vintage losi shock set ups?
vintage losi shock set ups?
Building my jrx pro, and pro se willb e running newer hard coated shocks. BUt cant easily find a starting point.
Figue if some members here still running older cars what are your racing set ups.
Car - (jrx2, t, pro, se, LXT jr2/t)
front shocks
piston
oil
spring
rear shocks
piston
oil
spring
Figue if some members here still running older cars what are your racing set ups.
Car - (jrx2, t, pro, se, LXT jr2/t)
front shocks
piston
oil
spring
rear shocks
piston
oil
spring
-
- Approved Member
- Posts: 1191
- Joined: Sun Feb 08, 2009 9:20 pm
- Location: Spokane, WA
- Has thanked: 170 times
- Been thanked: 23 times
Re: vintage losi shock set ups?
Jack Johnson set-up sheet here for Pro SE.
http://vintagelosi.com/Setup_files/Jack_Johnson_ProSE_setup.pdf
http://vintagelosi.com/Setup_files/Jack_Johnson_ProSE_setup.pdf
- JK Racing
- Approved Member
- Posts: 4618
- Joined: Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:32 pm
- Location: Placentia, CA
- Has thanked: 129 times
- Been thanked: 242 times
Re: vintage losi shock set ups?
And you didnt contact me?
Basic starting point for Losi shocks is always 56 with 30 wgt oil, trucks I go up 1 wgt in front.
Buggies I start green front, yellow rear springs and adjust from there. 5 link - rear rear.
Trucks - LXT - red/red, maybe orange front to calm it down
XXT - pink/yellow - lightweight soft - yellow/white or white/grey
Basic starting point for Losi shocks is always 56 with 30 wgt oil, trucks I go up 1 wgt in front.
Buggies I start green front, yellow rear springs and adjust from there. 5 link - rear rear.
Trucks - LXT - red/red, maybe orange front to calm it down
XXT - pink/yellow - lightweight soft - yellow/white or white/grey
--Joey --
Vintage A&L and Factory Works
Old School Racer & Vintage RC Car nut
JKRacingRC.com
Vintage A&L and Factory Works
Old School Racer & Vintage RC Car nut
JKRacingRC.com
Re: vintage losi shock set ups?
i didnt contact anyone, Tried searching first. But the thought of this thread was to see what people are currently running, car style. so anyone else building any of these, (especially cars that no one can find set up sheets for) can have a good decent starting point.
I took my jrx pro, and did green front. BUt if i do it on my pro se. same green spring. Isnt there 2-3 different green spring lengths, pro has .9 shocks up front, se has .6 both 1.2 rears. My lxt build i did the xxt set up i think 35 front 30 rear, pink front yellow rear. Kit stock pistons. Course these are all in build mode still. not yet rollers.
I took my jrx pro, and did green front. BUt if i do it on my pro se. same green spring. Isnt there 2-3 different green spring lengths, pro has .9 shocks up front, se has .6 both 1.2 rears. My lxt build i did the xxt set up i think 35 front 30 rear, pink front yellow rear. Kit stock pistons. Course these are all in build mode still. not yet rollers.
- JK Racing
- Approved Member
- Posts: 4618
- Joined: Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:32 pm
- Location: Placentia, CA
- Has thanked: 129 times
- Been thanked: 242 times
Re: vintage losi shock set ups?
Buggy nose are all .6 - unless you take the JRX pro, it had the long 'truck' fronts so .9 rears are all 1.2 until the xx series, then buggies went .6 & .9 (with a longer shaft so they called it a 1.0).
--Joey --
Vintage A&L and Factory Works
Old School Racer & Vintage RC Car nut
JKRacingRC.com
Vintage A&L and Factory Works
Old School Racer & Vintage RC Car nut
JKRacingRC.com
Re: vintage losi shock set ups?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/121484398222?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
bot this lot of springs. so a few extra ot play with. not a bad lot for 19.95 shipped. so some to play with.
bot this lot of springs. so a few extra ot play with. not a bad lot for 19.95 shipped. so some to play with.
- JK Racing
- Approved Member
- Posts: 4618
- Joined: Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:32 pm
- Location: Placentia, CA
- Has thanked: 129 times
- Been thanked: 242 times
Re: vintage losi shock set ups?
Nice, the tight blue springs may be Kinwald edition ones 

