Lazer zxr

[Welshy40]

Originally Posted by alcyon

ok that means with LA-59 i will use 65.5 in front. i think you are not certain if LA245 axle stub pin spacing is the same as LA232 right?
rcently i stumbled upon someone who wants to sell a ZX to me. it seems all original with the exception of alloy arm braces. my question is if i were to race it on a loose, tight offroad track with one small jump and one BIG jump, is there anyhting i should change on the car? Is the stock torque splitter an advantage on such a track? do i need to change the top shaft to a zx-r slipper shaft? also is there anyone making the reproduction for the front gearbox? i dont think i will change the suspension becuase from my experience with my old lazer, the car understeers a bit, and is very easy to drive, and thats the way i like it.

I would get that lazer if it comes with the alloy wishbone pin braces as the plastic ones break. I currently use the ZX slipper clutch so dont change it and its on my car as well but would recommend the spur gear I designed by RW racing and all you do is take the balls out of the spur (its a third diff on the ZX) and buy a set of either B4 or B44 slipper pads or SC10 extra torque pads and fit the spur minus the diff balls and set it correctly so it slips fractionally on the surface your racing on an its set. I would also buy the MMS front shock tower (on ebay at the moment and is semi circular handle tower for a good price) and that is almost unbreakable so will give major strength to the front gear box so no need to replace that.

Im unsure, try it without weights and work from there. As per my previous pictures I use brass weights in the centre of the chassis closer to the rear, also under the Lipo cells and it jumps well. You may need to adjust the one way to get a bit of free wheel spin on the front so that you can get a bit of over steer as I found that total 4wd 50/50 makes the car understeer.

Oh yeah I forgot to add the pics of my front and rear hubs. There are plenty on this site somewhere if you want more.

[rondoolaa]

did anyone see that optima mid on ebay that was actually a lazer zx,

i told the seller he was advertising it wrong and even sent him the lazer manual and asked him to check certain pages of the mid manual that show the parts arnt mid parts, for example the drive belt not entering the bottom of gearbox,.... and then look at certain pages in the lazer manual to show i was right..

didnt listen to me though, i wonder if he will get bad feedback for selling a lazer and saying it was a mid

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1506638864...#ht_500wt_1202

[alcyon]

Originally Posted by rondoolaa

did anyone see that optima mid on ebay that was actually a lazer zx,

i told the seller he was advertising it wrong and even sent him the lazer manual and asked him to check certain pages of the mid manual that show the parts arnt mid parts, for example the drive belt not entering the bottom of gearbox,.... and then look at certain pages in the lazer manual to show i was right..

didnt listen to me though, i wonder if he will get bad feedback for selling a lazer and saying it was a mid

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1506638864...#ht_500wt_1202

looking at it, it does look like a lazer to me, the belt exits the rear gearbox high and the top deck is in 2 pieces.

[alcyon]

Originally Posted by Welshy40

I would get that lazer if it comes with the alloy wishbone pin braces as the plastic ones break. I currently use the ZX slipper clutch so dont change it and its on my car as well but would recommend the spur gear I designed by RW racing and all you do is take the balls out of the spur (its a third diff on the ZX) and buy a set of either B4 or B44 slipper pads or SC10 extra torque pads and fit the spur minus the diff balls and set it correctly so it slips fractionally on the surface your racing on an its set. I would also buy the MMS front shock tower (on ebay at the moment and is semi circular handle tower for a good price) and that is almost unbreakable so will give major strength to the front gear box so no need to replace that.

Im unsure, try it without weights and work from there. As per my previous pictures I use brass weights in the centre of the chassis closer to the rear, also under the Lipo cells and it jumps well. You may need to adjust the one way to get a bit of free wheel spin on the front so that you can get a bit of over steer as I found that total 4wd 50/50 makes the car understeer.

Oh yeah I forgot to add the pics of my front and rear hubs. There are plenty on this site somewhere if you want more.

welshy, that MMS shock tower is pricey, is there any alternative from fibrelyte? i may skip buying that lazer cause mine has many more upgrades, like red finned motor plate, and i already have all the aluminium arm braces. where should i get a 1 piece top deck? any link for RW parts? you havent told me about the front gearbox yet, any line on that ?
Thanks a bunch !

[isobarik]

Ron

deffo lazer is he blind or what ????

Alcyon i can get the la-32 for you if you need them let me know how many .

mvh Isobarik

[alcyon]

Originally Posted by isobarik

Ron

deffo lazer is he blind or what ????

Alcyon i can get the la-32 for you if you need them let me know how many .

mvh Isobarik

iso, remember you were talking about LA245? someone said LA245 will fit on optima mid with a little shimming, that means will fit on lazer too. i will buy a pair soon. see this forum.
http://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/inde...howtopic=50728
you mean originals or repros for LA32? i guess i need 2 ?

[Welshy40]

Originally Posted by alcyon

iso, remember you were talking about LA245? someone said LA245 will fit on optima mid with a little shimming, that means will fit on lazer too. i will buy a pair soon. see this forum.
http://www.tamiyaclub.com/forum/inde...howtopic=50728
you mean originals or repros for LA32? i guess i need 2 ?

Doesnt always mean it will fit an optima mid if it works on a lazer.

[Welshy40]

Originally Posted by alcyon

welshy, that MMS shock tower is pricey, is there any alternative from fibrelyte? i may skip buying that lazer cause mine has many more upgrades, like red finned motor plate, and i already have all the aluminium arm braces. where should i get a 1 piece top deck? any link for RW parts? you havent told me about the front gearbox yet, any line on that ?
Thanks a bunch !

