LOSI LST XXL Conversion ideas

[jpoprock]

Yeah, I was pretty sure they went on with pins, cuz the ones I got on eBay didn't come with them, so I used the ones that were already on there from the rotten prolines that I replaced.

Also MC, I think a little slop in the shock mount is to prevent the shafts from snapping with every little bump. I reead somewhere that if you keep them a kiss loose, you'll be less apt to snapping shafts if you bump something.

[mistercrash]

I made the shock tower stiffener thingys to try them. They take some flex away but not all of it. Maybe like 60% less flex than before. I also went with M4 screws for the shock towers and shocks, it seems to be a popular thing on the LST forums and I like it. My yellow springs finally came in.

[JThiessen]

I bought 5 sets of those RC Raven springs and they seem to be good. What I really liked about them was that they dont really require any of those ugly shock spacers like the stockers do - the price was REALLY nice - about 30 bucks or so for 5 complete sets.

To really stiffen the shock tower, you might also try putting a spreader bar across the backside of the shocks. It will help give a little more "I" value to the cross section.

[mistercrash]

Originally Posted by JThiessen

To really stiffen the shock tower, you might also try putting a spreader bar across the backside of the shocks. It will help give a little more "I" value to the cross section.

Right now, I'm satisfied with having just a little flex. I'm afraid that if I make the towers too stiff, it might create breakage of other parts. The towers never broke or failed, it's just that the amount of flex they had was bugging me.

[mistercrash]

The brackets I made for the battery boxes are doing very well. I think I will go ahead with the making of the new chassis top plate with wings. It would make the whole chassis/batt box assembly a little cleaner with a bit less hardware. I just need to find the funding for another 9X14 CF sheet. If I can't then I might make it out of 6061 T6 alu since I have enough left to make a top plate. The rest of the truck is also doing very well except for the inner bearings of the rear knuckles. They are starting to seize so time for me to hit Avid RC for some new bearings. I made a thicker rear sway bar that is 3.1 mm in diameter. Good for racing I would say but a little stiff for bashing.

[jpoprock]

Originally Posted by JThiessen

I bought 5 sets of those RC Raven springs and they seem to be good. What I really liked about them was that they dont really require any of those ugly shock spacers like the stockers do - the price was REALLY nice - about 30 bucks or so for 5 complete sets.

To really stiffen the shock tower, you might also try putting a spreader bar across the backside of the shocks. It will help give a little more "I" value to the cross section.

So, Ray's shocks are the dual rate RC Raven ones then too? I was thinking of getting a couple sets of those myself. I'm not UNhappy with the stockers, but I'd like to get either shock covers, or diff color springs just for looks.