rc10t Duratrax conversion
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 11:10 pm
First time on this forum, I found it a few days ago. There is some really cool stuff and some great info to be found. I thought I'd post a couple of photos of a truck that I've had since 1996-ish. It's an Rc10T with a nitro conversion. I believe it is probably a Duratrax conversion since it has the Duratrax head. If anyone out there has any more info on these, please let me know. I have seen some other photos of conversions on another post but haven't really dug up anything specific to my truck here or otherwise.
A friend gave me the truck after buying it from a guy who raced it sometimes across the border in Michigan. It was complete with servos and the conversion was done already. Besides the Duratrax head it sports RPM front arms, Rpm front bumper, MIP ball bearing steering and RPM ball cups. The engine is an O.S. cz. Originally it came without the pullstart, but I just added that recently as well as a new piston and cylinder. It also had a graphite upper plate but when I started to restore the truck I found that the plate was cracked so I machined one out of aluminum. The Losi wheels are original as well as the rear tires, but the front tires are from the Losi GTX (see it in the Losi section) that I picked up just before the 10T. So at least they are period correct. From about 1997 on it sat in my basement when I decided two years ago that I would either sell it or restore it. I chose to restore it, and try to bring it back to the way it was when I got it, maybe with a few upgrades that would have been available at the time. So far it's about 75% complete, and when it is done I plan on running it. Just not too hard.
A friend gave me the truck after buying it from a guy who raced it sometimes across the border in Michigan. It was complete with servos and the conversion was done already. Besides the Duratrax head it sports RPM front arms, Rpm front bumper, MIP ball bearing steering and RPM ball cups. The engine is an O.S. cz. Originally it came without the pullstart, but I just added that recently as well as a new piston and cylinder. It also had a graphite upper plate but when I started to restore the truck I found that the plate was cracked so I machined one out of aluminum. The Losi wheels are original as well as the rear tires, but the front tires are from the Losi GTX (see it in the Losi section) that I picked up just before the 10T. So at least they are period correct. From about 1997 on it sat in my basement when I decided two years ago that I would either sell it or restore it. I chose to restore it, and try to bring it back to the way it was when I got it, maybe with a few upgrades that would have been available at the time. So far it's about 75% complete, and when it is done I plan on running it. Just not too hard.
