Rigs Of Rods Mods

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Darci Carlton

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Aug 3, 2024, 5:11:44 PM8/3/24

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Okay, so I'm trying to bring back my old Lunchbox to basher form. A couple of months back it had a bad full speed head-on "accident" with a concrete wall. So, after breaking another of my bashers I decided to put some effort into getting my Lunchbox working again. In so doing, I've done the following;

So, the question is... Are there any other recommended mod's for the Lunchbox? One's that don't require me fabricating some sort of aluminum chassis? Oh and now I'm just looking for another Lunchbox motor adapter plate. for some reason the original one broke in the "accident".

you can see my plastic brace going from the rear shock mount down to the axel mounting part. i've added one on both sides. now the rear table is rock solid! i dont know what the plastic brace part was from, they came in a bag of spares from ebay - but the same can be achived using metal rods and rod ends (like steering links).

BTW, this thing is gonna probably be a basher again. It's gonna temporarily take the place of my Super Blackfoot. I was playing with the new 13t motor in the Super Blackfoot and I kinda mis-judged the sidewalk again! Another front end demolished by a full speed head-on, off-centered smash! I guess I'm getting really near sighted in my old age....

I got those tires with one of my Ebay purchases. I don't know who makes them and I wouldn't recommend them. They wore really weird and are WAY off balance. makes the thing shake like crazy with the old suspension and a Venom 21t motor. I'm hoping that with the different tires and the different rims that it will be better....

I'm sure I've seen topics about that here. Sorry to diversify slightly from the query above, but if you wanted to fit a Lunchbox shell onto a M-chassis, what wheelbase can you use? The 210mm Mini type or longer?

There aren't too many more mods that would be worthwhile doing to a LB or MP. Reducing any excess weight is a good start, or perhaps moving the esc forwards to get a bit better balance. They also have a very high centre of mass, so lowering it will help the handling (I have even shortened the body posts on my MP to get the body lower on the chassis). It also needs to sit low enough that it has negative camber on the front wheels, rather than the positive camber that it has with the stock suspension.

I had another set of blackfoot wheels that were all smashed up on the outter edge, so i cut off the inner edge with a dremel, and with a lot of skillful skill with sandpaper and CA glue attached this cut off piece to the inner edge of my good set of wheels. They still look rough at the moment, but with more putty, sanding, and a hit of lunchbox yellow, i think they'll come up pretty nice.

Even though they are now wider, they are still not as wide as the standard LB wheels. I am tempted to chop up another good pair of wheels to widen them further on the outter edge. It really depends what tyres i can get. I am thinking of stretching the standard LB tyres over them, but im not sure yet.

Note that I have NOT widened these wheels for use on a runner. Whilst i am confident that the CA glue will hold the plastic together, and that the wheels could be used, it is possible that the putty would flake off if the plastic flexes.

Hi guys...I have a hornet with big wheels and would like to install the smaller lunchbox pinion. I need the lunchbox motor plate/adaptor. I was looking on line and it looks like it is in the parts on the "D" parts plastic tree of the lunchbox kit. Am I right with that guess? I just want to confirm before I buy...

****... I was "bashing" with the Box this past weekend. And, the steering servo broke off a piece of the chassis. The two points on the chassis where the steering servo are secured on are very small and look rather weak. Anyone have any ideas on how to improve this?

I feel sorry for this lunchbox of yours, it must be one of the most abused out there! It must be time for a trip back to the optometrist to get some new specs to stop these high speed stacks. Or perhaps you could just slow things down a bit by not running a 21t motor, but wheres the fun in that! Cheers

Good thing that you didnt want to build an aluminium chassis, it probably wouldnt have stood up to what you throw at it. Im thinking you'll need carbon fibre, kevlar, reinforced carbon carbon, and lots of other space age composites to keep this lunchbox together, considering that it now falls apart without even crashing it.