toy for the kids or yourself???

[Gary406]

i use to own a ansmann vapour buggy. with a nitro .28 engine. the thing went like crazy. untill i crashed it into a wall doing about 35mph

i fixed it back up and sold it on, wish i hadnt now my 7 year old son is growing up fast and would have been good to go out with him and have a play about..

the fuel tho was about £22 a gallon. .... you think diesel and petrol is expensive

[plod]

try £30 a gallon now Gary

I've had:

A Kyosho pure ten that came with a .12, and ended up with a .15 with a 2 speed in it
A Hot Bodies Lightning, with a .21 that ended up with a .28 in it
Another Hot Bodies Lightning that got converted into a truck with a 2 speed and a .28 in it
A Losi Muggy, with a .28 that was sent to be ported and polished
A Losi 8ight Truggy
A Losi 8ight buggy
A Losi 8ight 2 Truggy
An Associated SC8
An Associated SC10
A Rock crawler with an "extra special" motor in it
A Losi Mini Desert Buggy

and a few more besides
Raced most of them
Didn't do too bad, even raced at national level with the truggies

[lozz]

it arived today,
8.20am aprox,
it lasted about 5 mins broke already
iwill have to find a model shop,
oh and a find away of slowing it down, my youngest lad thinks its ok to fire it through walls,
ihad 5 secounds with it before he shouted give it here dad its mines

ive had petrol ones in the past but its a bad investment,
ive still got my old steam car (Mahmod) in a box somewhere iwill have to get that out ithink, but the kids wont be playing with it its 40 years old

[lozz]

Ha, Model shops dont stock any parts for these,
they rekon there More of the Americans -austrailians kind of Toy,
Try Ebay they say, Waste of time, none on there Either not even the car itself,

Fixed it now anyway so itl keep em quiet, lol,

[plod]

Lozz
If you need any bits try Bolton model mart, JE Spares (both your way) or MK racing

[plod]

Anyway if you fancy upgrading it's based on a mini t and they do a pro version

Can be picked up off the bay with brushless systems for reasonable money

It's BS that you can't get parts

[lozz]

Cheers plod,
ithink iknow where the Model shop is in bolton iwill check it out , will be leaving that a few weeks tho, as the 406 is playing up,

[plod]

Good guys in Bolton Model Mart - not sure they'll remember me, but Ash who works in there should, he knows me as plod

Also could try DMS Racing in Watford as they are the biggest Team Losi retailer in the U.K.

[lozz]

iwill have anosey in there when ive got some spare coin,
shopping list is adding up for the 406 at the moment,
needs,
Rear pads.shoes & discs,
Front droplinks (Again,)
Rear Top links, (Again,)
lower Engine mount,
2 cv Gaiters,
and possibly new clutch and Dmf,
Might be cheaper to go and get anew motor me thinks, been looking at a 406 estate today, iwas almost tempted,

[plod]

I think I might need a droplink

I've got a ping coming from the nearside rear

Springs are new (ish) and had a horizontal link that side so can only be the droplink me thinks


I'd also still like an estate, but the money we borrowed got swallowed up in the new bathroom as it cost a lot more than imagined ( these things usually do )
Might statrt saving after the summer holidays and see where it leads, as still like a 2.2HDi Estate and defap ala doggy stylee, so plodmobile has a reprieve again for a while

[lozz]

sh*t hit the fan with the 406,
seems the gearboxes carnt handle the extra torque,
Feels like its got Square wheels, Gearbox specialist rekons, its eat the diff/cogs, (My own fault for ragging it a spose )
£450 for a recon box and fitting, its going intomorow, hes also going to do some magic with the new box he rekons he can make it abit more bomb proof,