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Stampede Question

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 7:20 pm
by Beatnik
I bought this back when they first came out. I think it had a plastic motor plate ? Am I right remembering adapting an LS-II aluminum mount ?

Re: Stampede Question

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 7:44 pm
by 3trxvintage
It looks just like the aluminum motor mount I have on my blue eagle ls, which is the same mount that is also used on the LS-II

The stampede, rustler and bandit never came with aluminum motor mounts, so what I see in the picture is defiantly an LS-II mount.

Re: Stampede Question

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 8:15 pm
by Beatnik
That's what I thought. I just today sold a Blue Eagle and it did have the blue anodized mount too. Not up on anything much past the LS-II I had.

Thanks !

Look, I just came across the body that was on the LS-II back when I bought it. Pretty cool they tried to copy the box photo. :)

Re: Stampede Question

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:00 pm
by klavy69
That truck looks familiar. Did you get it off the traxxas forums awhile back?. Loved that body. Wish it was still available. Have a few SRT that need bodys and have tried several aftermarket but these are the only ones I really like. The one I used to run all the time does have the SamHerdman fabbed T4 body mount and body though :wink:

Todd

Re: Stampede Question

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 9:04 pm
by klavy69
by the way, yes you adapted an LS2 motor plate to it. Bandit/rustler/stampede all had that elcheapo plastic tranny/motor plate assy. Not terrible til they got older and started flexing a little more. Now that the VXL comes in them they shred spur gears locally. Can make a 100mph car for no good reason but they can't update a crappy engineering fumble :roll: .

Todd

Re: Stampede Question

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:16 pm
by 3trxvintage
Wow! That LS-2 body looks great.

Re: Stampede Question

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:57 pm
by Beatnik
I remember getting the Stampede and thinking "WTF is this cr@p ! " :lol:

I got the LS-II body years ago when I bought the actual truck used at the track. It had only been out a few months back then. Now I just need a truck to put beneath it.

Sold that Blue eagle chassis today with this, what I think is a Nitro Hawk body ? Ignore the stickers, just tossed them on there to help sell the truck. I have a picture here at the house somewhere of the NitroHawk I had with a Ranger pickup body.

Re: Stampede Question

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 5:53 pm
by harry697
klavy69 wrote:That truck looks familiar. Did you get it off the traxxas forums awhile back?. Loved that body. Wish it was still available. Have a few SRT that need bodys and have tried several aftermarket but these are the only ones I really like. The one I used to run all the time does have the SamHerdman fabbed T4 body mount and body though :wink:

Todd

Nah, mine is still sitting on the same shelf. :lol: Looks similar for sure!

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Re: Stampede Question

Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 6:01 pm
by klavy69
Good to see you stop by Sam. I didn't think it was yours though...I figured you still had yours :P . I was thinkin that one traxxas guy that came about in that news ad you sent me. Can't remember his name right off hand but I was thinkin he gave a shot at a boxart body before he went away...just the look of the original picture looks so familiar I guess. one of those "feels like I seen it before" type things.
Todd

Re: Stampede Question

Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:30 am
by Beatnik
Very Very nice LS-II, I miss mine. One of these days............