Junior X22-Pro racer build...revised

[sgirouard]

So I had asked about a slipper clutch, and I'm still working on that one, but this is what I have so far.

I'll call it a Junior X22 Pro.

I took a Losi Junior 2 chassis, Jrx2 LRM transmission and shock towers, H-arm rear arms, Losi 22 front suspension, 12mm hex rears to use modern tires, JRX-Pro steering and a unique solution for the front brace. The front shocks were aftermarket shocks I had from an Oval conversion I had a few years back. The front shock tower was a broken one I had lieing around so I retapped and ground it down.

PS ignore the bad paint job. I let my 6 year old paint it. LOL I plan to race it in 2wd open and eventually turn it over to my 6 year old as he gets better.

The front suspension was actually pretty easy. I just had to redrill the front bulkhead with a 3mm bit.






I can actually tighten or loosen the links and can flex the chassis +/-5 degrees

[jwscab]

I would think that you can find a hydra slipper shaft relatively easily, then you can fit a b4 slipper with the right spacer and such.

as for wing wire and mounts, other than the cool losi quick-turn ones, you can use any pan car or even the rc10 nylon ones and get them pretty cheap. a length of music wire from the hobby shop from .050 to .080" range should give you plenty of wire to try to bend up for like a buck.

[sgirouard]

awesome, great info

[JK Racing]

I've swapped wings between my RC10s and JRX2s with no issues. Same width and such. Just another option if you have an RC10 racer, you can 'borrow' parts

Slipper - who needs that, just be smooth on the throttle (I am kidding, I am the killer of LRM non-slipper trans)

[sgirouard]

Added the pictures of the, mostly, finished product.

[fredswain]

Is that just 22 arms on a JRX bulkhead? How's the overall width?

[sgirouard]

Yes and I didn't measure the overall width.

I knew I missed something...

I didn't check the dimensions to make sure it fits in the box. I'll check tonight.

I know the arms are a little wider than JRX2 arms.

If push comes to shove...maybe I'll try and fab a new front bulkhead similar to the Hot Trick front bulkhead from bitd

[fredswain]

If it comes in too wide you can always try using 4wd front wheels with their greater offset.

[sgirouard]

These fronts are zero offset already. Does the 22 share the same offset as the 4wd?

[fredswain]

I don't know.

[sgirouard]

So the tires I have will provide the narrowest track, but after measuring I'm sitting at 10.25"....gotta shave it down a bit

[matt1ptkn]

Very cool. I like the name too.

[sgirouard]

I'm going to make something out of 1/4" square tubing to narrow up the front. I'm not worried about adding weight to the front end because I always had to add weight to the front ends of the JRX line anyway.