My JRX-T resto/hop-up project update 4/28
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:42 pm
Back in the early 90's I had the original 2 losi Vehicles, the JRX-2 and JRX-t. I raced a little locally, but got out of the hobby for a while during school. I sold all my old rc in 1999, and picked the hobby up again a couple years later.
In may of 2006 I was at a friends backyard track, and spotted a JRX-t. Someone he worked with spotted it in the trash and brought it to him knowing he liked rc's. Except for rust on all lthe metal parts, it was in fantastic condition. the plastic parts looked like they were never used. There was no body and a few missing plastic parts. I asked about it and he gave it to me to rebuild. I bid on 'a few' ebay auctions to get the missing pieces, and wound up with 2 tackle boxes of parts, some nip, some used, 5 rolling chassis, some radio gear, and a whole lotta evil stares from the wife.
I put together the best parts from all that I accumulated into this truck. There are lots of parts I could not afford in 1992, being only 16 at the time. I sold off a lot of the spares and excess to continue to fund the project.
This truck is equipped with:
Parma stadium truck body (never run, but has enough shelf wear to look like it had been used)
Proline MT wheels wide bearing spacing
Proline long front axles specific to above wheels
Proline front/rear tires
RPM front arms wide truck version
RPM front Spindles
RPM heavy duty front carriers
RPM steering bellcrank
RPM Long Ball cups
RPM lower spring cups(older style,smaller diameter)
RPM shock rod ends
RPM Delrin 1/4" pivot balls for shock ends
RPM upper shock mounts
RPM dual stage shock pistons
RPM rear a-arms, xtra wide
RPM rear hub carriers
RPM outdrives
RPM gear cover dyeable
RPM nylon nuts
RPM servo mount
RPM heavy duty side bulkhead for 5-link(to protect/attach the RX)
RPM rear hinge pin carrier/anti squat block
RPM snap-tite body savers
MIP gold shock shafts
MIP rebuildable aluminum shock carts up front
SRS(scale racing sports) rebuildable shock cartridges rear
tecnacraft titanium turnbuckles throughout
Tecnacraft aluminum upper shock mount screws
Losi pro rear shock tower
Losi super slider driveshafts
JG long front shock tower
Bolink Aluminum ball studs throughout
Robinson racing Spur gear adapter
Robinson Machined spur
Litespeed heatsink motor mount
Pure-tech Velcro battery strap with mount
Tekin mini Rx
Trinity Vintage Mod motor(No Idea on the turns)
Trinity 1400SCR red sanyo NiCd stick pack
Novak T-4 ESC
Aluminum ESC plate(?make)
It's not exactly a perfect paint job or resto, as some of the hop-ups were used. but it is about how it would have looked if I had the money back then to build it up(the sad part is my paint skills really haven't improved much in 14 years) Thanks for looking!
-Anthony
In may of 2006 I was at a friends backyard track, and spotted a JRX-t. Someone he worked with spotted it in the trash and brought it to him knowing he liked rc's. Except for rust on all lthe metal parts, it was in fantastic condition. the plastic parts looked like they were never used. There was no body and a few missing plastic parts. I asked about it and he gave it to me to rebuild. I bid on 'a few' ebay auctions to get the missing pieces, and wound up with 2 tackle boxes of parts, some nip, some used, 5 rolling chassis, some radio gear, and a whole lotta evil stares from the wife.
I put together the best parts from all that I accumulated into this truck. There are lots of parts I could not afford in 1992, being only 16 at the time. I sold off a lot of the spares and excess to continue to fund the project.
This truck is equipped with:
Parma stadium truck body (never run, but has enough shelf wear to look like it had been used)
Proline MT wheels wide bearing spacing
Proline long front axles specific to above wheels
Proline front/rear tires
RPM front arms wide truck version
RPM front Spindles
RPM heavy duty front carriers
RPM steering bellcrank
RPM Long Ball cups
RPM lower spring cups(older style,smaller diameter)
RPM shock rod ends
RPM Delrin 1/4" pivot balls for shock ends
RPM upper shock mounts
RPM dual stage shock pistons
RPM rear a-arms, xtra wide
RPM rear hub carriers
RPM outdrives
RPM gear cover dyeable
RPM nylon nuts
RPM servo mount
RPM heavy duty side bulkhead for 5-link(to protect/attach the RX)
RPM rear hinge pin carrier/anti squat block
RPM snap-tite body savers
MIP gold shock shafts
MIP rebuildable aluminum shock carts up front
SRS(scale racing sports) rebuildable shock cartridges rear
tecnacraft titanium turnbuckles throughout
Tecnacraft aluminum upper shock mount screws
Losi pro rear shock tower
Losi super slider driveshafts
JG long front shock tower
Bolink Aluminum ball studs throughout
Robinson racing Spur gear adapter
Robinson Machined spur
Litespeed heatsink motor mount
Pure-tech Velcro battery strap with mount
Tekin mini Rx
Trinity Vintage Mod motor(No Idea on the turns)
Trinity 1400SCR red sanyo NiCd stick pack
Novak T-4 ESC
Aluminum ESC plate(?make)
It's not exactly a perfect paint job or resto, as some of the hop-ups were used. but it is about how it would have looked if I had the money back then to build it up(the sad part is my paint skills really haven't improved much in 14 years) Thanks for looking!
-Anthony