Trinity T-Spec Touring Car

StevePond · #1 03-09-2004, 11:44 AM

Tired of having to spend money you cannot afford to spend to try and stay competitive? With T-Spec it's your tuning and driving ability which decides who is first over the finish line, not how much money you have to spend.

Look for the new Trinity T-Spec program coming to a race track near you! The same chassis, motor, batteries, body and tires with no after-market parts or drilling, lightening and cutting makes racing as close and inexpensive as possible.

Features include: Spec Motor, Spec battery pack, T-Spec body, Shaft Drive, Aluminum Drive Shaft, Aluminum Drive Couplers, Ball Differentials, Pillow Ball Suspension, Adjustable Caster, Adjustable Camber, Adjustable Toe In/Out, Front & Rear Droop Screws, Ball Bearings, Threaded Body Oil Filled Shocks, Heat Sink Motor Clamp, Stick or Saddle Pack, Rear Sway Bar and Motor Heat Sink.

TRI90003 - $159.99 (Car Kit Only)
TRI90004 - $199.99 (Car Kit with Motor, Battery and Body)

Thanks to Eric, Huntly and Bobby for the info.

rcguy2477 · #2 03-09-2004, 03:10 PM

It looks nice for a spec car. I may have to try one of these out.

Pro3/nmt105 · #3 03-09-2004, 03:55 PM

I dont understand why you couldnt do the same thing with Racer TC3s ar XXX-S's. They're a little more expensive but they probably handel better and have much better parts support at hobby shops. You could just have everybody run the same motor, ESC (not all that important), non-matched batteries, and tires. Hop-ups wouldnt be allowed except for springs, shock oil, swaybars and stuff of that sort.

StevePond · #4 03-09-2004, 05:38 PM

Keep in mind that those are full retail prices, which means the hobby shops should be able to sell them for less.

Also, as a spec program, there will be very inepensive replacement parts and very little in the way of hop-ups allowed because it's a spec car. They come with a full set of ball bearings also.

Prelude14WRX · #5 03-09-2004, 07:06 PM

How much do u think it will cost???? If its cheap....im drifting it

SteveK · #6 03-09-2004, 07:37 PM

I agree with Steve Pond: It's easier to control a spec class if you use a specific car like this. I've seen them tried before, and if it's a mainstream car, people want to use hop-ups they see on the shelf, they want to modify this or that, or they want to use their already modified car in the series.

The TL01 class in the TCS is a great way to do it: No non-Tamiya parts, limited modifications made by Tamiya, and even with the kit and a few basic hop-ups, the car wouldn't be more than $120-140. Under $100 when the kits could be found for $70 or less.

That looks like a promising car and class. The street price should be well under the $150 listed, which would make it a viable option for any racer. Batteries, motors, and tires are the biggest issue in a spec class, so they could let drivers use whatever radios and ESCs they have handy. When we ran a Bolink Legends class years ago, there were guys there with $100 servos and PCM radios in the cars because that's all they had handy to put in them, ,and they didn't make a bit of difference.

fabolousRC · #7 03-10-2004, 02:29 AM

that price and in addition to more widely available equipment should make this class pretty interesting. Plus, shaft drive system will make it easier for most novice drivers out there as far as maintenance.

I wonder what kind of tire compound that they're including in this car.

I think Trinity should just come out with a whole package i.e:
*1600mah 6cell stick spec pack
*spec class motor (no MS nor P2K4 here)
*single gear/pinion combination
*single body spec
*radio kit for an all out RTR model (JR XS3 synthetizer radio/3PM-FS/MX3S)

I mean it's geared toward novice than seasonal amateur driver, right?

Mr. Pond, if this is a good case to put as a new topic, you're more than welcome to either move my reply to an established topic or open a new one just for this new product.

YR4Dude · #8 03-10-2004, 07:04 PM

Spec or not, it looks like a car that is worthy to race anyday and anywhere!!!

Just looking at the rear hubs I can see there is a lot of roll center built in such that the car would inherently push. A good thing for novices, but not so good for intermediates who may be looking for more steering. Then again, thats why there is a rear sway bar shown.

If this is a way to get more people back into the hobby, then I am all for it. However, is electric the right format to do it??? From what I see at most LHS, the big seller is NITRO. Perhaps it would also be nice to see a spec class in nitro as well.

Kden46 · #9 03-13-2004, 05:49 AM

This is a nice looking car! And at this price I think I just found a way to get back into 1/10th electric!

tallyrc · #10 03-14-2004, 10:28 AM

yes, electric is EXACTLY where i want novices to enter the hobby. they are plenty fast.

HauntedMyst · #11 03-14-2004, 01:59 PM

I think this is brillant. I just hope lots of tracks adopt the program.

thijs · #12 03-29-2004, 04:31 AM

Are there more pics of it.
I'm looking forward to see something more.

LosiRacerX · #13 04-06-2004, 11:44 PM

my bro is gettin this cuz its cheap and he'll run it in stock wit me, idk wut other ppl say, it looks like a car that could b used 2 times a month racin and place in the top 3

PhsykoManMKAO · #14 04-09-2004, 09:47 PM

wow. now heres a big decision for me. ive been wanting to get into elec touring for a while. not many places for me to run touring cars so i didnt want to dump a load of money into it. then again. t-spec with motor batteries and body + radio gear vs. xxx-s rtr.

really hard decision coming up....

looks great. its a very generous pirce coupled with a performance car. its a huge move forward in the spec class. are tires going to be spec'd or not? if so how can they tell at a glance

. ball diffs nice looking suspension set up aluminum drive shaft. full set of balls. with trinity quality.. spec class looks like it will be expanding rapidly.

nick51 · #15 04-10-2004, 12:43 AM

is this car race built and what level of racer would you classify the car under?

