R/C Tamiya Porsche 911 GT2

[Athlon]

So at the end of the road I live on the house is being repaired and there is a skip...Today I had a day away from work to go collecting for the RNLI in Manchester which meant jumping the train rather than driving to work.

As I approached the skip I saw an old Tamiya RC box so stopped to have a look as I do like these old things, upon closer inspection I found the car, 90% complete alll the remaining parts, oil for the dampers, old school speed controller etc etc!

It is now at home! Does anyone remember them? this car is painted (very well) in black and a couple of the stickers are on (lights mainly) Everything appears to be there, the tyres have never run!

I intend to pull it down and re-build it from the start to check everything is correct and add a digital speed controller.

So who remembers them? Is it worth building? the shell is perfect as are the wheels.

It's full name is Taisan Starcard Porsche 911 GT2, the paperwork suggests 1996 is the kits age?

[Athlon]

Well I bought a speed controller and serviced the chassis.
There were several build errors that I sorted out, lubed everything up stuck a 7.2v battery in and away it went! The servo is reversed for some reason, I might replace it with an Acoms one and see if that works better?
Anyway, rubbish pic of rather cool car, total outlay so far is around £20

[mcrdave]

Thats a brilliant find, to think it was going to be crushed in a skip as well. Like to see more pics if poss.

[Blakeatron]

I think that's a Taisan porsche and quite collectable!

For the servo, on the transmitter there should be a reverse switch - try flicking it!

[Athlon]

I know about the switch, it drives fine reversed I just have to remember when I sawp back to the Hornet or it will be messy!
It is indeed a Taisin car, still have the box and decals but I am leaving it as is. looking around on the web the good bits are the perfect BBS wheels, the ultra rare rear spoiler and the gearbox casings are grey.

I have it set up 4x4 and it goes and handles well but I may strip it back to RWD and see if it will drift! the there is a brushless motor in the wings......

[Athlon]

[mcrdave]

Sweet, she's a looker!

[backwoodsman]

That was a great find.

[theshrew]

I got one of those for my first RC car many years ago. I probably have some parts knocking about somewhere for it if you need anything.

I upgraded ( wasted money ) on mine only to find out it wasn't any use for racing.

Be careful how hot you go with the motor etc Tamiya's like this don't stand upto lots of power to well.

[PanzerCommander]

Great find. I agree with the be careful on what motor you put into it stance. It would probably be best with a decent quality brushed motor and an appropriate speed controller rather than a brushless monster as I suspect the gearbox won’t stand up to that sort of abuse very long.

[snowley]

That looks the business!

[cianha]

Love those wheels:



They're very brittle though, so you might want something more durable for running the car.

[theshrew]

That's a good point about the wheels i remember braking mine, they aren't very strong at all. They snap instead of flex like other wheels do.

The car will handle better with thinner wheels on the back anyway. I think I remember correctly they are wider on the rear.