Nice find. I can give you a little background on this car. While I was the Team Manager for Losi way back in the day, I was fooling around with some extra Street Weapons we had sitting around. For fun I decided to build a rally car. If I remember correctly, Brandon Upshaw who was our machinist made me the shocks and shocks shafts and having access to our sticker machine I made up the Rally Weapon logo. Built it strictly for fun.
Pops thought it was silly that I had put this together. Ironically we had one of the Car Action editors come to visit us about a new product we were about to release (I cant recall what it was) and the editor caught me messing around with my Rally car in the parking lot during break. He loved it and couldn't stop talking about it LOL. Pops was a little mad at me for letting him see it since thats all he seemed to want to talk about LOL.
With that visit and our partners in England saying they'd love to have a Rally car, we decided to use the remaining parts we had from the Street Weapon and produced the Rally Weapon. I guess that was truly my first project for Losi before I became an official product manager. I still have my original car in my garage, I'll bust it out and take some pictures if you guys want to see it.
The Rally Weapon didn't sell like gang busters but we did move some of our inventory of SW stuff and Pops seemed to be ok with that.
there was one for sale in the BST a few days back... was it this one?
Rich, thansk for the extra info. Was the RW just a SW with a different body and shocks, or were there some other suspension mods?
Anyways, it's cool One of the best-suited rally cars, with fully enclosed transmission!
Paul
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Rich Trujillo wrote:Nice find. I can give you a little background on this car. While I was the Team Manager for Losi way back in the day, I was fooling around with some extra Street Weapons we had sitting around. For fun I decided to build a rally car. If I remember correctly, Brandon Upshaw who was our machinist made me the shocks and shocks shafts and having access to our sticker machine I made up the Rally Weapon logo. Built it strictly for fun.
Pops thought it was silly that I had put this together. Ironically we had one of the Car Action editors come to visit us about a new product we were about to release (I cant recall what it was) and the editor caught me messing around with my Rally car in the parking lot during break. He loved it and couldn't stop talking about it LOL. Pops was a little mad at me for letting him see it since thats all he seemed to want to talk about LOL.
With that visit and our partners in England saying they'd love to have a Rally car, we decided to use the remaining parts we had from the Street Weapon and produced the Rally Weapon. I guess that was truly my first project for Losi before I became an official product manager. I still have my original car in my garage, I'll bust it out and take some pictures if you guys want to see it.
The Rally Weapon didn't sell like gang busters but we did move some of our inventory of SW stuff and Pops seemed to be ok with that.
Thanks for the pics and for jogging my memory,
Rich
Wow, thats just soo cool, thanks for sharing this with us Rich, its funny to know how the Rally Weapon came about!
I loved my Street Weapon, it was my first foray into 190mm, and although we had a shaky start to the relationship, we soon got on very well lol. The rally weapon, its still blooming cool...i cant recall, but was it a 200mm stance?
ralphee wrote:I loved my Street Weapon, it was my first foray into 190mm, and although we had a shaky start to the relationship, we soon got on very well lol. The rally weapon, its still blooming cool...i cant recall, but was it a 200mm stance?
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Lonestar wrote:there was one for sale in the BST a few days back... was it this one?
Rich, thansk for the extra info. Was the RW just a SW with a different body and shocks, or were there some other suspension mods?
Anyways, it's cool One of the best-suited rally cars, with fully enclosed transmission!
Paul
I'd have to look at mine but I think it was just the longer shocks. Body I believe came from Parma for the production vehicles and for the life of me I can't recall where we sourced the tires...but i'm going to bet someone here probably knows
Lonestar wrote:there was one for sale in the BST a few days back... was it this one?
Rich, thansk for the extra info. Was the RW just a SW with a different body and shocks, or were there some other suspension mods?
Anyways, it's cool One of the best-suited rally cars, with fully enclosed transmission!
Paul
I'd have to look at mine but I think it was just the longer shocks. Body I believe came from Parma for the production vehicles and for the life of me I can't recall where we sourced the tires...but i'm going to be someone here probably knows
I can't wait to see a picture of your prototype car Rich!
Well it took quite a bit of digging but I found it LOL. For some reason i took the electronics out of it a long time ago. the prototype Red anodized shocks I had originally done for my Truck but had them resized for the Rally Car. I had forgotten that we did them in red for the production car
It's a shame it just sits in my garage, I may have to list it one day so it can go to someone that will appreciate it
Picked this up the other day, box is a little rough and not sealed, but everything is there unopened.
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Why is there a Mugen MBX-4RR parts list in here?
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Unfortunately the belts are completely rotted, but...
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I agree. Rally cars to me anyway, exemplify the whole fun aspect of running rc cars. My most used and enjoyed rc cars were tamiya rally ta01 cars, and 4wd buggies that were slammed low for handling, then bashed unmercifully on varied terrain. I...
I have a broken rear molded outdrive and need to know if any other models outdrives will work. From the pics I've seen xxx outdrives look close. Thank you for any help!
Just picked up a rally weapon that is in great shape, but needs a few things. I have a question about the rear diff plastic out drives. Are they the same as other cars? (besides XX4 or the weapons) I broke one and cant seem to be able to find any....
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Good to know! I will run down to the LHS and see if they have any. Thanks!
Hello, I am looking for a replacement Ford focus body for my Losi Rally Weapon. I have read this body was made by Parma, so I am thinking other ford focus models may have used the same body. Any input is greatly appreciated.
Thanks to Tom N, here are scans I made of the manuals. He mailed me these and the NXT manual recently.
I don't have a link off vintagelosi.com right now. I haven't really thought about how I would integrate them into the site. They are kind of...
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Which really got me thinking, has anyone asked why Losi just doesn't host all the old manuals on their site? Many other companies still have old manuals available for download. It is not like they take up much space or bandwidth.
I just got back from my first track run, with a freshly rebuilt Rally Weapon. I went with a 4000Kv HobbyWing EZ Run Motor and ESC. With a 27 Tooth Pinion and a 4200 RevTech Shorty Lipo, I got well over 40 minutes of run time with the Cut Off Set to...
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I tried doing a full speed pull in my apartment parking lot, but the car ended up rolling. The 4000kv never got hot running at the track for 40 minutes in 93 degree heat.
Here is me playing around the first night. I'm stoked to get a XX4 going now.
I'm trying to locate the Manual and parts list for the Losi Rally Weapon. I've spent hours searching online but can't seem to locate it. Can anyone help me out with a scan or anything?.