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▲ 154 r/ecoboostmustang+1 crossposts

Bought a new (to me) Mustang.

I totaled my 2015 GT convertible back in June. When I originally bought it, I had been shopping for an Ecoboost HP package with the HP handling package but couldn't find one out side of California (I'm in Indiana) and then found the GT for a little bit more money and went ahead with it. Now that it has left the chat. I started looking again and ended up making an eight hour round trip to Toledo, OH to purchase this 2021 with just under 12k miles. Pretty stoked. For those who will condemn an EB purchase, please know that we already have a Dark Horse in the garage. We just like Mustangs and this will make a fun daily driver and occasional autocross competitor. Just wanted to share as I'm excited this finally happened. Tried to buy one in North Carolina earlier in the week that was velocity blue but got beat out by someone who engaged the dealer just before me, but I honestly think I like this in twister orange better.

u/JDuncan569 — 5 days ago
▲ 26 r/tamiya

Making some headway on a project I loosely "started" almost 20 years ago.

I'll preface this by stating that I am very into Mazda RX platform vehicles. I've owned every generation and USDM series of RX-7 and same for the RX8. Somewhere between 15 and 20 years ago, I came across a 1/10 FC RX-7 body that appears to have been factory painted. I picked it up, thinking I would build a chassis for it. However life happened and it sat on a shelf just collecting dust. It survived two house moves and has been on a hutch in my home office since ~2015.

That has finally changed. I had a friend drag me to a local hobby shop where he was buying a car to particpate in one of their racing series (indoor track. Looks fun). Anyway, I saw they had a Mercedes TT-02 chassis on sale so I broke down and picked it up. Due to my friend being a bad influence, I also picked up a hand full of Tamiya hop ups that were allowed in the race series that track had for the TT-02 cars in case I decided to come out and run with him.

I didn't realize when I bought this how much it was really a model kit that does RC. Most of my previous RC experience has been with RTR vehicles. With research, I got all the things ordered that I needed to properly break in the motor and lube everything. I threw it together this weekend and here it is. Please note that I have not trimmed the body posts down yet as I want to make sure I'm good with the height I've set first.

I'll probably loose some respect by my use of a Tamiya to T-plug adapter, but I was too lazy to cut and solder new direct ends on yet. Any who. Just wanted to share. I've played with it a little and the brushed motor in it moves it well enough. I'd probably rather have brushless but that would be illegal in the local series so for now, I'll leave it stock.

Edit: Maybe I'm sucking at Reddit tonight but the pictures I placed when I posted aren't showing up. Might be some kind of moderation feature since this is my first post in the sub. Hopefully they approve my pics so you guys can see the car.

Edit#2: Well now they are showing up. If a mod fixed it, thanks! Much appreciated!

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u/JDuncan569 — 3 months ago
▲ 5 r/rccars

Trying to identify an old FC RX-7 1:10 body

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So, I've had this old FC RX-7 body sitting on a shelf for around 15 years. I can't remember if I got it on eBay or where, but I love Mazda RX cars and picked it up planning to build a chassis for it sometime in the future, which is now. AI thinks it is a vintage HPI body, but I can't find any images of an FC body with the wing in the mold for HPI or anyone else. It is close enough to TT-02 specs that I went ahead and grabbed one of those to build on but I'm still curious on the origins of this body and also whether this was a factory paint because it is very detailed. Anyway, decided to turn the fine folks of Reddit loose on this mystery. Thanks!

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u/JDuncan569 — 3 months ago

Sunday drive in the 2015.

Just video of me being old and slow at an autocross today. Not sure if Reddit can handle 360 video so including a link to YT. Who else took their car out for a Sunday drive today?

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u/JDuncan569 — 4 months ago

I did a thing...

I've been being nerdy with my 2015 GT convertible and I have recently added the LCD cluster, Sync 3 and now the cellular telematics that everyone seems to hate. Amazingly enough, I've managed to get it all working. I'm weird and like uptrimming my cars. Other things I've added include the S650 Bronze Appearance Package and Bullitt package brakes. Are there other people out there doing these kind of dumb things?

u/JDuncan569 — 5 months ago