Tamiya for detail and authenticity.

There are several R/C car manufactures, all of which produce great products in their own right. Many manufactures produce On-Road RC cars with optional Rally car body’s. These vehicles are a blast to drive on the street but do little good on fine gravel or packed dirt mostly due to the fact that drive-train and steering are not adequately protected. Ride height is another issue. On the other end of the spectrum are offroad Buggies and Monster Trucks, often powered with powerful nitro engines that make your lawn mower jealous.

My personal model building preference is detail and authenticity, which essentially limited my choice down to the discontinued HPI RS4 Rally and Tamiya’s DF03 RA. Both models offer roughly the same feature, with the big difference being that the HPI model is discontinued and hard to find. I own already two Tamiya touring cars, a 1/10 Opel Astra DTM on a RC TRF415 Electric Chassis and a 1/8 Opel Calibra on a TGX Nitro Chassis both performing and looking great.

I will build the model initially with the Stock Motor and Gear Ratio. But will later on install a Novak 4300 Brushless Motor.

Batteries used are Intellect 4600mAh

Remote Control is a JR Racing XS3 Pro