Losi LST E-Conversion Kit

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by skellyo

It's limited to whatever the diameter of the heatsink internals are. The heatsink bolts to the chassis and the front plate that bolts to the motor bolts to the heatsink. No way you're getting anything like a Castle/Neu in there.

Understood, but still, was the 36mm reference a guess on your part, or did you see that info somewhere?????

[Bondonutz]

Read the fine print "kit comes with 2lbs of lead mountable to front bumper"

[nitrostarter]

Originally Posted by Bondonutz

Read the fine print "kit comes with 2lbs of lead mountable to front bumper"

Geez, what a joke! Lets try to compensate for the insane amounts of power people will be using by adding 2lbs of lead weights to the front. Fricken genius!


I was thinking of possibly using the Tekno mount on 1 of my LST's. Anyone have an opinion here? I would make some adaptor plates like Tekno uses to push the pinion to the spur.

[skellyo]

Originally Posted by JThiessen

Understood, but still, was the 36mm reference a guess on your part, or did you see that info somewhere?????

Clearly, the heatsink was designed for use with the Xcelorin motors from Losi and they're actually 39mm as MetalMan stated earlier versus the 36mm I suspected. I would be concerned that there isn't enough room within the heatsink for something like a Castle/Neu at 42mm.

[crazyjr]

Originally Posted by JThiessen

I looked through the assembly instructions and noticed something that I may have been unaware of - does the LST tranny also have a built in center diff?

Every LST based monster i ever seen had none, but wouldn't be too hard to make one

[Overdriven]

Originally Posted by RuthlessLST

Wow, could they get that battery pack any higher. Did you see the pics of all the wheelies? Thats what happens with all that weight at the back and up in the air.

Originally Posted by nitrostarter

Thats also what sells to the uneducated...

Yep, wheelies are cool. To a point and we all learn this at some point. The issue is they kept the 2 speed and mechanical brakes, so the brake servo is still there in the way of the pack being placed up front. The only other reason I can think of is convenience and cost. It makes the kit a bolt on affair, no modification to the chassis plates for the user, no new plates to manufacture. I was wondering when something like this would be availible, never thought they'd keep the 2 speed + mechanical brakes though. I wonder if the Excelerin could push the truck to decent speeds as a single speed though? Cause Losi would just be shooting themselves in the foot if they came out with a mount that accepted casle/neu motors.

[Kcaz25]

Yay A BL LST but a FAIL none-the-less. Weight needs to be upfront or at least balanced. Then as mentioned there is the inflexable motor mount.

[JThiessen]

The first picture is what is making me think that there is a possibility that the motor mount might be able to accomodate larger motors - see the shims they show.


And the second one is why i asked about it possibly having a center diff - but that's probably how they change the drive direction.


I sent an email to Losi Customer support asking about the motor dia allowance. Will post as soon as I hear back.

[TexasSP]

Some how this fails to rival The Dude Racing.............

[JThiessen]

HA...got my FIRST response from Losi today - stated that the size was 40mm x 80mm. Hmmm.....that just happens to be the same as the size of the "tape" shims that they include with the package. I sent a response back asking them to please forward the question to their engineering dept...

Yeah, its not a great set up. Doable, but not great.

[Klausen]

Yeah looks alot like my first setup on my Aftershock from FD, whuch works ok on 3-4 s lipo. I tried that setup with the MMM combo in staed on 5s, and it was way to heavy in the back.

I moved the mechanical breaks and moved the batterytray up front. It can still o wheelies ofcourse, but it is way easier to control. Weird that Losi haven´t looked around, to see what works, an even if they didn´t they shoul know...

Here is my conversion

http://www.rcgalleri.dk/html/gal_vis...9719&ipc=71502

[Mozzy]

Klausen, I'd love to view your galleries from your links, but, I can't see them apart from the LST/Aftershock ones.

[Klausen]

Hmm, I just updated them, so I think they should work now.

[Mozzy]

Thanks, worked perfectly.

Nice rides.

[JThiessen]

Finally got an answer on the heatsink diameter.

Hi Jeff,

I'm sorry for the delay. The parts are not available to us yet to measure, so I had to contact Losi directly to get them to pull one for me.
The inner diameter of the heatsink is 42mm.

I hope this answers your question!

Looks like most Neu's will fit....