Well, actually it is mostly new. Just a couple of pieces need to be replaced to make this a real beauty. I can't take credit for it, I got it from Rick (bearrickster) last week. He is turning me into a Losi addict. I love the efficient, clean design of these cars. Rick was kind enough to send a new unpainted body along with this one, which I actually really like. The only thing I've done to the car is dust it and for kicks I added some red pin striping to pull the red rear shock springs into the overall color scheme. Oh yeah, I stuck the funky old ,motor in it because it had purple stuff on it.
Just on the front I used XX carriers and hubs. you have to drill out the hinge pin to make them work but then you can run matching modern 2.2 tires. I like the red on their. I have its twin almost done you can have a pair
bearrickster wrote:Just on the front I used XX carriers and hubs. you have to drill out the hinge pin to make them work but then you can run matching modern 2.2 tires. I like the red on their. I have its twin almost done you can have a pair
Nice rig, very clean.
Just a tip - back in the day we used to run AE front caster blocks, since they came in a variety of angles (while the losi ones only came in one) so we could fine-tune things.
RER40 wrote:
Just a tip - back in the day we used to run AE front caster blocks, since they came in a variety of angles (while the losi ones only came in one) so we could fine-tune things.
You mean like this? I thought i was the only one that discovered that trick Had a few other "secret" parts on my car...god knows you couldn't let the Losi guys at the track know that you had RC10 parts on your car.
highwayracer wrote:You mean like this? I thought i was the only one that discovered that trick Had a few other "secret" parts on my car...god knows you couldn't let the Losi guys at the track know that you had RC10 parts on your car.
Regards,
highwayracer
There ya go dude. (but sorry, you're only about 20 years late for getting credit for "thinking it up")
Shoot, back in the day, if you had all-AE or all-any-brand on your car it was a sure sign that you were a rookie or had a terrible lack of skills. Modding to make it better was what it was all about.
Heck, back then, the Kyosho Gold shocks were all the rage -- and anybody that could afford them had 'em.
they look like the correct "rpm" losi arms. i think it's more the negative backspacing of the xx wheel that's making it look so narrow. or it's whatever knuckle/axle is on it to make those rims actually work on that car.
As far as the offset, the XX wheels do have slightly more negative offset, so the result is that you car's overall width is narrower than a stock jr. The way to fix this is to use a pair of RPM jrxt arms (slightly longer than the stock losi). This will bring everything back to specification when using the XX front blocks and spindles.
using the losi'cars/trucks for dirt oval racing back in the day, we'd use the associated castor blocks so we could run different amounts of castor on either side to get the tires flat going through the turns.
that's another reason that i love, as well as most oval racers do, the 2038 losi hub carriers. so many tuning options.
RER40 wrote:
There ya go dude. (but sorry, you're only about 20 years late for getting credit for "thinking it up")
Shoot, back in the day, if you had all-AE or all-any-brand on your car it was a sure sign that you were a rookie or had a terrible lack of skills. Modding to make it better was what it was all about.
Heck, back then, the Kyosho Gold shocks were all the rage -- and anybody that could afford them had 'em.
Not taking credit for it...but that is my jrx pro from BITD and it was definately not stock. I incorporated some tricks from the local factory guys, but I also had some that I've never seen on the other jrx2s.
I agree on your comments about a stock car. All of the models back then had their weaknesses and it was up to you to identify and fix those.
I love the efficient, clean design of these cars. Rick was kind enough to send a new unpainted body along with this one, which I actually really like. The only thing I've done to the car is dust it and for kicks I added some red pin striping to pull the red rear shock springs into the overall color scheme. Oh yeah, I stuck the funky old ,motor in it because it had purple stuff on it. 
Elkcycles, 
