AE 10L question.

[jayman24]

I am getting a 10L from a member on here and I was wondering if there are different rear hubs that I can put on it to use modern wheels.
Could anyone shed some light on this? I'd appreciate it!

[Ivan Dobsky]

What "modern wheels" do you mean? 1/10th scale pan car rims have not changed in a long time. Do you mean GT wheel adaptors to put touring car rims on? or some other kind of rubber tire? Its a difficult question to answer without knowing exactly what kind of wheels you plan on fitting.

[jayman24]

The 4 hole pan car wheels. Like the CRC track magnets.
I know some of them were 2 hole, and 3 hole. I get the track magnets local, because CRC is 2 miles from me.

[Ivan Dobsky]

If the car has the original hubs fitted to it then any modern 1/10th pan car rims will fit, including the current CRC range.

Same goes with most 4-hole or 2-hole aftermarket hubs.

Put simply its very unlikely you'll have any problems unless your car has some freaky weird hubs.

I hope this helps.

[jayman24]

I think those are the hubs on my car. I getting it from njdriver04 on here. I saw some rc12's on ebay that the rear tires looked like they were secured with a nut. I was a little "gun-shy" about them.

[jayman24]

Hows the parts availability for these cars? Can they still be competitive with today's 12 scale cars?

[rooster]

A quick way to distinguish between 10th scale and 12th scale rear wheels is that the majority of the 10th scale wheels have a four hole mounting pattern were the 12th scale cars have a three hole mounting pattern. However, some of the 10th scale wheel do have two hole mounting pattern, but those are usually custom alloy wheels.

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[jayman24]

Thanks for the info. I'm just getting into carpet racing. I'm just trying to get some info so I can get some spare parts and try to modernize it a little.

[jayman24]

I goofed up, I meant 12L not 10L.

[EvolutionRevolution]

You'll need 3-hole hubs to mount modern wheels on a 12L.

[jayman24]

Thanks for the info, its much appreciated.

[drbelleville]

Good source for hubs is CRC, and Irrgang, they should still have a complete setup, that will allow you to run 3 bolt wheels. Also check here and the bay, a complete RC12L3 axle with hubs pops up every now and then.