Kyosho Assault

[SFC K]

Hey all! I picked this up and don't know much about them. I do have the manuel for it and a spare chassis parts. It needs some work and really, I have not had a chance to see what all needs to be replaced. Does this look like a good subject to restore or convert it to brushless?

I did find some parts on the bay but not sure what way I should go with this. I did a search on here and found nothing.

Thanks, Jeff

[Coelacanth]

Let me be the first to say...Nice Ass.!

[rangerg]

They were fun. One of my friends had one. They were unbelievably fast when bashing with all the other 80s electric cars. But, it was almost like a rocket put on a too small frame. It was back heavy and would tilt up. It also broke often and went through tires - not to mention the noise. It's basically a gas Turbo Scorpion.

[nvxwax]

Looks to be in pretty good condition, Id restore it and shelf it, but then again i only run my crawlers lol, Im a shelf freak

[SFC K]

Thanks for the replies guy's! The guy I bought it from local told me the pretty much the same thing. Hence the other chassis. If you look at the almost complete chassis it has what looks like JB weld mending the bottom rails. I need the exhaust so I can attempt to fire it up at least once...

[SFC K]

Looks to be in pretty good condition, Id restore it and shelf it, but then again i only run my crawlers lol, Im a shelf freak

That was my first thought too. I like to keep my stuff nice....My two crawlers are beat too.

[Mr. ED]

I wouldn' t need much to make it electric: just a fitting gearbox (I think omeone used an RC10stealth on a similar car)

So, if tooling arond and geting creative is your thing; you'll have a blast. But keep in mind the suspension on these cars is quite limiting on the performance; so don't expect it to get anywhere near competitive unless your local club will run a vintage class

[Hcp22]

You onely nead a motor plate and a geer cover to make it electric! Costs about 20$ on eBay and a few gears

[SFC K]

Thanks for the info guy's! Is it worth restoring or should I mod it?

[GJW]

there are heap's of electric version's around keep it gas mate!!! sand all the scratches out of the alloy and polish it to a mirror shine!! these thing's are tough

[treehugger]

restore one and mod the other into a brushless modded buggy you have nearly all the parts

[SFC K]

restore one and mod the other into a brushless modded buggy you have nearly all the parts

That is a good idea! Just need shocks and such to finish our the second chassis. I'm going ot start tearing into these this weekend. More to follow.

[treehugger]

concidering the room you have in that Behemoth you could do a mamba MID BL set up there is loads of room in front of the trans

[tuna.Rc]

id kill for that parts buggy

[SFC K]

id kill for that parts buggy

Unfortunately, I sold these to a guy out in CA a few years ago.