Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Square TA05 Drift Conversion SP Kit Type S!

Just got this from Street Revo yesterday! It looks real damn beautiful even without the build-up. Looks TC-D though...
Here it is! Looks pretty sweet, Its really new too,released on the 15 March 2010, This improved Type S, uses SSG CF 2.5mm, which is lighter, and more bling, but will require a protector, otherwise that bling will dissapear in a matter of months.... :S



The contents, 2.5mm under and upper deck, aluminium motor mount, which shifts it to the front. And the new designed steering arms, eliminated ackerman completly, and pretty much more than 30 degree steering without any mods.

Look at the SSG Blingness, I love it! Ok but this picture is not the point. The Type S was designed for the new TA05 V2, Why? Because the suspension mounts are pretty diffrent, with that it uses 2 diffrent blocks instead of one standard one. and the Newer TB Evo 5 Bumper, which had been taken into consideration, so it is pretty much a smooth sailing build i expect.
Well, here it is! the TA05 V2 Newer Bumper mount holes.

It will be delayed by weeks, probably because of this. I had a badminton game yesterday after picking up the kit, turns out i did not land properly, even though i play it everyweek with jogging every 6 days.

Stretched ligament, pretty bad, i can't even walk properly, much less sit on the floor.
Estimated Recovery, Almost 1 month. I'm flat footed, so yeah, probably thats one of the causes.
Square RC Sustain, is pretty much like a tuning shop for us hobbyists. It is exactly the same concept like Nissan to Nismo or HKS. Toyota to TRD or Trial. They also do hop ups which i am impressed by their quality, rumour has it that they do all this by hand.(Not Confirmed)
Big Thanks to Ethan from Street Revo for bringing this in!



Sunday, April 4, 2010

Countersteer Mod installed and tried! My thoughts....

Here you go, my current settings for my TA05, will subject to change from time to time.


Date:3/4/2010
Surface:Smooth Tile
Tires:F2
Motor/ESC: HPI Drift Meister 17T/Futaba MC330CR


Ratio:
Spur/Pinion = 70T/19T = 3.6842

Front Ratio = 40T/18T = 2.2222

Rear Ratio = 30T/20T = 1.5000

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Front Drive Ratio = 2.2222 x 3.6842 = 8.1870

Rear Drive Ratio = 1.5 x 3.6842 = 5.5263

Countersteer Ratio = 8.1870/5.5263 = 1.4815

Countersteer Ratio(CSjunkies Standard) = 1.4815 x 100% = 148.15%


Settings:

Front:
Shock postition: Lowest
Camber: -3
Toe: 0
Ride Height: 4mm
Shock Oil: Trinity 25W
Springs:Tamiya Red

Rear:
Shock postition: Highest
Camber: 0
Toe: 2
Ride Height: 5.5mm
Shock Oil: Trinity 25W
Springs:Tamiya Yellow
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My impressions:
I have not gone to mess around much with the settings and have tried it. Firstly, it was not very good to be honest. The amount of angle it give is not as much as i expected, which could possibly two things, the camber, caster and etc. It is my first trial and i cannot expect much. I did these all in 3 days which is very short. The Square Conversion have not arrived yet, Last weeks stock was sold off completly, so I will be picking them up soon. My ratio is 148%, i have plans to push it to near 170% or even 200%( Provided Square manufactures more centre pulleys)

Thoughts on the car itself:
I had a Shaft drive previously, the TB03, it was norm to have the power response, and slow drift recovery. Now i am using a belt drive, which is pretty much another world i went to. The TA05 felt very balanced, direction switching was good, problem is that i felt the lack of power instantly, which is pretty bad for me. Its like driving a 800Hp Supra with a heavy front, then switching back to a pure AE86 with 120HP stock....

Damage:
Yes, Motor caught fire.(No idea how) First it was smoke from the motor, sparks flying everywhere during runs, i could see them from almost 20 feet away.

After around 20 mins, commutator caught fire, had to use a water filled garden spray to put out.
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Will have more settings to put up, do watch my blog for more impressions in my Overdrive journey!

Thank you for your attention.

Big News! Countersteer Mod arrives!

Alright, i got these 3 days ago from Street Revo, so let me state them one by one what they are.

This is the 40T Ball Diffrential Pulley from Square, to be put in the front.

