So last month you saw us build up the Tamiya XV-01 Pro Chassis kit from Tamiya. Now that we’ve had some time to play with it, I think it’s time to share our thoughts. For those that don’t know, the XV-01 platform is one that is new for this kit, and they have a Truck […]
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Tamiya Clodbuster – Converting to Retro
November 4th, 2012 
Matt Before I could run the Retro Clodbuster at the High Voltage Monster Truck Championships at iHobby 2012, I needed to finish a couple of things. For those that missed it, here is the build of the stock Clodbuster. In this article, we’ll perform the two wheel steering conversion, we’ll install the Tekin FX Pro ESC, […]
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Tags: crawford performance engineering, kimbrough, Parma, Promatch Racing, Super Clodbuster, Tamiya, Tekin 
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High Voltage Monster Truck Championships Coverage
October 24th, 2012 Kevin The High Voltage Monster Truck Championships were held at the iHobby Expo 2012 in Cleveland, OH. It’s been a long road to this event for us here at RC Soup. Earlier in the year we decided we’d be attending this unique event with the help of Tamiya USA. They provided us with the base for […]
Posted in featured, Racing News, Site News Tags: clodapalooza, clodbuster, high voltage, ihobby, Tamiya 5 Comments »
RC Soup’s 2012 Benefit for Children’s Miracle Network
October 11th, 2012 Kevin As most of you know, RCSoup is all about giving back to the community. We do what we do for fun, and not for profit. What little money we do generate from advertising and Merch sales, all goes back into the site, to either pay for travel expenses for event coverage, being able to bring […]
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Tamiya XV-01 Pro Chassis Build Up w/ Impreza WRX STI body
October 7th, 2012 Kevin This is a PRO-spec version of the Tamiya 4WD XV-01 chassis. “XV” stands for “Crossover Vehicle”. As the name implies this vehicle is intended to serve as a common all-terrain platform which can be used for rally cars, on-road cars, and pick-up trucks. It is equipped with covers to protect the drivetrain and R/C units […]
Long awaited IMEX Baja and Truck Pull tires available again!
September 19th, 2012 Joseph Fans of the infamous Tamiya Clodbuster will rejoice in the arrival of the long awaited IMEX RC ” Puller ” tires and the Baja Tire. These were the standard in many forms of Clodbuster racing and were the choice for many of the biggest names in Clod racing history. The tire went out of stock […]
Tamiya CC-01 Unimog Upgrades Installation
September 12th, 2012 Kevin So you guys might remember my Tamiya CC-01 Unimog Build from last year. It was a lot of fun, and even though I don’t get to run that truck much.. I decided it was time to give it a little love. Some of the things from the Unimog Review, were pretty glaring performance issues. My […]
Road to Clodapalooza : Mod Clodbuster Build up!
September 7th, 2012 Kevin Alright folks, this has been a long time in the making. I’m FINALLY getting around to posting it. With all the parts gathering, this build has been a tremendous undertaking locating everything. As you may know from the initial announcement post, and the update, this truck will be going with us (Team Soup) to iHobby […]
Posted in Build Ups, featured, Projects Tags: Associated, Diablo, futaba, Pro-line, RC4wd, Reedy, savox, Tamiya, zrp, zyck racing products 5 Comments »
2012 Michigan Monsters Summer Jam Event Recap
August 13th, 2012 Kevin Check out the below event recap for the latest MMoRC event! The Michigan MONSTERS of RC are back and what a better way to kick off the new season of events than to host our 2012 Summer Jam!! The event was held July 28th at the Kellogg Education Center in Nashville, Michigan. This was our […]
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Help bring back the Tamiya TXT-1 Monster Truck
July 2nd, 2012 Kevin Some of our friends started and are actively signing this petition to get the TXT-1 back into production. We thought it was worth sharing! Since its introduction in 2000-2002 the Tamiya Xtreme Truck (TXT) has been one of the most popular R/C trucks ever created. The most significant and most obvious feature of the TXT-1 […]
