will fit ?
I’m not sure, you would have to look up the wheelbase size and then match it to other chassis. I think the 934 is 300mm but you would need to confirm that first.
Those wheels. Superb.
Glad you like them KT!
Great job Gav but how come the bottom arms are moved back 5mm and the top only 2 mm?
The top arms have so much free play. You can add more if you like but I found that worked well and kept the same kit screw
@@RCKickschannel cool thanks gav
Those rims are not the same as the ones I got with mine
No Bruce, these are MST aftermarket adjustable offset rims.
Gavin how do I move the rear wheels forward to keep from rubbing on the body of the Porsche 934 coupe vaillant?
This is why a lot of people dont like Tamiya. Its clearly bad quality control.
They've only had 45 years to rectify this glaring design fault.
I’ll be keeping this one sealed to sell later on. I had no idea the kit had issues.
Not a great investment strategy from a financial standpoint but if it works for you 👍🏻
@@RCKickschannel RC kits are one of several assets I hold, and so far the out-of-production Tamiya kits command a premium. They'll always be worth something and I can build them if they plunge in value. I would buy the dip in old TA and TB chassis.
I know where the dollar and the pound are ultimately going.