Who here is into RC cars? I got into them when I lived in Japan because even though Japanese aftermarket car parts are much cheaper in Japan than here, it was still an equally expensive hobby...so i took up RC cars, it's a lot cheaper. Anyway, was just wondering...i hear they make small turbos for them, and there are a plethora of "aftermarket" hop-ups for these things. mine is a 2 speed nitro gas powered on-road car. the body shell that it came with is an S-15 silvia, but i have an R32 Skyline shell (made by Tamiya) i'm gonna paint and throw on over the car's chassis. I'm so JDM, my RC car is JDM, lol. all the stuff i have for mine was made in Japan...even the R32 shell. :woot: :woot: i know i'm a nerd.
I used to live right next to my hobby shop and had about 9 RC cars including on road off-road, gas and electric. I sold them all but I still have my on road nitro. Its an HPI Nitro RS4 2. 2 Speed tranny, disc brake, all carbon and aluminum. I had it clocked at 66 MPH back in the day
lol, i will...as soon as i get the parts i ordered for it. before i left okinawa, my car went haywire because of a weak battery and crashed into a R32 skyline that was parked in the lot where i was driving it. the thing was going so fast it ended up breaking the front steering block on the "passenger" side of the RC car. :roflmao: then i contacted the company that makes my RC and found out that they don't have a distributor in the U.S., so I had to search for the parts I needed online, and ended up having to order from a shop in the U.K. eBay didn't even have the brand parts I needed. lol. i would say the parts on my RC car are the rarest "JDM" parts to find in the U.S. j/k i'll post pics after i get her up and running again.
BTW, the S-15 is a nitro (gas powered) on-road car. i also have a R-34 Skyline made by Tamiya that is electric powered. it's the Calsonic GT-R i bought for $40 from a store in Okinawa called Jusco.
i'm waiting on some parts to come in for my gas powered RC car. once i get them in and install, and get everything up and running, i'll snap a few pics. i was able to find my battery charger for my Calsonic GT-R the other day, and i was driving that thing around on my living room floor yesterday. it does some wicked burnouts on the wood floor. my dog wanted to eat it. pics will be up soon i hope.
