Losi Muggy, any good????

[AJ Roberts]

As the title says, is the Losi Muggy any good??? ive just got one secondhand, i know about the clutch problem, ive got a Answer RC clutch bell and some Hong Nor Super longlife red clutch shoes on the way to sort that, and ive been told the chassis can be a bit flexy, is this chassis any good???

http://www.innovative-rc.com/innovat...1736aaf651ec19

And finally should i change down from 20mm MT wheels to 17mm truggy wheels?? i think the MT wheels look awesome

AJ

[plod]

I raced a Muggy for around 12 months and it sure is a good laugh
SHocks will soak up almost anything thrown at it.

There were a number of issues with the muggy when I ran one, and the clutch was the first thing I sorted out. I think the std gearing gave a final drive ratio IIRC of 14.6 and most truggies were running more around 15.5 at the time and the consensus of opinion was the muggy was overgeared. Losi eventually fitted a 12t clutchbell, but I went one further and fitted the 8ight 48t spur gear, which as the tester for the Innovative rc chassis is something I requested to be incorporated.
This brings the gearing to a more acceptable level.
As I was racing, I ditched the 420 wheels and swapped to 17mm hex's and ran LPR wheels and tyres. I never experienced any more clutch problems after that.
I made quite a number of changes, but i've got to get to work

[AJ Roberts]

Looks really trick mate, where did you get the CF servo tray and diff top plate????

[Beanie]

Muggy rocks, still got mine and love it! Plod's a bit of guru on this one! I changed the steering to remove slop, as Plod I changed to a robinson racing extra wide 48T spur, requires a little fettling with a dremel and then when teamed with a 12T clutch bell then it's sorted. Chassis has some flex, but not awful. Dropped to using softer springs too, whites on the front and silver rear. It's a cracking bit of kit, especially with a .28 in it...gives it some more torque to handle the extra weight although the standard Mach427 blue head engine is a pearler.

[AJ Roberts]

Originally Posted by Beanie

Muggy rocks, still got mine and love it! Plod's a bit of guru on this one! I changed the steering to remove slop, as Plod I changed to a robinson racing extra wide 48T spur, requires a little fettling with a dremel and then when teamed with a 12T clutch bell then it's sorted. Chassis has some flex, but not awful. Dropped to using softer springs too, whites on the front and silver rear. It's a cracking bit of kit, especially with a .28 in it...gives it some more torque to handle the extra weight although the standard Mach427 blue head engine is a pearler.

what steering mod is that mate??? got any pictures or links??

[plod]

The Carbon fibre came from a company called Speedtech Nitro which has changed it's name to STRC

http://www.teamstrc.com/ebproduct.asp?catmainid=3

I ditched the steering link as like Beanie said, it develops slop real easy
I used a turnbuckle and some rod ends but unfortunately I no longer have a picture available as was on my desktop that gave up the ghost