lbshelfqueen

ebay, find a dealer from hong kong with a high feedback score lacorun is good. also you may need to get a speed controller seperatly

goldcrow

Man that was quick, anyway found his site and he's selling a lunchbox kit with esc for $80 exlusive of shipping, should I put in an order already?

Dante77

Sounds good to me, you can also try Towerhobbies.com from U.S.

And welcome to the forums!

lbshelfqueen

he is very reliable, i have had a few kits from him in the past and they arivie to me in england well packaged and quite quickly.

goldcrow

Edit: Found out towerhobbies ships internationally through ups. Man I dunno where to get the 'box lol.

rcluke

tower hobbies has expensive postage to anywhere other than the US

studysession

Here's a place:
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXSWB6&P=ML

lbshelfqueen

there are no videos on youtube of the gold lunchbox, means 1 of 2 things to me, they either havent sold many or the ones thaat have sold are going on display

Lunchboxer

Sure, but then you won't be able to run the 10T pinion..

What you described is basically the Hornet setup... (which has small tires) So you are going to be over-gearing the LB if you don't use the motor adaptor...

Lunchboxer

Yeah, I suggest one of those Asian sellers w/ high feedback! (such as rcmart, etc.) rc champ (I think) from Japan is good too!

studysession

A lot of different Tamiya models use the same chassis. What other models use the LB chassis? Is there somewhere to go and see what uses what chassis?

Thx

Lunchboxer

I don't know if there's any official resource for that, but the following kits use similar gearbox / suspension design:

Grasshopper, Hornet, Lunchbox, Pumpkin, Pajero (the older one, not the 4WD XC chassis one)

I might have missed some...

Grasshopper and Hornet use the same chassis, LB and Pumpkin use the same chassis, while the Pajero use something else (very similar, however..)

Krazy Chicken

what about using a rrp 10t pinon?

Lunchboxer

You are missing the point.. the function of the adaptor is to move the motor closer to the spur, so you can run the 10T pinion...

Without the adaptor, you'd need some other way to move the motor closer in order to run a small pinion gear..

lbshelfqueen

fit a bigger pinion

Krazy Chicken

oh i thought it was for the long pinon

lbshelfqueen

hehe wrong way round.

the longer pinion is because of the adapter plate

Lunchboxer

Which is the opposite of what you want to do... gear it down to run faster motor...

lbshelfqueen

yeah ok but a bigger pinion.. say 15t would make the top speed amazingly quick!! acceleration and torque would be reduced so the wheelie would be pathetic

Lunchboxer

I think the 10T pinoin is designed for the stock motor.. anything hotter should really gear it down some.. (which is not possible..) Throw in any BL setup and it is really fast already... (30mph LB, LOL!)

Lucky most BL setup has good torque and flexible enough to overgear it some.. but certainly not ideal..

I know aftermarket sells adjustable motor plate for Clod.. one might be able to use that on a LB.. (similar gearbox design) To allow some more flexibility in gearing choice!

Lunchboxer

Here's what the adjustible motor mount looks like:

http://rc4wdstore.com/product_info.p...roducts_id=127

damaine1

tested my version of the 3rd shock assembly today in a little off road and on road bashing. It works well, wheelies are stronger, (to the point where I can actually stand the box all the way up on the wheelie bar with the back tires off of the ground and then it bounces back down and keeps driving. it seems to be a little more stable at higher speeds to (not as bouncy) So far so good. I only did 1 run today so I'll keep ya'll posted after a few more tests.

Krazy Chicken

ha a 4 link pumkin

Lunchboxer

Cool.. got any close up on the suspension setup!?

Krazy Chicken

nope, that was off tamiya club, only pic