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Nice clean weapon you have there! I have always had a soft spot for the SW. It was a very good handling TC. Back in it's prime I was fortunate to race & hang with Josh Cyrul and he helped me dial the car in perfectly!

I am actually, currently working on recreating 2 copies of Josh's car from that era- one for me and one for Josh himself! About a year ago I met with him and bought every SW related item he still had including his one last "Trinity Cyrul Carpet Conversion kit". When I learned that he didn't have a complete car of his own from that era, I offered to build him one too!

I plan on posting a build thread on here so stay tuned if you have the SW bug too!

-Chuck

I do have the bug and look forward to your build. It's a new affair for me, they seem tough to come by relative to other Losi items of the era.

Hi there,

Nice street weapon you have there.

I am currently re-building mine that had not seen the light of day since I ran it in the 90's.

Have you (or others) had issues with the Tough Racing rear belt being too wide? I've ordered a set, gone to install them but found that the rear belt was too wide causing it to bind on the flanges of the rear pulley and the opposing pulley on the idler Causes a LOT of friction in a drive train that is already tight being a 3 belt system...

The side and front Tough belts (which are the same) are slightly narrower and don't have that problem...

Has anyone else had that?

Sorry to hi-jack. Delete if inappropriate!

Splat! wrote:"Trinity Cyrul Carpet Conversion kit"

My buddy just bought the sealed kit that was on eBay for the past few weeks. Can't wait to see it when we bust the shrink wrap and build a car up with it

JK Racing wrote:

Splat! wrote:"Trinity Cyrul Carpet Conversion kit"

My buddy just bought the sealed kit that was on eBay for the past few weeks. Can't wait to see it when we bust the shrink wrap and build a car up with it

Holy crap. Did he pay 350 for it. I had been eyeing it as well.

lowrydesign wrote:

JK Racing wrote:

Splat! wrote:"Trinity Cyrul Carpet Conversion kit"

My buddy just bought the sealed kit that was on eBay for the past few weeks. Can't wait to see it when we bust the shrink wrap and build a car up with it

Holy crap. Did he pay 350 for it. I had been eyeing it as well.

Me too - but thought it was waaaay over priced, for me at least.

Actually. He keeps relisting it. Ive been watching him. Charliedontsurf and i think hes a scammer

Didnt pay near that, we will see when it arrives. I'll keep ya posted and convince him to take pics and create a thread. Sorry to side track this one...

lowrydesign wrote:Actually. He keeps relisting it. Ive been watching him. Charliedontsurf and i think hes a scammer

Is this the one listed in Spain? Its still active and has only 1 bid.

jamin wrote:

lowrydesign wrote:Actually. He keeps relisting it. Ive been watching him. Charliedontsurf and i think hes a scammer

Is this the one listed in Spain? Its still active and has only 1 bid.

Yup thats the guy

Dont know about the listed one, but the other landed yesterday. I'll work on that build thread with him.

JK Racing wrote:Dont know about the listed one, but the other landed yesterday. I'll work on that build thread with him.

Would love to see that box open with all the new bits inside! Make sure you post some pics!

JK Racing wrote: ↑Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:30 am Dont know about the listed one, but the other landed yesterday. I'll work on that build thread with him.

What happened with it?

Its fully built, waiting to hit the local track for some VTA action. I didnt get completed pictures that I remember...

JK Racing wrote: ↑Tue Apr 25, 2017 11:39 pm Its fully built, waiting to hit the local track for some VTA action. I didnt get completed pictures that I remember...

A real shame - these kits are quite rare and so would of been nice to see some pics. i wish I had one for my IWC build