alien3t wrote:Most likely stuck in the West Coast port shut down and strike for the backorder fills. San Pedro/La port is a few months backed up. So they are playing catch up right now. (supposedly the T5M's are sitting out there now which is paid for and i am waiting for)
now that i've decided on the b5m, the wait is on for them to arrive. waiting....
i've decided to order the regular b5m, along with ft arm mounts all around, clamping hex's, x rings and few sets of wheels.
riddle me this, why two different wheels? 60mm and normal....? que pasa?
60mm is the new wheel, more like a 1/8 buggy wheel bead with less side wall flex. I think it is best for high traction tracks, I also think it may be less weight as well. Problem is some tracks and races do not allow them.
funny mis packaged spur in with my b5m kit, the 81tooth is a kimbrough for a six gear. the 72 is correct, but theres no way the kimbrough will work.
luckily i have a ton of correct spurs.
<--- not in love with the new ball cups. tight, which i can work around but it's a pain, and one was broken in the bag. (crack in cup area)
i'm digging the build so far, got about 3.5hours in so far. gearbox/diff done and started the turnbuckles last night, until i found that broken end.
There wasn't a single mention of the 22 in this thread. Don't get me wrong, the B5M is a good car. Jeremy won the 17.5 national championship with one last year, but it's no better or worse than the 22, yet nobody chimed in with a TLR suggestion.
im not a loyalist.. I've typically found myself sticking with AE 2wd buggy, Losi 4wd for most of my racing life. I've tried lots of different cars and keep coming back to this.
I ran the 22 from the time it came out, switched from a B4.. loved it. Upgraded it to 22 2.0 susp and steering components, loved it. Then had a racing hiatus. During the 1st 6months of that hiatus, TLR came out with new upgrades, that would cost about $100 to get. Then mid became dominate and now I would need to upgrade to brass parts too. Then 3months later they now have a new short chassis that runs shorty in mid. etc... I found that I would have to spend ~$250 on upgrades to get my 22 1.0/2.0 up to racing spec after not racing for about 1yr. Which even if I bought a new 22 2.0 i'd still have to spend about that much to upgrade it. Love the car, don't love the cost of keeping it racer spec'd.
That being said, Yok & Kyo update their stuff almost as often, but with parts availability kinda sucking.. even though they are great cars!
Xray & HB have buggies too.. HB not out yet.. but again its parts availability. Oddly, its easier to get parts for the Re-Re 10's than some of the modern buggies. lol
AE B5m, maybe the "boring" car now, but it works... but it has tons of parts support that are very nicely priced... but you can build the kit out of the box and race it w/o having to drop another $200 on upgrades (you can choose to buy ALL the trick stuff but you can race the kit, esp the B5m lite).. I have a B5r that I bought for a donor to use for an RC10 project, but by fall, it will be a B5M and ready to race. Even if its just the regular B5m not the Lite Ver..
i did drop some coin on a bunch of ft goodies, but even then it came out cheaper then the tlr/yz2/k car.
the car that intrigued me the most was the yz2, almost pulled the trigger.
a voice of reason entered my head (which sounds alot like mark westerfield lol, thanks bud), and i came to my senses and got the b5m.
i'm going to run mod with it, hopefully i can get some of the guys running stock to move. i don't quite understand why all the local fast guys are running stock.
i mean whats the point? all you hear are complaints about cheating, dropping massive coin on upgrades to loose weight..... same old stock! lol
i'm excited to get it on the track, especially the big outdoor track. it will be a fun challenge to get it to hook up on a loose surface....i look foward to it.
Cars been in the garage for a few years and I'm dusting it back off. My son will be getting a set of keys soon and Id like to increase my insurance. I need a bumper and skid plate. I've already dented the front end pretty good but id like to protect...
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the proline front bumpers are my favs . but these(kydex) protect the chassis better
Ok so lets talk about the Losi XX cars, I know a lot about the jrx cars, but I have never paid to much attention to the XX series of cars. I know they had the xx, xxcr, and xxbk but what box did the cr come in? I dont think I have ever seen a box...
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i think the body part number was 8008xl or something like that.
According to Rich Trujillo (Losi Category Manager), whom I just traded e-mails with. That never came from us nor did we ever produce a body
I have been wanting to do this for some time, being a racer in a no-timing 17.5 class (or brushed 27T), I've been trying to stay at/near minimum weight without sacrificing punch/durability. Our minimum weight is 1499 g. There are things I could do...
i'm looking for a modern 2wd bashing buggy. something i can enjoy running on the street and in the alley behind my house. something that brings me back to when i first got interested in the mid 80s when i was 14 years old. back then we had the...
I will post some pics of mine soon as I figure out how...lol
1....restored Vintage gold pan
2....graphite chassis with trailing arms
3....couple sprint cars
4....chain drive tranny
5....Track Master rare dual belt drive tranny.
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Nice original tub, the front A-arms seem to have been cut or drilled... to let dust come out?
Thanks Asso_man!, I don't recall why I hacked up the trailing edge of the arms. What I have now is approximately 1/16 on the trailing edge of the arm...
I have been thinking lately about building a backyard track since I just purchased enough land to do so. I have not seen a thread showing pictures of your backyard test grounds. So if you have one Lets see them!!
Jamie
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Now that's friggin cool! I haven't built a backyard track yet but built three tracks in Iraq. They ended up looking like something from a backyard. Two off-road tracks and one 90% complete high bank dirt oval. I'm sure units that came in behind us...
Hi all, putting together a B3 and wanted to see some shock ideas. Im really happy with the 12mm shocks on my updated c tub. Has anyone went this direction with their b3s?Becuase I dont have any shocks, Im leaning toward 12mm. Your thoughts......
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I went with 12mm big bore shocks.
how did you do your front hex conversion....if in fact that is what Im seeing?
Yes, you are seeing correctly. I used the Custom Works kit. However you can go other routes, such as using B6 parts.
Anyone care to show your most prized RC possession, be it complete kit, or part? Value means nothing so its just what your dear to. One item only please. Might be fun. :)
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Tough one! I think it has to be the team cars. My old runner and the newly built.