PhsykoManMKAO · #16 04-10-2004, 02:43 PM

nick51 - car is race spec built for the spec class, could easily be used in stock and could stand a chance in modified depending on the driver. its marketed for the racer who doesnt have the wallet to dump loads of cash into a nice car. instead spend a few bucks for a nice competitive car built by a reliable company

nick51 · #17 04-10-2004, 10:58 PM

I mainly race in stock class or 19t spec, I have the hpi sprint and looking to upgrade but like you said i dont have a lot of money to spend cause im only 15. Lookin forward to get it.

PhsykoManMKAO · #18 04-12-2004, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by nick51

I mainly race in stock class or 19t spec, I have the hpi sprint and looking to upgrade but like you said i dont have a lot of money to spend cause im only 15. Lookin forward to get it.

well this would be a great upgrade from a sprint and is easy on the wallet to

. and you can just use your radio gear from your sprint

. i was doin a lil number figurin and well.. losi xxx-s rtr 270 + batteries $330. tspec w/ motor battery body $160 plus a nice jr xr2 100 and another battery $280. so it does come out cheaper and i have the joy of building it

take off the price of th jr xr2 if i get the jr xr3 with the gs sut i might b getting and the price is just an awesome deal.

nick51 · #19 04-13-2004, 12:55 AM

I just bought the jr xr2i radio

and have some ok gp 3300's. Do you know what kind of motor comes with it and what kind of battery. It says that it can take a saddle pack, doesent it mean side by side (sXs)

PhsykoManMKAO · #20 04-13-2004, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nick51

I just bought the jr xr2i radio

and have some ok gp 3300's. Do you know what kind of motor comes with it and what kind of battery. It says that it can take a saddle pack, doesent it mean side by side (sXs)

since it is intended for spec use id speculate (no pun intended) that it would come with a 21 turn trinity ex-spec and a ex-spec gp 1900mah batterypack.

thats what the old spec came with and i suspect (theres that word again) that they wont change that set-up. but it would be cool if the new spec motor was the trinity 19t chameleon pro (with the new skewed armature)

nick51 · #21 04-14-2004, 02:19 AM

are the shock adjustable by screwing the thing up and down or do you have to use those black spacer rings? And does it have full ball bearings?

Nick

PhsykoManMKAO · #22 04-14-2004, 04:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nick51

are the shock adjustable by screwing the thing up and down or do you have to use those black spacer rings? And does it have full ball bearings?

Nick

yes the shocks have threaded bodies for easy and accurate adjustments. and it has full ball bearings (not sure what kind, probably rubber sealed) you can find some more info at teamtrinity.com but they dont have much info, just the basic stuff. cant wait to get one and put some yokomo drifting tires on it

DrDiff · #23 04-18-2004, 02:31 PM

I wonder if they will put a price limit on Electronics as they did in the street spec class. I can imagine it now. New spec battery packs every six months or so, buy 4-5 motors and dyno them all to see which one to run in the Main and which ones to qualify on... I wish Trinity would publish the rules so that we could see what can be done and what can't be done. I also am curious if it is the standard 21 turn spec motor or if it is the 19 turn spec modified?

In the June 2004 RCCA the car is pictured on page 27 with foamies, and here it is on rubber slikcks with odd ball sized shelf weapon type rims. I wonder if it uses standard size hex drives.

Maxxcrazy · #24 04-18-2004, 06:26 PM

Does the kit include wheels and tires?

I looked on Tower, it says the kit is $109 and the kit with motor and battery is $140. The price is awesome, I'm definatly buying one. It'll make a great club racer/basher

u4ia · #25 04-20-2004, 04:10 AM

I have this this kit since Dec. last year. From what I've experienced with this unit, I can say it's superb for touring spec. The material is very strong, yet flexible and I think its made of flex-nylon. I say this 'cause I have tested the car by striking the unit to the wall with 40-50 mph. Twice I did and the result, it still come into one piece, only the front ball joint pop-up and it's easy to fix.What helps ? it's the front bumper that protect the front part and also the thick foam in front.

2nd, I see the quality of steel ball diff. is comply with current technology (see the rctek.com -> site map -> ball diff. section). Quite responsive but after several runs, you have to fix it because it's a bit loose. The motor I have is the endbell version (brush-inside-the-can-type motor) and a high torque with 15T. The pinion gear is 24 teeth using teflon material, and the size is the same as Tamiya AV pinion type. I can replace up to 18T and probably lower if I have to use lower turn motor. For the spur, I don't examine it deeply.

About the weight, it's considerably good compare to other in the same class since the chassis is not carbon or graphite.

All part are race ready since we can adjust everything (caster, camber, toe-in/out and ride height/ground clearance). For ground clearance set up, it uses a grub screw with hex/allen key driver, and not the spacer or else.

The only drawbacks are when I want to replace the motor. Every time I want to change the motor, I have to open the upper deck 'cause one of the screw that holds the motor is below the upperdeck (Have to open 10 screw on upperdeck). The way I solve this problem is to drill the upper deck where the screw lies beneath. The 2nd is the motor placement which is uncommon 'cause I have to turn the 180 deg the modified motor topside (Reedy, Yokomo, etec.) if I want to use it.

All I can say that this car is the best for touring and good for racing (you have to set this perfectly if you want to compete with other such as Pro4, TC3FTK, TRF415, etc). For racing, alternatively, you can wait for the hop-up options if they're avaialble in the future from 3rd party.