hot bodies lightning 10 buggy

[scooterboy]

Hi 1 st post so be gentle with me!!!
will the lightning stadium 10 (truggy) motor mount fit a lightning 10 buggy?
also they are out of stock at the moment, any idea when they will be available?
can anyone recommend me a motor and esc for it, bashing only and with a tight budget so less than £100 ($140) for the pair will be run on 7.2 for now but maybe lipo later

[scooterboy]

anyone?

[starscream]

The truck mount is slightly taller than the buggy mounts. In order to use the LS10 mount on the buggy you either have to use spacers to increase the height of the buggy front mount or replace it with a LS10 mount. I would just replace it with the LS10 mount.

[jhautz]

I'm not really farmiliar witht the lightning 10 buggy, but I am assuming that HB didnt make a new diff mount for the buggy vs the thruggy. I would go on the HB website and download the manuals to make sure its the same part number for both the buggy and truggy versions. If its the same part number the mount will work. Id say I'm 90% confident that it would.

As far as stock goes, the only person who can answer that is Mike. shoot him an email. He should be able to tell you. mike(at)rc-monster.com
sometimes he even has an odd part sitting around that isnt showing up on the website.

Sounds like a fun little project. I always thought about doing one of those. Best of luck and be sure to post some pictures when you get it going. :)

EDIT: Starscream beat me to it and sounds like he knows better than me. Getting the staduim diff mount to replace the buggy one sounds like the simple solution to me.

[starscream]

Originally Posted by jhautz

I'm not really farmiliar witht the lightning 10 buggy, but I am assuming that HB didnt make a new diff mount for the buggy vs the thruggy. I would go on the HB website and download the manuals to make sure its the same part number for both the buggy and truggy versions. If its the same part number the mount will work. Id say I'm 90% confident that it would.

As far as stock goes, the only person who can answer that is Mike. shoot him an email. He should be able to tell you. mike(at)rc-monster.com
sometimes he even has an odd part sitting around that isnt showing up on the website.

Sounds like a fun little project. I always thought about doing one of those. Best of luck and be sure to post some pictures when you get it going. :)

EDIT: Starscream beat me to it and sounds like he knows better than me. Getting the staduim diff mount to replace the buggy one sounds like the simple solution to me.

Ya, I've owned both of these vehicles and converted both as well.
I should clarify, The easiest way to use Mikes LS10 Motor Mount on the HB buggy is to use the stock LS10 center diff mount. The reason the diff mounts are different height is that the buggy uses a much smaller spur gear than the truck. You can also uses shims/spacers to raise the height of the buggy stock diff mount to work with the RCM mount but the stock LS10 mounts are cheap, the exact height, and don't require any additional work.

[Gee]

Originally Posted by starscream

Ya, I've owned both of these vehicles and converted both as well.
I should clarify, The easiest way to use Mikes LS10 Motor Mount on the HB buggy is to use the stock LS10 center diff mount. The reason the diff mounts are different height is that the buggy uses a much smaller spur gear than the truck. You can also uses shims/spacers to raise the height of the buggy stock diff mount to work with the RCM mount but the stock LS10 mounts are cheap, the exact height, and don't require any additional work.

He's right, I got his old ls10. If you need the manuals to compare parts. You will need to use the Hot Bodies site in Europe to download the buggy manual. It is not on the one they have in the USA.

[scooterboy]

cheers for that will get ordering.
can you remember what motor and pinion you used on the buggy?

[scooterboy]

last question, will the mod one pinions be ok wuth the 1/10 lightning spur gear?

[RC-Monster Mike]

The mounts are in stock. :)