Fibrelyte do the same and also various top decks. Make sure you order the correct one.

Rwracing is just that on google uk. Email or call him and say the 100t 48dp for the lazer with hexes on either side like on the b4 spurs that James Instone designed and he will know.

[alcyon]

Originally Posted by Welshy40

Doesnt always mean it will fit an optima mid if it works on a lazer.

i think it will, becuase i used Lazer Suspension and lazer Ujs on my mid before and it goes in perfectly. any way i will be the guinea pig , so no risk for you guys !
welshy, from your post about adding rear weight to the ZX, it seems to me you are saying the rear end isnt heavy enough? what will the consequence be if left as it is? loss of rear traction? also how do you guys fit a saddle pack lipo under the top deck? becuase eventhough there is about 6mm from the top of lipo to the top deck, how do you guys connect the saddle bridge wire ? did you create a special type of wire? becuase the banana type connector will hit the top deck.

[alcyon]

by the way, who is James Instone ? i saw his name on fibre lyte site.
also can anyone give me the part number for that blue steering parts welshy keeps talking about?

[Welshy40]

Originally Posted by alcyon

by the way, who is James Instone ? i saw his name on fibre lyte site.
also can anyone give me the part number for that blue steering parts welshy keeps talking about?

Blue steering parts on ebay under lazer zx, search and you will find. Much stronger than the original and easier to get rid of all bumpsteer.

James is me. In the 90's i was a serious racer with a few big wins to my name with this car and decided to make sure that parts would still be available years after the car was no longer in production, so my legacy is all flat bits are made by fibre lyte, all copied from my spares (at the time i had all items), kamtec made molds of the lazer zxs and parma tomcat shells so we would still be able to buy shells, i persuade a few people to continue selling belts, redesigned the spur which RW now make to put the slipper system up there with the new cars and a friend of mine - Matt who is a nut like me for kyosho is a plastic specialist so now soon we will have plastic items available for us (hopefully) and im sure ive missed a few other things ive done, plus redesigned the chassis, top deck, lipo tray.

[oli4ke]

Originally Posted by alcyon

by the way, who is James Instone ? i saw his name on fibre lyte site.
also can anyone give me the part number for that blue steering parts welshy keeps talking about?

Alcyon try part number 39655 on ebay!

[alcyon]

hello guys and thanks for all your help, how old are you guys anyway? i am 35 and been into rc since 1990. i hail from a banana republic called malaysia.
maybe you have seent this video, posted by me on youtube, at the time i havent got a lazer yet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eO0KqMiIFQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt6VT...eature=related

enjoy the trip down memory lane.
P.S i was pretty nerdy kid back then, i dont look nerdy anymore lol.

[rondoolaa]

Originally Posted by alcyon

can anyone give me the part number for that blue steering parts welshy keeps talking about?

here they are,

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kyosho-396...1#ht_500wt_969


on the age thing i'm 42, i started racing somewhere between 1987 and 1990, but used to mess about on the beach etc with a hornet and frog a lot earlier than that, when i was a kid

[oli4ke]

Originally Posted by alcyon

hello guys and thanks for all your help, how old are you guys anyway? i am 35 and been into rc since 1990. i hail from a banana republic called malaysia.
maybe you have seent this video, posted by me on youtube, at the time i havent got a lazer yet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eO0KqMiIFQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt6VT...eature=related

enjoy the trip down memory lane.
P.S i was pretty nerdy kid back then, i dont look nerdy anymore lol.

Good old days...... I'm 34 and also since 1990 in rc.

[Welshy40]

Started messing about in 80's and went serious into club and event in 89. Im still a big kid tho i am 38

[peetbee]

Originally Posted by Welshy40

Blue steering parts on ebay under lazer zx, search and you will find. Much stronger than the original and easier to get rid of all bumpsteer.

meh, broke my steering tonight, hope they are stronger at that price!

[alcyon]

guys, i finally rummaged through my lazer parts last night, and found all i could, but the bad news is i am missing the front and rear outer alloy arm braces, i do have the inner ones though. i am also missing the front part of the gearbox, the rear part of the front gearbox is intact though. Lucky for me i found a pair of new Lazer inner hingepins last week at the bargain bin. i see some of you have made blue mc nylon braces, anyone can sell them to me? also i feel that my belts are too far gone, they dont move too smoothly. I measured them at 5mm width, do any of you know the belt codes so that i can order them locally, like is the belt S3M standard? how many tooth, i want to get them looped at 4mm width to reduce drivetrain drag. one last ditch effort is i will be going to my moms house after work today and try to find the arm braces, i hope they are there.

[Welshy40]

Originally Posted by peetbee

meh, broke my steering tonight, hope they are stronger at that price!

Did you talk to Matt? He may be able to sort you out.

[Welshy40]

Originally Posted by alcyon

guys, i finally rummaged through my lazer parts last night, and found all i could, but the bad news is i am missing the front and rear outer alloy arm braces, i do have the inner ones though. i am also missing the front part of the gearbox, the rear part of the front gearbox is intact though. Lucky for me i found a pair of new Lazer inner hingepins last week at the bargain bin. i see some of you have made blue mc nylon braces, anyone can sell them to me? also i feel that my belts are too far gone, they dont move too smoothly. I measured them at 5mm width, do any of you know the belt codes so that i can order them locally, like is the belt S3M standard? how many tooth, i want to get them looped at 4mm width to reduce drivetrain drag. one last ditch effort is i will be going to my moms house after work today and try to find the arm braces, i hope they are there.

Ebay worldwide belts are there made by a different company. Lazer zx is what you need to put in and just search and you will find.