Krazy Chicken

anyone remember me? lunchbox with Short course tires and a way over the top brushless system (castle SCT 3800kv w2s lipo)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmnoLDo8RXs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVVks30BUiI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZl5RoI7jeM

well at the end of those videos, i lost power to the wheels and thought i stripped the gear box with the hornet 18t pinion i had in it.

well 2 years later i finally decided to tear into the truck, and here i am today. i pulled one wheel and found the HPI hex adapter melted. the gear box still feels crisp and no problems inside.

Lunchboxer

Not sure why you have the original wheel adapter on the axle if you are running the HPI wheel? Shouldn't you be running a hex adapter or something? Just curious about the setup...

Krazy Chicken

thats what is left of the HPI Hex adapter. a little melted blob of plastic.

Lunchboxer

But you are not running a hex... That's what I meant... You have the stock Lunchbox wheel adapter in the picture...

Krazy Chicken

there is a little blob of melted plastic that used to be one of these HPI adapters. it goes between the original lunchbox wheel hub and the new wheels. im not too sure what caused it cause the wheel nut was tight the whole time

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXN057&P=7

Lunchboxer

Did you see any wear on that HPI adapter? Probably not fitting too well to begin with and it just kept wearing... (between the adapter and the wheel)

Luckily you are just a new wheel away from getting it back running!

Vrooom

I made this metal thingy, it made the lunchbox handle really well... shocks are in orginal postition and able to re-use the orginal shocks.... *bounce bounce bounce* and it handled better than shocks onto fx10's arm mount....

I used 15wide x30 long mm U metal and cut a 5mm recess on side as you can see in pic... and drilled the shock U bracket on it.. its really nice to drive.. cant wait for summer..

northbrooksiii

Do you have any video of the improved performance? Id be really interested in seeing that.

rdnck645

Im glad i found this thread. Just by luck i bought a big box of parts from craigslist and in it i got an original lunchbox minus the body. right now i am in the process of rebuilding it to factory specs. anyone know where i might find an original body besides ebay?

Lunchboxer

You can always look for stuff at TamiyaUSA website. Although it might not be the cheapest...

lunchie

oh well im off to buy a mud blaster or bush devil. the lunchie chassis is just a dog really. doesnt do anything very well. a stock mud blaster extreme chassis with a monster beetle body= goodness.

Lunchboxer

Wait, were you expecting high performance out of this kit?! [X(]

lunchie

no not at all. it would just be nice to make mods without it being a major exercise. not having to custom make everything wouuld be nice.

y2blade

Loved these as a kid but never owned one as my pocket/job money went into Electric off road racing with various Tamiya 2wd/4wd buggies.

Lunchboxer

Keep on bidding! Hope you enjoy the LB Family soon!!

y2blade

tbh I sorely tempted to just buy a brand new one, they are cheap enough and less hassle than dealing with someone's bashed up cast off...if you see what I mean.

Lunchboxer

Yes, a new one is better, because you will get to build it up!

tamiyafan4ever

I took my trusty Lunchbox with me on my Easter vacation, my son and I found a small field out by our vacation spot and preceded to run Lunchy. The field had very short grass and a couple badger mounds and tons of gopher holes, the badger mounds made great jumps, we ran a couple packs and were having a great time. My son then hit one of the larger mounds and Lunchy flew about 4 feet off the ground and when it landed the left front hit right in a gopher hole. I heard a snap sound and then proceeded to watch my tire and wheel roll ahead of the very stuck Lunchbox, I thought oh crap snapped and axle or broke a arm, wrong!! My center hub part of my wheel punched out cleanly, bearings intact, I have never had that happen on my Lunchy and I have owned one or another over a twenty year period. Oh well, she will be getting new rims soon and a complete teardown and cleaning along with some new rear shocks. I can not let this rc set as my Lunchy is my go to car when I just want to have fun and laugh.

tamiyafan4ever

I keep getting "Bad Gateway 502" error, pictures wont work. RCUniverse has been acting up for two days with me, pages wont completely load and several places where images should be never appear thru out the forums. Any one else having trouble? Post 7471 should of had photo's with it, sorry.

Lunchboxer

That's pretty common.. I broke my front wheel as well...

y2blade

I ordered a new one yesterday, Went for the Black Edition along with ballrace set....should be here today.


Very excited :-D

Lunchboxer

Cool.. keep us posted!!

y2blade

It has arrived, it's at home waiting for me :-)

Pics will follow

y2blade

Nice little parcel arrived today

y2blade