LOSI L8ight Offset Chassis Kit [Archive]

KingHeadz

November 25th, 2009, 10:30 PM

King Headz has just release our Offset Chassis Kit for the LOSI L8ight.

This chassis is CNC machined from 4mm thick 7075 aircraft grade aluminum and hardcoat anodized black. This offset chassis is designed for optimum corner speed and left side weight while keeping in mind the need to keep the car balanced through traffic. Strategically pocketed to reduce weight without affecting the structural integrity of the chassis, it is also hard coated for wear durability .

INCLUDES:
(1) Offset Chassis
(1) Rock Guard Assembly
(1) Fuel Tank Assembly

(1) Fuel Tank (150cc)
(4) Orings .125 X .250 X .062
(2) 4-40 X 3/4 SHCS - Stainless Steel
(2) 5-40 X 1/2 FHCS - Alloy
(2) .312 X .125 X .030 Stainless Steel Washer
(2) Fuel Tank Post
(1) Battery Box Assembly
(1) Battery Box Base
(1) Battery Box Lid
(2) 5-40 X 3/8 BHCS - Stainless Steel
(2) 5-40 X 1/2 FHCS - Alloy
(1) 5-40 X 1 FHCS - Alloy

SPECS.
Material: 7075 Aircraft Billet Aluminum
Weight:
Stock Chassis with Rock Guards Weight: 370 grams
KHZ Offset Chassis with Rock Guards Weight: 418 grams

These chassis are on our website and ready to ship.
http://www.kingheads.com/product_info.php?cPath=80_81&products_id=877 (http://www.kingheads.com/product_info.php?cPath=80_85&products_id=870)

Price: $149.99

Jim
www.kingheadz.com (http://www.kingheadz.com) 35436

ripracing

December 1st, 2009, 8:17 PM

This chassis is the snoodz!!!

legends25

December 1st, 2009, 10:51 PM

This chassis is worth every penny!! I have been running it since it came out a it is definitely worth having. The good thing is that I just took the setup off my stock chassis and put it directly on this chassis and it worked awesome!! Those that may think that I am biased, take it for what it's worth, trust me, I wouldn't steer ya wrong:)

KingHeadz

December 2nd, 2009, 10:17 AM

Here are a couple of assembled pictures.

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jaybird 52

December 2nd, 2009, 5:41 PM

This chassis is the snoodz!!!
CA people explain what the hell is snoodz lol:D:checkeredflag::beer:

ripracing

December 2nd, 2009, 6:38 PM

Haha, you know, the snitz, the hot snot, cream of the crop, fabtabulisss etc. lol

sam60

December 3rd, 2009, 12:16 PM

what gas tank are you useing?

KingHeadz

December 3rd, 2009, 5:41 PM

We are using the OFN40109 OFNA Violator Fuel Tank (150cc)

http://www.amainhobbies.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=40109

sam60

December 3rd, 2009, 9:43 PM

ok who has this in stock for purchase?

KingHeadz

December 3rd, 2009, 11:42 PM

ok who has this in stock for purchase?

We sent the last one to www.amainhobbies.com (http://www.amainhobbies.com) today. They should have it on their site shortly. You could drop them an email and see if you can buy it.

We should have more back in stock on our site by about 12/15 or 12/16.

As soon as I have a firm date from the hardcoater I will post it.

arizona82

December 4th, 2009, 12:51 AM

How bad does the rear centershaft wear with that kind of rediculous angle? Would there be a way to flip the rear diff case, or swap with a front to straighten the center shaft back out? I have heard of the stock chassis being hard on front center shafts because of angle, can't imagine this being better.

McCoy

December 4th, 2009, 1:42 AM

I don't run the king headz chassis,but I do run an intruder chassis that is basically the same and it does wear the rear center shaft pretty good.I have been looking at running a front gearbox on the rear for a perfectly straight drivetrain.It is possible,it would just take some $pecial parts.

legends25

December 4th, 2009, 11:01 PM

The rear drive shaft is at a pretty good angle and we have been monitoring the heat and wear on the joint. As long as you do the regular maintenance on it such as keeping it greased and clean, the hottest I have seen mine is about 98 degrees. Just a little more info on it, the angle of the rear drive shaft is only 1 degree more than what the front Losi drive shaft is on the stock chassis.

Another little tid-bit is that the motor and center diff are turned 4 degrees to reduce the angle of the rear shaft and add a little to the front one. So the motor and diff are not setting straight in the car. Most of the other offset chassis just move the motor and diff housings straight over.

Jim will post some pictures tonight of what I am talking about.

RandyJ

December 4th, 2009, 11:12 PM

I know what you are talking about;) Very nice by the way. Great seeing you at Indy. Get your deal handled?

KingHeadz

December 4th, 2009, 11:49 PM

It is very hard to tell from the picture of my car but the motor and diff are at a 4 degree angle. Here is a copy of the cad file showing that. This was done to help minimized the angle of the rear shaft. As Chris said with normal maintenance and grease the shafts are holding up very well.

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jaybird 52

December 5th, 2009, 3:56 AM

We are using the OFN40109 OFNA Violator Fuel Tank (150cc)

http://www.amainhobbies.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=40109
WHY ARE YOU USING THAT TANK AND NOT A ORIGINAL LOSI PEICE LIKE THE TRUGGY 150CC TANK????:D:checkeredflag::beer: JUST WANTING TO KNOW?