While this, is the 30T pulley for the Rear.
20T pulley for the centre pulley connecting to the rear pulley.
OK, now u must all be wondering why i purchased a 3racing one instead of a Tamiya one, Listen good. This is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR ALL THOSE TA05 CS BEGINNERS. The Tamiya ones if u realise, have only 3 holes and use a Front One Way 36T pulley, which will not fit the Square 30T one for 2 reasons, one being the smaller screws they have, and the diffrent positions of the holes on the pulleys. The Square 30T pulley is a ball diffrential one, so by getting a 3Racing one, u get 4 screws that fits the holes in the pulley. So PLEASE PURCHASE A 3RACING SPOOL/Square Spool(If you have cash to throw).


Carbon Fibre Stiffener for Converting my IFS on my TA05 V2 into a normal Conventional Shock position.

This is pretty much all for now, I will put my settings in my next post, so that it is much clearer.
Thanks for waiting and reading! :D

Saturday, February 20, 2010

A little preview

Yes! Here it is, My TA05 V2.

Currently Empty, i have in mind to get a HPI Drift Meister+ My MC330CR for it....
Reasonable amount of bling.

IFS Carbon Damper Stay ;) Oh, and TB Evo 5 rear uprights.


Currently, after analysis, i realised that the TA05 V2 will not fit the conversion kits, because, the TA05 uses a wider front bumper, the 3 screws attaching to it is further apart. there's only one way to solve this, which is that i need to find the B Parts for the TA05 and its 100% ready.

Parts required:
TA05 Aluminium Joints
TA05 Direct Coupling
46mm Steel Swing shafts
Universal Joint assembly set
TA05 Wheel Axle
Square TA05 Countersteer Kit
Square SP Drift Conversion SDC-101 or 3racing Carbon Fibre Conversion.

Thats my plans for the TA05. *Happy face*


Heres how My TB03D sits now... Total Weight: 1501g
Messy :(

Nice and Low! :D 5mm Clearance in rear, guess how much in front? LOL.

Now, a nice brotherly picture of them together. Just so if u guys didn't know, the TB03 was the shaft version of the TA05 V2. 70% of the parts are interchangeable.

I'm betting they are dying to run together. lol.

Alright, i think i will give you guys a little confession. I'm not very headstrong, and always have hard brutal hours of thinking to make a decision. Currently, I'm still sitting on the fence of whether i want to concentrate full time on Counter steer drifting. Mostly because, it is a new trend, and it will take a pretty long time to tune it. it can range from a few weeks to up to 4 Months. which could probably mean my resignation from normal drifting, and it could result in leaving my TB03D to collect dust(I hate this kinds of situations... I'm still not mentally ready for it, having doubts about my skills. I'll leave this decision to after my exams which are coming next week, most likely till after the SGDrifters Challenge 2010.

Just so you know, I'm in the AWD class for it. Ok, thats all. Bye!

Sunday, February 14, 2010

New Plans.

Ok guys, there is no updates for a month for a few reasons.
1. My Brushless has cropped up major problems, glitching, having sudden bursts of full throttle.
2. My Exams are near, and i have probably 1 hour atmost like now to drop by and look about.
3. And, i have not gotten any new stuff, so Yeah.

As you guys may know, i have bought over a TA05 V2. Which i have plans to convert to either Drift or a full-on Caron Fibre Kit. Below are the two pictures of each of my plans:

Do let me know in the poll in the side bar :)

3Racing Carbon Fibre:

Square TA05 SP Conversion Kit:
Alright that is all for Febuary, and i'll see you guys soon in March, bye!

And Oh, Happy Chinese New Year! And a belated Valentine's day!

Picture Credits to TechNyne of DRC Central.

Saturday, January 16, 2010

Brushless and Light kit.

New brushless came in. ZTW 8.5T Sensored.
Motor, ESC... Not soldered yet, will find time to do so.
Program Card and manual, interesting thing is, it can be configured using a PC.
Yeah Racing Dark Drifter Light Kit for the below pictured.... :)
Gamble's Lexus GS400, 60% completed of Orido's Aristo.
Stickers in the rear is very accurate.
The side view decals are also around 80% done, only 2 pieces of them are missing, i will go find them.
Toyo Tires ftw!!!
Thing is, He gave me a REALLY GOOD Deal, with light buckets and side mirrors. It could have easily gone for $60+. Condition was EXTREMLY Clean, only tiny scratches. Will be using this for the Pre-HPI Challenge Briefing trial run....... Cya guys.

Sunday, January 10, 2010

SP Open House!

SPRCD had one of the biggest places in the largest event this year. It was placed right in the front of SP!


SPRCD 2nd day.
Some stuff we did, demonstrations, and the infamous All-Yokomo-Trend



Oh, and i bet most of you guys will remember this car... its Nov aka Alan! SP Alumnist in Action!







Well , heres to sum up the whole 3 days! A Video will come up soon!