Subaru vs. 911 GT (fitting)

akura2 · #1 04-05-2010, 07:06 PM

I went to a local Hobbytown USA to pick up a dNaNo for a friend of mine who is out of state on vacation... my friend wanted the Porsche full chassis kit, but they didn't have any in stock, but they had Porsche Autoscales (AS) in stock as well as other "full" cars... (the Subaru to be exact.) Since the dNaNos come with the AS and the chassis in two different boxes, the guy at the store (trying to be as helpful as possible) swapped out the AS Porsche with the Subaru AS that was in the chassis kit... as both of the chassis are RM chassis. But I've gone to Kyosho's fitting list on their japanese site and there seems to be some parts discrepancies between the two... nothing major from what I can tell, but if anyone with both the Subaru and the Porsche available to them to do a test fit for me to see how "off" the two are (putting the porsche body on a Subaru chassis) I would GREATLY appreciate it... My friend was so elated about finding the Porsche that I didn't think any further of it other than they both said RM chassis on the box...

Qon, that includes you... since I know you have every one of the dNaNos in your personal collection... LOL

post a pic if you can and if there are differences can you point them out

I think that if the body "fits" on the chassis, he'll be happy... but if it's WAY off, we'll have to figure out something

Thanks

MRB1GG · #2 04-05-2010, 07:27 PM

you will need to get the fitting kit for the specific car you want the wheel base is different so is the mounting

Tsal · #3 04-05-2010, 09:16 PM

Check here they have both measurments. You will need to get the parts set for which ever body you choose to use.http://tinyrc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24053

akura2 · #4 04-06-2010, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Tsal

Check here they have both measurments. You will need to get the parts set for which ever body you choose to use.http://tinyrc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24053

Thanks, but they only show overall length and width... not wheelbase and track of the chassis itself....

akura2 · #5 04-06-2010, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by MRB1GG

you will need to get the fitting kit for the specific car you want the wheel base is different so is the mounting

I know they made the dNaNos so that they are completely scale, but I was hoping that in this case, we didn't have to worry about the body fitting, and buying the extra parts to do so..

I feel we got a great price on the car itself, and I would hate to have to spend a LOT more to make the body fit properly and put a damper on the deal we got..

I think the price of the fitting kit is pretty high (sometimes and some places more expensive than the Autoscales themselves)

technically I COULD just open the box and test fit it myself, but I didn't want to open his "present" before he did...

but it looks like I'm going to have to

Apie · #6 04-06-2010, 04:40 PM

You need to buy the fitting kit. It is fairly inexpensive, and really your only option.

akura2 · #7 04-06-2010, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Apie

You need to buy the fitting kit. It is fairly inexpensive, and really your only option.

you call nearly $40 for just he fit kit inexpensive?

I guess it's all relative, but that is not inexpensive to me...

but outside of returning the kit, or calling on some favors from Kyosho (my friend works for a VERY popular RC magazine) I guess getting the fit kit might be our only option...

edhchoe · #8 04-07-2010, 01:35 AM

Yes they are expensive. But they last A LOT longer than the polycarbonate bodies on 1/10 scale cars. You have to be ready to spend about $80 for body + fitting set. I like my Lamborghini so much that I bought another one in different color and it cost me $33. So once you get your favorite body you don't have to get another fitting set unless you get tired of the body. You can always sell the unused body and the fitting set to get some money back... But the Lancer or Subaru bodies are the least popular ones...