DeeCee Posted January 9, 2020 Share Posted January 9, 2020 Hi all As I said in my post in the introduction section I am looking to get a lunchbox (Yes I'm one of those that wanted one back in the day but wasn't lucky enough! Lol ). Anyhoo I see that the choice of options upgrades etc is mindblowing so I have a few in mind that I will be doing. In fact I have already ordered the bearings and aluminium body mounts lol. So my question is and I know this will have been asked to death before but can anyone recommend a good ESC, servo, motor(brushed) battery and radio control. (twin stick is the choice for me). I am opting to just buying the lunchy on its own and so would rather purchase the electronics separately and have it more to my preference rather than buying a bulk kit from a store and having to upgrade later. I know I will end up upgrading a lot of the mechanicals as time goes on but would rather get the electrical side of it done from the start. Tia Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINSET Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 (edited) One thing you need to replace if you're considering a faster-than-supplied motor is the pinion - Tamiya pinions are notoriously naff, a delicate combination of cheese and aluminium dust. If you buy a kit from the UK, you should get a motor and ESC with it, but it'll be a fairly mild affair. LB gearboxes are tough though, you can put some pretty silly motors in and you'll wreck the roof before you trash the gearbox 😁 My last build had a Hobbywing EZRun 8.5t in it, the one before had a 19t Fireball brushed - Both with a Towerpro servo (the front wheels don't spend much time on the ground) Search for 'lunchbox 5th shock' for the best handling tweak Here's a load of mods I did to one of mine; https://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=91642&id=169 Edited January 10, 2020 by TWINSET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnknan Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 I assume something like this on 3s lipo would be a significant power boost compared to the stock electronics? https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F401804580014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robo-dude Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 1 hour ago, TWINSET said: One thing you need to replace if you're considering a faster-than-supplied motor is the pinion - Tamiya pinions are notoriously naff, a delicate combination of cheese and aluminium dust. If you buy a kit from the UK, you should get a motor and ESC with it, but it'll be a fairly mild affair. LB gearboxes are tough though, you can put some pretty silly motors in and you'll wreck the roof before you trash the gearbox 😁 My last build had a Hobbywing EZRun 8.5t in it, the one before had a 19t Fireball brushed - Both with a Towerpro servo (the front wheels don't spend much time on the ground) Search for 'lunchbox 5th shock' for the best handling tweak Here's a load of mods I did to one of mine; https://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=91642&id=169 I didnt realise the lunchbox could take so much abuse 😮. May just have to invest in one of these !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWINSET Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 39 minutes ago, robo-dude said: I didnt realise the lunchbox could take so much abuse They're pretty strong chassis although the bodies get wrecked easy as the truck doesn't handle great and the first 'mod' is usually more power. The truck in the first pic is the chassis from the orange pickup with a new shell, wheels and motor - the orange shell and chrome wheels got trashed in a jousting tournament but everything else survived. By the time the grey version was toast the shocks were wrecked, as were the wheels and shell, but the chassis was still perfectly useable. The trucks are a little top heavy (or at least high-centred) because of the ABS body, so they don't corner anything like a buggy or even a monster truck, but they are fun to drive. There are a few Shapeways mods to get 'decent' handling out of them, but once you've taken all their 'character' away, there's not much point in owning one! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnknan Posted January 10, 2020 Share Posted January 10, 2020 They look like great fun. All you need is a quicrun 1060 and some 3s lipos to get more power, might have to grab one when I have the money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted January 10, 2020 Author Share Posted January 10, 2020 Cheers guys. There are some cracking "lunchys" on here!. Been looking at the quicrun 1060 so looks like I'll opt for one of them. Any recommendations on a servo and radio kit?. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wattser Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 On 10/01/2020 at 14:36, fnknan said: They look like great fun. All you need is a quicrun 1060 and some 3s lipos to get more power, might have to grab one when I have the money Would need to change any other components aside from the ESC and battery. I’m interested in getting my LB running on LiPo batteries. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnknan Posted January 13, 2020 Share Posted January 13, 2020 49 minutes ago, Wattser said: Would need to change any other components aside from the ESC and battery. I’m interested in getting my LB running on LiPo batteries. Thanks I'm pretty sure that's all you'll need to change. The motors are 27t silver cans if I recall correctly so they shouldn't overheat on 3s. You might have an issue with the motor brushes wearing out quicker than usual due to higher motor speeds, but brushed motors/ motor brushes are so cheap nowadays that it's not much of an issue, you can always replace them. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F401804580014 (this is a rebranded 1060) I'd definitely recommend running this, maybe attach the ESC to the old motor until you burn it out, then throw the new one for some extra speed, and then when that one burns out just replace the brushes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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