Any Porsche R/C?

jyl · jyl's Garage

This is a long shot, but does anyone here have any Porsche-theme radio-controlled cars?

(Asked in a slightly sheepish tone)

ZAMIRZ · ZAMIRZ's Garage

I have an HPI Racing Nitro RS4 with a 911 GT-1 body on it, no pictures unfortunately but for more info check out hpiracing.com

later,

amir

pete98m3 · 11-10-2002, 11:15 PM

yeah i've got a gt3 body for my serpent impulse nitro

Dana_Drury · 11-10-2002, 11:20 PM

Yes there are many, ranging from the MicroRacers (that have a 996 Carrera) through to the 1:5 beasts put out by a german company (include real disk brakes!!!) -

There are plenty of bodies available, for 1:10 and 1:8 scale. I know that Tamiya do a Boxster electric, a GT2 and GT1 version. Check here for an example of a 1/5 scale

Heaps of Porsche stuff available, just check it out. Pity they don't do older body styles...

jyl · jyl's Garage

I just bought a Tamiya 959 R/C - should have it in a couple weeks. My wife is, of course, outraged - after buying the full-scale 911, the NERVE - she thinks each toy will be the last.

ted · ted's Garage

917-30 Can Am body 1/8 scale .21 gas powered 2speed disc brake deal.
A 7lb 50 mph ground griping road rocket! Get 8 in a race and you will be hearing bees buzzing the rest the day.
Cost about $2k with the tire truer and the radio, engine and rolling car. Goes through tires pretty quick too.

Doug E · 11-12-2002, 07:54 PM

Holy cow - how could I have forgotten about remote control Porsche's in my toy collection?

Can you post any pictures Ted as your car sounds great.

Ove · 11-12-2002, 08:24 PM

If you are into R/C Porsches, do a search on eBay.
I did some weeks ago and found a lot of cars there. Tamiya made some very detailed Porsche R/C cars from the mid '70s to the late '80s. The later models have polycarbonate/lexan bodies, often with less attention to the details. I posted a Tamiya 934 turbo kit (new in original box from 1977) here on Pelican in the Porsche collectables forum some time ago.

Here is a good link: http://www.8ung.at/rccars/museum/fuehrung/porsche.html

Speedy1 · Speedy1's Garage

I run a graphite flat pan GTP car It rocks .
Fun Fun Fun! And much cheaper to fix when hitting the wall after exiting turn 4.

11-12-2002, 11:29 PM

I have a Tamiya Boxster that I painted like Jimmy Dean's Spyder, with the red flashes on the rear fenders.

Actually, right now it looks remarkably like Jimmy Dean's Spyder, which is why I picked up a new body shell for it. I'm going to put 1973 RSR style Martini Rossi war paint on that one, and try not to crash so hard next time.

Ove · 11-13-2002, 07:09 AM

Pictures, please

jyl, you are talking about this one, right?

http://www.toyexchange.addr.com/tamcars09.html

I had one of those 6-7 years ago, my brother still has both the Porsche 959 and the Toyota Celica. Let me know if you need any parts for it, and I will ask him.

masraum · 11-13-2002, 07:14 AM

Don't forget the 1:64 scale 996tt ZipZap

jpachard · 11-13-2002, 07:17 AM

Hey Amir, How do you like your HPI? I am considering getting one of there kits for a winter project. I'm new to R/C and there kits look top notch. I am considering the nitro RS4 Rally.

Cheers, James

pwm74 · pwm74's Garage

I have the RS4 RALLY electric (peogot body) . Very nice kit. My next kit will be for speed , maybe a nice 911 iroc body with a bolink nitro or electric pan chassis. What do you think.

pwm74 · pwm74's Garage

electric

pwm74 · pwm74's Garage

electric chassis

David McLaughlin · David McLaughlin's Garage

I'm still trying to prepare my wife to buy me a HPI Super Nitro 996 turbo for Christmas, we'll wait and see how well I do. Many years ago, I tryed some pan car racing and had a few 'play' bodies to go with my track bodies; here's one...
(BTW, that's and all carbon fiber chassis and with the right motor and gears is good for well over 60mph; I've seen some hit 100)

ted · ted's Garage

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Sorry I dont have any pictures of the car though here is a link to the chassis itself.

http://www.parisracing.com/mainindex.htm

Here is some racing pics I found on the net.

http://users.skynet.be/RCracing/nav2/cbmain.htm

The 1/8 scal on road gas cars were more popular in the 70s and 80s before electric cars and 1/10 scale and all the off road cars were developed.

cegerer · cegerer's Garage

I've got a couple of old 70's R/C cars just for display. The L&M car is about 1:24 scale and the 917 is about 1:12 scale. -- Curt

ZAMIRZ · ZAMIRZ's Garage

Quote:

Originally posted by jpachard
Hey Amir, How do you like your HPI? I am considering getting one of there kits for a winter project. I'm new to R/C and there kits look top notch. I am considering the nitro RS4 Rally.

Cheers, James

I bought mine right when the nitro rs4 kit debut (and I also used to own an original electric RS4 with 3-gear tranny) and I haven't had any major problems and didn't start breaking things until I swapped in an O.S. .12 CV motor.......I think it has a bit too much grunt for just screwing around, but I can do THE coolest power-on oversteer slides........I'm getting rid of it to buy a CV-X though because I hate the starter box and the entire ordeal of having to lug it around. Overall, I'm very happy with the car, I haven't broken or torn up anything expensive (just destroyed the front bumper once and snapped a couple body posts.......oh yeah, and I grenaded the front differential but that was my own fault for putting it together without any gear lube). If I were to buy a nitro touring car today I'd probably go for the super nitro kit because it really is a bit easier to control and it has better high-speed stability. Just make sure you spend your time when building the kit and make sure none of the suspension binds and that everything works properly (it took me about 8 hours total to put it together checking and double-checking to make sure everything was being assembled properly) and you'll have a great time.

later,

amir