JimK's Losi Tenacity DB Pro

[JimK]

I was hoping to take my Marksman out for a little trail run today but we've had nothing but rainy days for the last few days. So...I decided to spend a little time today tinkering on my Tenacity.

I've had this buggy for a couple years now and I've had a lot of fun with it. Sometimes I'll take it to the local track but usually I'll just go to one of the ball diamonds in town or do some parking lot bashing. Either way this go fast buggy is a ton of fun!! Other than upgrading the steering servo to a Savox this thing is completely stock.

I've got a few sets of wheels/tires for this buggy and recently I put on a new set of Proline BFG All Terrain KO2s mounted on Proline F-11 2.2/3.0 beadlocks. I haven't had a chance to run them yet but they certainly look pretty bad ass on there.

I also took the time to bind this buggy to my new Spektrum DX5C Smart transmitter. I quite like this new radio and set up and calibration was quick and pretty straight forward.

I also took a minute and labelled the two battery packs that I use for this buggy. It's the only rc I have that uses IC5 plugs so it would be hard to mix them up but my ocd got the best of me....:ror:

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[JimK]

I've had this Exotek aluminum steering upgrade sitting around forever and a day so I decided to put it in today. It comes with full bearings and was silky smooth once I got it installed.

I took the old plastic steering rack out and took the servo saver spring and collar out of it to use in the new aluminum rack.

To be honest I put off installing the new steering rack because I was dreading having to tear this thing apart for the installation. In actuality once I took the chassis brace off I had very easy access to the steering mechanism and the swap out was fast and easy. That's what I get for procrastinating for so long!!

Just about all back together in this shot and it sure looks sexy. I cinched the servo saver collar down pretty tight so it doesn't really do much servo saving anymore....I'm ok with that.

The steering arm mounted a little lower than the stock one so I ended up putting an aluminum spacer in there to get the linkage sitting a little more level. It was hitting the side of the servo at full crank without the spacer. Not good.

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[JimK]

Lastly I installed a set of RPM chassis skid plates. I should have installed these a long time ago but better late than never I suppose.

This thing has been used and abused but the chassis has held up well. It has more than it's fair share of scratches on the bottom but I consider that to be a purely cosmetic issue that is to be expected.

I like that the skid plates have "nipples" on the bottom the fit into the existing screw countersinks in the bottom of the chassis.

All fastened in place and ready to go. I think they look pretty good and add a sort of tough look to the buggy. We'll see how good they look after a couple of runs?

.....and when I was all done I put it back in the corner because it was raining outside and I couldn't go out and play. Hopefully I can get out for a little rip tomorrow?

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[Tchinghar]

looks good alright. best shrtcourse tires for sure

 

[JimK]

looks good alright. best shrtcourse tires for sure

Thanks my friend.

 

[JimK]

Ran a couple packs through the buggy today over at the arena parking lot. Didn't have a lot of time as it was getting pretty dark. Forgot how fast this thing is even on just 2s. I was going to try a 3s pack tonight but my battery pack was slightly too long for the battery tray. I like the changes that I made recently but I felt I was constantly fight against the AVC. I think I'm going to just deactivate it again and run without it.

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