Team Associated - TC4 RTR 4WD 1:10th Touring Car

click to enlarge	Product No. 30110 MSRP: $429.99   Now the Team is proud to introduce the next generation RC10TC4 Touring Car… the refinement of the proven TC3 racing platform, optimized with more precise tuning features, better balance, and greater durability.    Chassis Specification:  Length: 373mm  Width: 190mm  Wheelbase: 259mm  Internal Gear Ratio: 2.50:1  Drivetrain: Shaft drive  Weight: 1375 g (only chassis)
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Team Associated’s RC10TC4 RTR: taking the wild success of the TC3 RTR to the next level. Team Associated takes full advantage of all these improvements and combines them to bring you the RC10TC4 RTR. The TC4 RTR features include a Team Associated 15-turn motor, LRP’s ground-breaking Ai automatic speed control and Team Associated radio system made by Airtronics, all factory assembled.

The TC4 RTR also comes with treaded tires mounted on chrome 8-spoke wheels, composite CVDs, ball diffs, VCS oil-filled composite shocks and a cool street-tuner decal sheet. All that’s left for you to do is to add your batteries and get ready to lay down the rubber. The TC4 RTR will be supported by a full line of “Factory Team” performance parts, including blue titanium turnbuckles, optional radial heatsinks, a motor air-duct cooling system, and the entire range of carbon chassis components.

Team Associated - TC4 Factory Team Kit 4WD Touring Car

click to enlarge	Product No. 30102 MSRP: $ 599.99   Team Associated’s new Factory Team TC4 already has a big win before the kits had been boxed. Team Associated’s U.K. driving star Craig Drescher won the prestigious invitational Touring Car class at the 2005 Reedy International Race of Champions.    Chassis Specification:  Length: 373mm  Width: 190mm  Wheelbase: 259mm  Internal Gear Ratio: 2.50:1  Drivetrain: Shaft drive  Weight: 1375 g (only chassis)
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This was Associated's first race with the Factory Team TC4 and the entire team was impressed with the level of performance and adjustability provided by the new chassis design, and Craig winning the event was truly, “icing on the cake”! The FT TC4 marks a milestone in electric touring car development by allowing maximum chassis stiffness adjustability without replacing the main chassis.

It features a double deck 2.5mm woven carbon fiber chassis that incorporates an adjustable carbon fiber spine plate. The chassis spine plate allows an extremely wide range of chassis stiffness adjustment in small increments. This allows the chassis to be dialed in for high grip carpet racing or for low grip parking lot racing and everything in between. In addition to the spine plate, there are four blue aluminum chassis brace standoffs that allow even more chassis stiffness adjustment. Racers around the world will appreciate that they do not need to disassemble their entire car or shell out more cash in order to change the chassis stiffness of the Factory Team TC4. Just make the adjustments to the chassis spine plate or standoffs and you’re dialed. If all these tuning options were not enough, we included two, three-piece anti-roll bar kits for the front and rear of the FT TC4.

Another major tuning option included in the FT TC4 is that you can choose between two types of differentials, based on the class of racing you participate in. The lightweight composite diffs provide increased acceleration in 19 turn or stock class racing. The lightened, steel differentials easily tolerate the very high demands for strength which modified racing requires.

Team Associated - TC4 Team Kit 4WD Touring Car

click to enlarge	Product No. 30100 MSRP: $369.99   The TC4 is the next generation, incorporating all that Associated has learned during the four years since the TC3 was first released. R/C Car, February 2005    Chassis Specification:  Length: 373mm  FR/RR Track: 190mm (outside rims)  Wheelbase: 259mm  Weight: 1375 g (only chassis)
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Up front, the TC4 features the double-decked impact-resistant plastic and lightweight foam bumper system adopted from the Nitro TC3. The shock towers have also been redesigned for greater strength, and now have four upper shock mounting hole options. The rear body mounts have also been relocated outward on the shock tower to give wider support to the body.

The drive train of the TC4 has received many refinements, including a new design 6061 T6 blue anodized aluminum drive shaft that fits in stronger, beefed-up composite drive cups. The included genuine Kimbrough 72-tooth spur gear mounts on a more secure, 3-bolt hub with 6 mounting positions to fit most any spur gear. The blue aluminum MIP CVD’s have also been upgraded from the previous-generation TC3, and are now thicker and 3 times stronger for maximum resistance to bending. The molded composite wheel hex drives now feature a “star drive” shape which allows more exact manufacturing tolerances, and a more precise fit with most standard touring car wheels. The TC4 comes standard with blue anodized aluminum threaded shock bodies, a feature previously included only on the Factory Team level kits.

The TC4’s all-new suspension components spent many months of development in Area 51, resulting in major improvements in adjustability, precision, and strength. The inner arm hinge pins are now larger-diameter, 40% stronger, and are captured in the arm mounts by pivot balls to provide consistently free, non-binding movement. This floating hinge pin system allowed us to develop an all-new anti-dive, anti-squat suspension adjustment shim system front and rear. The wheelbase is now adjustable .090” at the inboard suspension hinge pins, providing, total of .180 adjustment. Both the front and rear suspension links feature vertical ballstud adjustment for making precise changes in your chassis’ roll-center. The steering system has also been optimized, and now features a new dual-bellcrank/rack configuration similar to the Nitro TC3. This ball-bearing supported system is less susceptible to capturing track debris that could bind up the rack’s movement, and also features an integral spring-loaded servo saver and Ackerman adjustments using the optional ballstud spacers.

Team Associated - TC4 Factory Team Conversion Kit

click to enlarge	Product No. 31130 MSRP: $239.99   This kit will convert a TC4 RTR or TC4 Team kit to Factory Team.
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Includes screws, shims, ball studs.