My M-05 Setup

Having ran my Tamiya M-05 for a couple of months now, I feel I'm beginning to learn how to drive the car. What I haven't done yet is to fully understand how setup changes have an affect on the car's handling. I'm getting there but slowly. Thankfully Dave Allen and Brad Portelli from RC-Mini have been extremely helpful in posting their setups (and their approach to setting up) and my car seems to be performing well at the moment - due to the fact I'm using Dave's and Brad's setups! Anyway, if it's any help to you (and so that I have record of my setup in case I forget) I'm going to publish my setup for your information.

Tamiya #54236 Front Aluminium Damper Stay

Having read a couple of guides by the 'successful' Tamiya M-05 drivers from the USA and Australia, I thought I'd try out the Tamiya Aluminium Front Damper Stay (#54236). This allows the front shocks to be fitted to the car in a much more upright configuration, which in turn allows a much stiffer front suspension.

Chippenham Club Racing

So now with the car built, and some Mini racing under my belt, I was told by John Ridding and Andy Travis that there is an RC club not very far from where I live that races Minis. Earlier this year, I went along to see what it was like and to meet and talk to the other drivers that I might be racing against.

Super Production Cup - Yateley & Colchester

My family is a racing family. I met my wife racing RC cars, so we both actively race RC, as does my father-in-law. My daughter, although only 13 months old, is familiar with a transmitter and I expect she will be tagging allong with me at RC meetings in the future. With this in mind, I bought and built the M-05 as a car the family (my wife and I for now) could use and race.

Tamiya M-05 Pro Electrics & Body

In the last of my posts about the build of my M-05, I'm covering the install of the electrics and the choice of body. In the past I've also raced 1:12 scale circuit so I had a very good ESC ('Speedo') in my pitbox ready to drop into the M-05. That speedo is the Nosram Dominator Evolution, which is getting on a bit now as speedos go, but for a brushed ESC is as good as any other. One downside to it though is that it doesn't have a LiPo cut-off facility..

Tamiya M-05 Pro Chassis Build

Well, these next few posts are a bit overdue – my last post was in June, and the car has been built and raced 3 times since then. Still, I kept some photos from the chassis build and from assembling the car to be ‘race-ready’ so I’ll show you them and try to give a little information as to how it went together.

Yeah Racing M-05 Aluminium Steering Set

Continuing on from my last post, the chassis is now built – complete with a new standard Tamiya gearset and rebuilt diff. The two halves have been fixed together and the rear part of the chassis has been attached, being careful to select the right wheelbase according to my preference (MWB). I'm nearly ready to attach the steering assembly.