Losi 5ive b build thread

pardeepanesar said:

Oh I didn't realise I though we were talking us dollars . I'm in the UK and mine cost me around £1800

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That works out at $2925.34 down here so pretty close

Isnt it like $8.00 the gallon of regular gasoline in UK?, something crazy outrageous.

I would say my King Motor Baja 30.5cc is in the $900.00 range by now, after all DDM upgrades, spare parts, spares, etc.

crankestein said:

Isnt it like $8.00 the gallon of regular gasoline in UK?, something crazy outrageous.

I would say my King Motor Baja 30.5cc is in the $900.00 range by now, after all DDM upgrades, spare parts, spares, etc.

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crankestein said:

Isnt it like $8.00 the gallon of regular gasoline in UK?, something crazy outrageous.

I would say my King Motor Baja 30.5cc is in the $900.00 range by now, after all DDM upgrades, spare parts, spares, etc.

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Petrol works out to $5.00 US here in Oz
That's standard grade.
Higher octane goes up about 50c a gallon on top

Phill2 said:

Petrol works out to $5.00 US here in Oz
That's standard grade.
Higher octane goes up about 50c a gallon on top

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Here in the UK the average petrol is £1.20 per litre so a gallon of about 4.5 litres works out around £5.40.

$5.00 a gallon is usually race fuel at the track, 112/116 octane.

A US gallon is smaller than an imperial gallon.
133 oz - 160 oz (nearly a litre)
Not much difference but a bit.

New wheel nuts

thats plastic, not metal...?

Yes they work great their like nylon lock nuts so they grip well , silverback monkey nuts
£10

This car will be soon undergoing a complete breakdown and complete rebuild , all 3 diff's shocks and some new goodies to improve the performance stay tuned for something new

Need to have an edge over the other 3 5ive b's in my bash group and this will definitely do it

Ok, good for you.

4WD is cool, but for whatever reason the 4wd truck is getting more bench time since I acquired the baja. I am thinking later this year to get a 2wd truck, and maybe sell the 4wd.

crankestein said:

Ok, good for you.

4WD is cool, but for whatever reason the 4wd truck is getting more bench time since I acquired the baja. I am thinking later this year to get a 2wd truck, and maybe sell the 4wd.

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If you check over in the Baja build projects section you will see the 2wd hybrid truck I'm building (aka Frankenstein )

Ended up swapping over the extenders back for the original hubs as they were too tight up next to the bearings and was causing rubbing etc and wasn't spinning smooth , original hubs back on with the new silverback monkey nutz + quick lube up on bearings too

The room needs a field day asap, I got a headache with all the cluttered laying around.

Its just plastic nuts.

crankestein said:

The room needs a field day asap, I got a headache with all the cluttered laying around.

Its just plastic nuts.

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I don't have enough time to work on cars let alone clean the bloody room [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23] .yes its just plastic nuts bit I've got more parts coming soon

Motor out

Ended up getting rid of the bartolone pipe as I felt as tho it was giving great no end torque but nothing towards the middle range /top end .
I also ordered a new booster pipe (silenced ) which should be arriving tomorrow [emoji16][emoji16]. Also selling the motor to get something smaller and higher revving, mmmm maybe an oddy [emoji3][emoji3]

Are their any protective coatings I should put on the new booster pipe as its raw