Old Proto 4WD

Holeshot · #1 28-11-2010

Cleaning up my hard-drive and came accross these old photos of the Losi 4WD Buggy they tried out at the 05' Worlds. Think the arms were to short and the battery was hard to install/remove.

Holeshot · #2 28-11-2010

I can't believe Losi hasn't come out with a new kit. Im sure I bought my 1st XXX-4 back in 2002ish.

styleone · #3 28-11-2010

Cool photos! I agree, it is a shame losi have not created new 1/10 off road buggies, but saying that, let's be totally honest, the xx4, xxx-cr, and the xxx4...all very good cars in their own ways. I think I actually admire losi for not feeling like they HAVE to just churn out new buggies to satisfy consumer demand,not many other brands have resisted a slightly upgraded version of their 1/10 vehicles every few years, but losi just applied the old 'if it ain't broke, then don't fix it' mentality. I know the xxx4 was intended to superscede the xx4, but they actually ended up creating one buggy for fast hard surfaces and one for loose/rough surfaces.

I feel that this fact,along with brilliant buggies has given the xx's & xxx's the cult status they have...

Really cool looking proto though, and as always, great to see sneak peeks

Keep um coming guys

Holeshot · #4 28-11-2010

Im pretty sure that was the year to that they had trouble in practice etc. with the above buggy so they used the XX-4 WE and then made the Re-realease XX-4 WE. The XXX-4 is a prettygood buggy and made maintenance easy with the single belt but the XX-4 was the better buggy.

ApexSpeed · #5 28-11-2010

I have always wondered what happened to that chassis. I have always wanted to own it, actually. I love the JRXS, and I think it would make a great off road buggy for US-type hard-pack tracks.

Welshy40 · #6 28-11-2010

This car was good considering they had zero run time before the worlds. They made the B final which was quite an achievement for a buggy that wasnt properly tested. I would have bought it if it was sold on the market. Losi's attitude to this was for fun and not anything serious.

YZ~10 · #7 02-01-2011

Looks awesome

mark christopher · #8 02-01-2011

looks like it was once a touring car....

ApexSpeed · #9 02-01-2011

It WAS based on the JRX-S touring car... just like the BJ4/B44 and a few others still out there.

Holeshot · #10 03-01-2011

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Originally Posted by ApexSpeed

It WAS based on the JRX-S touring car... just like the BJ4/B44 and a few others still out there.

The xx4 came out before the street weapon (onroad car) and it was one of the best 4wd buggies to date but the street weapon wasnt much chop. Later they bought out the xxxs which wasnt to bad of a car with the xxx4 to follow which didnt lead to being as good as the xx4.

SHY · #11 06-01-2011

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Originally Posted by Holeshot

Cleaning up my hard-drive and came accross these old photos of the Losi 4WD Buggy they tried out at the 05' Worlds. Think the arms were to short and the battery was hard to install/remove.

Just love that shell!!!

Stu · #12 06-01-2011

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Originally Posted by SHY

Just love that shell!!!

That cab-backwards look is miles better than all that cab-forward bollox.

ApexSpeed · #13 06-01-2011

Just found out recently that there are TWO of these cars in existence, and they are both at Losi HQ (and not for sale—I tried). They are working on a new 4wd buggy right now and feel it is superior to this and other cars on the market, so there is something to really look forward to—outside of the 22.

doug

Welshy40 · #14 06-01-2011

Heres a piccy I designed for my desktop when this was being raced. Hope they are ok.

Chris Doughty · #15 07-01-2011

back in the day, I heard that this was a drivetrain test for the JRXS-R Touring car (the rear motor evolution of the JRXS TC)

Truhe(I think) and Travis took them to the worlds, tested them back-to-back with their usual 4WD's in praccy and liked them enough to get the car teched and run them.

shortly after this event the JRXS-R TC was released with the same motor/battery config.

Richard Lowe · #16 07-01-2011

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Originally Posted by ApexSpeed

It WAS based on the JRX-S touring car... just like the BJ4/B44 and a few others still out there.

Just to clarify, the BJ4 had much more in common with the B4 than it did the TC3, only the front and rear gearbox's came from the touring car

SHY · #17 07-01-2011

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Originally Posted by Stu

That cab-backwards look is miles better than all that cab-forward bollox.

Oh yeah! Those cab forward / bulldog shells are the first RC viruses if you ask me...

I've never seen a fast 1:1 car look that ugly...

Put on a large, transparent front wing if you need more steering. Rather than going in this direction:
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93works · #18 07-01-2011

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Originally Posted by Holeshot

The xx4 came out before the street weapon (onroad car) and it was one of the best 4wd buggies to date but the street weapon wasnt much chop. Later they bought out the xxxs which wasnt to bad of a car with the xxx4 to follow which didnt lead to being as good as the xx4.

didn't the street weapon win the world's?

Holeshot · #19 07-01-2011

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Originally Posted by SHY

Oh yeah! Those cab forward / bulldog shells are the first RC viruses if you ask me...

I've never seen a fast 1:1 car look that ugly...

Put on a large, transparent front wing if you need more steering. Rather than going in this direction:
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lol

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Originally Posted by 93works

didn't the street weapon win the world's?

Did it? Can't remember now, few years ago now. I thought they had a few issues with them. I remember the Rally Weapon to, always wanted to get one of them, really hard to find now.

terry.sc · #20 07-01-2011

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Originally Posted by 93works

didn't the street weapon win the world's?

The Street Weapon won the 1998 ISTC at the hands of David Spashett, which technically wasn't a fully official world championship as being the first one it was classed as a demonstration event, but as it was run at the on road worlds with all the worlds top drivers in it only the most pedantic would say it didn't win the worlds.