Brought an old LXT back to life

[Dan684]

Ive been wanting to get back into the hobby so i started with an old Losi that ive had in a box for a long time. Put a castle 3900kv motor and esc in it with spectrum reciever/radio. the original electronics were fried. its nowhere near original, but it is F-A-S-T...lol

[License2iLL]

looks nice...lets see under the hood. Do u maybe have a camaro body instead? any generation will do.

[Dan684]

No camaro body. I'm a Ford guy anyways. My Brother-in-law had this one laying around still in the package and un painted so it will do until i get a Late Model body for it. Its going to be an oval track car (hence the battery being on the left side).

[Dan684]

Seems like the only problem with this car is finding parts. The diff was not adjusted properly so it melted instantly under the power of the brushless system, but i found an old new stock part at a local hobby shop and ordered a spare from ebay just in case. I ran it around the yard and seems to be good now. I cant wait to see what this thing does on the track with proper tires. I have a feeling ill have to add weight to the front to keep it from wheelieing constantly.

[Coelacanth]

Ever since HPI put out a monster-truck-themed Dodge Charger (sacrilege to a Charger owner, especially since they never made a NORMAL onroad body available), I've never been a fan of the monster-truck-with-muscle-car-body thing, but yours still looks good and with those electronics, is probably a hoot to drive.

[CGMike]

Ebay is a good place to start for parts. I went to my local hobby place and looked through all their old bins of parts and bought everything that was GTX they had. I bought 2 diff gears and a set of front a-arms. Remember RPM made some stuff for the LXT too, so maybe you could find parts by searching for them. I think the GTX and LXT shared a few parts so look for GTX parts on ebay as well. I wish I had more extra parts I could send your way. I broke my front bulkhead, so I bought a new one and the aluminum brace for it as well so that it is harder to break next time, just a thought. Good luck, if I find anything, Ill send links your way.

Mike

[Dan684]

Yeah I'm not a fan of the car body on a monster truck either, but this will be an oval track racer so a truck body would look more out of place. It looks like the old full size hobby stock cars my dad and brother raced when i was a kid. Ive found a few parts in a drawer at my local hobby shop, plus a few on ebay. It wont be a racer for long, soon ill find a newer car to race and keep this one for playing in the yard with the kids.