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Well, it has to arrive first of course but I just couldn't leave it in the store.
The official vintage hop up for the Manta Ray suspension - #53078 :


Have an idea there aren't many of these floating around...

nice find, bit blueisch

I got me the 53109 Turnbuckle Shaft Set and 53110 6 mm Ball Adjuster Set instead
was inspired by this guy langlotz

I discovered after two years that the "ugly" dampers I got with my second hand CR01 were vintage 53037 Hi-Cap Dampers (Short)



one just has to love this fisch

Great reference page and build - and dampers btw.
Having the carbon chassis set and lightweight diffs is just brilliant.

I found the matching turnbuckle set (53110) at some point too - with some other cool (and rare) parts.



But I think I'll leave the blue ones NIP for now, having chosen TRF adjusters and 3racing titanium turnbuckles.
Got a carbon damper stay so only item of the ones above I still have is the torque splitter... great one though.

Ja the torque splitter is nice too, have both of them one in my blazing star (diff splitter) and one in my manta ray (the manta one)

you can notice a difference when turning the wheels, the manta splitter you feel the front gear diff still works with the otherone its just loose.





The dampers were a nice discovery, got the Aluminium Pressure Plate Set too these were in a bashed up df-01 chassis I bought for 20

Is the first splitter (one way diff unit) the TA03 item?
Should be interesting to see the difference between the two...

That chassis with extras is a great find. Very cool hop ups.
I bought a Manta Ray parts lot mostly for the aluminium shock towers.
Thought I paid a bit too much when it arrived, looking at the state of the plastic parts.
But then I discovered a ball diff, TF hardened main drive shaft and Thunder Shot dogbones.
Those were some unexpected surprises...

Love to see that build thread of yours!

I've checked those torque splitters before, how do they actually work?

There's quite a bit to it if you'd want to describe the whole process...
But I think what it basically does is cut off the feedback from the wheels that goes back to the rear.
There is a one way bearing inside that enables this.
It will then be easier to do short turns and the rolling resistance in general is lowered.