Kyosho Lazer ZX-5 SP

[RogerM]

Finally got the car ....... good old parcel farce!!!!!!

Was a little disapointed really with the conversion kit, or rather the information surrounding it!

For those people thinking of just getting the LAW35 conversion for an existing car then please be aware that you will NOT be able to build a full ZX5-SP chassis from a standard kit and the LAW35 ... the differences as far as I can tell are .....

no allen screw kit (we all knew that though)
No ally front arm mount (LAW31)
No shock tripple cap parts (they do provide new top cap nuts though ... no idea why!) let alone the loverly new bodies

Also they don't include the RB5 shock shafts (42mm front, 50mm rear) which is necessary to make the most of the new suspension arms.

No single piece motor mount / shaft support

It is also interesting trying to follow the build from 2 manuals (although if your converting a car that won't matter as you've already done the standard ZX5 build). You need to do this as there are many subtle differences throughout the build between the manuals.

What I am most defiantely not disapointed with is the finished chassis!!!

I am a bit of an geek at heart and can't build a car without measuring everything and when I have a built car I have to work through all the link position and shock position options to get a feel for the magnitude of the effect each will have. Obviously this was done with my RB5 shocks on the car to get the shock lengths right

One word springs to mind with the ZX5-SP ... balance. By that I mean that anything you can do to one end you can also achieve by doing something to the back end of the car so you should be able to build it as a front endy monster or a steer-from-the-rear. The proof will be on the track of course!

Anybody considering this conversion please stop ... just go and order it (along with the shock shafts of course W5193-01 (rr) and W5184-04 (fr) )!!!!!!!