Rebuilt my Lunchbox over winter

[Static Age]

My original Lunchbox had got a bit tatty, decided to tart it up a bit. Fitted new chassis, shell, window glass & new dampers.

FX10 front arm mod. I also moved the steering servo into a more central position.

Front strut brace to stop chassis flex.

The body mounts had snapped ages ago, found these much tuffer ones on the bay

Third shock mod & oil filled dampers all round. Kept the stock rear springs to keep the back end as soft as possible.

Few pics of the first run out.

In the past with hot motors I found the Lunchbox was getting broken all of the time. I decided to go back to a silver can to reduce the damage. Wasnt quite enough wheelies for me so I have a vintage Yokomo motor in it now, no idea of the spec but the performance seems smilar to a sport tuned.

[kaiser]

VERY COOL.

how does the front end mod work on the lb? less likely to roll over? i have the same thing on my hornet.

[Static Age]

Big improvement having the double wishbone. You can actually turn at speed on tarmac now without rolling the car over, obviously the handling is still comical but its probably as good as a Lunchbox can get.

[RCJames]

Nice box!

Where do you get the front arms from, how hard are they to fit, are they worth it???

any answers would be appreciated

Cheers James

[Static Age]

The front arms are a Team CRP upgrade part for the Futaba FX10. It alows you to convert the Hornet style single wishbone suspension to double wishbone which stops all those crazy front wheel angles when cornering or going over rough ground.

I bought them from Team CRP on ebay. You dont use all of the bits in the kit on the lunchbox, you need to make your own adjustable upper arms & it takes a bit of fiddling about to get it right but its worth it.

I'll try & get some better pics from the underside of the Lunchbox.

A search on here should turn up more Lunchbox's/ Pumpkins with the same mod, thats how I found out about it.

Edit: here's the FX10 set up on a Hornet http://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/index.php?...339&hl=FX10

Heres TA-Marks take on the mod http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.a...84&id=20319

& his explanation of how to... "It's a pretty easy fit onto the Lunchbox. Remember it was not designed for a Tamiya.

You would need to trim about 2mm from each end of the pivot on the CRP lower arm so they are the same length as the Tamiya arms and don't bind.

The CRP upper arm does not fit, so you need to make up an adjustable upper link. DT02 turnbuckle set is ideal for upper links and adjustable steering links.

There is no where on the Lunchbox to connect the upper link to. You would need to attatch some ball nuts to the front bulkhead for the upper link.

Getting the dampers to fit requires some imagination. Some connect them to the C-hub, I used the CRP mount with a modified lower damper eye.

The CRP double wishbone front end does resolve all the odd camber, odd toe, and bumpsteer issues, and solves the problem of the front suspension bottoming out in reverse. It makes the Lunchbox much more predictable when landing the front wheels from a wheelie. It does steer alot better too... when the front wheels are actually touching the ground."

Thanks TA-Mark. It was your showroom entry that inspired me to carry out the mod.

[taliesin]

Tell me about the body mounts! Who/where/how much money? I'm very interested in getting a set of those, but I've never seen them for sale before.

[Static Age]

The posts are a HSP part No 08007, I got mine from ebay search "08007 - Body Post 4pcs". They are made from similar material as the Lunchbox bumper, so way stronger than the stock chrome body posts.

They are slightly thicker so you have to drill the holes in the body shell out to a bigger size. I also trimmed some off of the length of the posts (the ends that protrude through the shell), easy to do with a sharp kinfe as the plastic is soft.

I then ran a 3mm drill through the existing holes in the posts to bolt them to the chassis. Its alot more DIY than the stock posts but you dont have to buy the whole chrome parts set just to get new posts & I suspect that the chassis will break before the HSP posts do.