--Joey --
Vintage A&L and Factory Works
Old School Racer & Vintage RC Car nut
JKRacingRC.com
Vintage A&L and Factory Works
Old School Racer & Vintage RC Car nut
JKRacingRC.com
Re: vintage losi shock set ups?
IT WAS UP FOR OVER A WEEK. that was the second listing for it. (same price) and I still have extra one here also from my buddy giving me al his old ones. ( I do have a set of kinwald springs now on my kinwald xx I got on ebay for 40 bucks. labeled as a xxxsct)
- JK Racing
- Approved Member
- Posts: 4618
- Joined: Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:32 pm
- Location: Placentia, CA
- Has thanked: 129 times
- Been thanked: 242 times
Re: vintage losi shock set ups?
you can give me the xx buggy, i'll give you a xxt in trade
i snagged the truck when looking for a buggy

--Joey --
Vintage A&L and Factory Works
Old School Racer & Vintage RC Car nut
JKRacingRC.com
Vintage A&L and Factory Works
Old School Racer & Vintage RC Car nut
JKRacingRC.com
- Diamond Dave
- Approved Member
- Posts: 1532
- Joined: Tue Nov 29, 2011 1:42 am
- Location: Calgary
- Has thanked: 696 times
- Been thanked: 130 times
Re: vintage losi shock set ups?
I can use a spare XXT truck, just picked one up and I want to get it running.JK Racing wrote:you can give me the xx buggy, i'll give you a xxt in tradei snagged the truck when looking for a buggy

- matt1ptkn
- Approved Member
- Posts: 910
- Joined: Wed Dec 12, 2012 8:27 am
- Location: Moundsville, WV
- Has thanked: 80 times
- Been thanked: 133 times
Re: vintage losi shock set ups?
If any xx or xxt is being given away, can I be considered? I am getting seriously close to buying one, and a freebie would do the RC budget some good!
Also, I had been watching that spring auction, too. I almost pulled the trigger, but I didn't really NEED that many springs.
I'd also like to know the popular suspension setups for the Jrx2 and Pro. I've been trying to fine tune mine for a while now and I've never been that well versed in tuning anything.
Also, I had been watching that spring auction, too. I almost pulled the trigger, but I didn't really NEED that many springs.
I'd also like to know the popular suspension setups for the Jrx2 and Pro. I've been trying to fine tune mine for a while now and I've never been that well versed in tuning anything.

Matt
Just a part of my RC collection: Matt1ptkn's Toys
"I wish there was a way to tell you're in the good old days, before you've actually left them."
Just a part of my RC collection: Matt1ptkn's Toys
"I wish there was a way to tell you're in the good old days, before you've actually left them."
- JK Racing
- Approved Member
- Posts: 4618
- Joined: Thu Jul 19, 2007 2:32 pm
- Location: Placentia, CA
- Has thanked: 129 times
- Been thanked: 242 times
Re: vintage losi shock set ups?
I have a hard time setting up my cars when I'm driving. I will usually have a friend drive my car for a few laps while I observe what it is doing or not doing, then adjust from there. Put it back out for 2-3 laps, adjust, put it back out again.
Funny, I can tell the car isnt right when I drive, but hard to know what its doing that I dont want. I watch the car drive and BAM, change this...
Funny, I can tell the car isnt right when I drive, but hard to know what its doing that I dont want. I watch the car drive and BAM, change this...

--Joey --
Vintage A&L and Factory Works
Old School Racer & Vintage RC Car nut
JKRacingRC.com
Vintage A&L and Factory Works
Old School Racer & Vintage RC Car nut
JKRacingRC.com
Create an account or sign in to join the discussion
You need to be a member in order to post a reply
Create an account
Not a member? register to join our community
Members can start their own topics & subscribe to topics
It’s free and only takes a minute
Sign in
-
- Similar Topics
- Replies
- Views
- Last post
-
- 12 Replies
- 1279 Views
-
Last post by JK Racing
-
- 3 Replies
- 874 Views
-
Last post by GoMachV
-
- 13 Replies
- 2976 Views
-
Last post by mmbackpacker
-
- 137 Replies
- 21930 Views
-
Last post by JK Racing
-
- 4 Replies
- 1339 Views
-
Last post by bluewormx
-
- 8 Replies
- 1494 Views
-
Last post by tamiyadan
-
- 2 Replies
- 884 Views
-
Last post by Trailsnail
-
- 1 Replies
- 458 Views
-
Last post by jcwrks
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: Bing [Bot] and 10 guests