KingHeadz

December 5th, 2009, 11:18 PM

WHY ARE YOU USING THAT TANK AND NOT A ORIGINAL LOSI PEICE LIKE THE TRUGGY 150CC TANK????:D:checkeredflag::beer: JUST WANTING TO KNOW?

The truggy tank is long and will hit the clutch bell and it is also tall. The OFNA tank is short, about the same as the stock tank.

KingHeadz

December 14th, 2009, 5:44 PM

Chassis are back in stock and ready to ship, sorry for the delay.

sam60

December 14th, 2009, 9:12 PM

went to your site to buy your losi offset chassi and it says out of stock are you sold out already?

KingHeadz

December 14th, 2009, 10:25 PM

went to your site to buy your losi offset chassi and it says out of stock are you sold out already?

Sorry about that, my shipping man dropped the ball.
All fixed.

http://www.kingheads.com/product_info.php?cPath=80_81&products_id=877

RandyJ

December 24th, 2009, 4:12 PM

I want to thank Jim and Chris for the great chassis kit. Got to run it last weekend and the car was awesome. It was sooo good, I overdrove the crap out of it. I was just amazed at how well the car drives and reacts to changes. Now, I just need to calm MYSELF down and it will be in the A whenever possible.;)

Thanks again and highly recommend this kit for your L8.

Adam_S

December 30th, 2009, 6:32 PM

Matt Murphy

February 10th, 2010, 6:03 AM

How far is everything Offset on the chassis?

KingHeadz

February 10th, 2010, 3:36 PM

We moved the center diff and motor over to the left about .95" and back about .47" then we rotated the motor and diff 5 degree to help minimize the angle of the rear drive shaft. Be rotating the diff and motor it puts the angle of the rear shaft about the same as the stock front shaft.

How far is everything Offset on the chassis?

chris72983

February 13th, 2010, 12:03 AM

After assembling my car with the new chassis, I have found the the factory throttle linkage is to still to short. I moved the locking sleeve on the outer end all the way out till it is flush with the end of the linkage & and if I turn the ball cup out enough to snap on the carb, it doesn't have but a 2 or 3 thread engagement on the linkage. I was just wondering if anyone had had this problem before, and if so how was it resolved? I was thinking, I may need have to go to the hobby shop and see if I can find a linkage rod from another car that may be longer.

WickedFast1

February 13th, 2010, 5:13 AM

the dynomite kit will cure your problem, the arms are much longer.

chris72983

February 13th, 2010, 12:20 PM

Nevermind I found a fix, see post below

chris72983

February 13th, 2010, 5:36 PM

After a quick trip to the hobby shop this morning, I found that one of the linkages in the LST break and throttle linkage kit fit the bill perfectly. Just cut off the z bend at the red line in the pic, and your ready to go. I'm figuring that me running a 17 tooth clutch bell, is the reason I have run into this problem.

chris72983

March 22nd, 2010, 5:25 PM

What kind of setups is everyone starting out with for a rubber tire car? I ran the car for the first time this weekend (high bite track with 320 drive line, and 20 degrees of banking), with close to an out of the box setup , plus kingheadz spool, and the car pushed like crazy going in, (slight coming out) when the day started out, but got slightly better as the night went on and with a slight spring change.

IDRC

March 22nd, 2010, 5:46 PM

Will need more info before we can help you. What tires? What type of surface? What springs and shock oil are you using? Sway bars? What is the ride height front to back? and what type of body, side dam, rear spoiler size?
Also how much toe out on the front? The rear?

PM me.

Ralph

chris72983

March 22nd, 2010, 6:47 PM

rockm

April 26th, 2010, 5:32 PM

is this chassis legal in dlrma rules

speed4less

April 26th, 2010, 5:35 PM

Yes

donnie victor

April 26th, 2010, 5:54 PM

KingHeadz

April 27th, 2010, 8:45 AM

I am having trouble reaching Jim with my order for a chassis. I would like to confirm my order and get it paid for. Any help with this issue sure would be appreciated... Thanks

Donnie

www.outlawnitroseries.com (http://www.outlawnitroseries.com)

Hi Donnie,
I received your paid order off of the website Monday night.
I believe you called Matt at the shop last Thursday and he told you the chassis are at the Anodizer's being hardcoated and should be back this week. We are hoping to get them this Wednesday or Friday.
As soon as they come in we will get your order shipped out that day.

Jim

rockm

May 1st, 2010, 11:21 PM

when will this chassis be back in stock

KingHeadz

May 3rd, 2010, 6:47 PM

Hi Donnie,
I received your paid order off of the website Monday night.
I believe you called Matt at the shop last Thursday and he told you the chassis are at the Anodizer's being hardcoated and should be back this week. We are hoping to get them this Wednesday or Friday.
As soon as they come in we will get your order shipped out that day.

Jim
Donnie,
Your odered is shipping today.

Jim

KingHeadz

May 3rd, 2010, 6:47 PM

when will this chassis be back in stock

These are back in stock now, sorry for the delay.

Jim

donnie victor

May 3rd, 2010, 9:49 PM

Thanks Jim... And thanks for the gift certificates to be handed out at our races. :thumbsup:

Donnie

www.outlawnitroseries.com (http://www.outlawnitroseries.com)

donnie victor

May 5th, 2010, 12:18 PM

I received my Lefty chassis this morning... thats fast... I am a retired tool maker and can tell you I know a precision made part when I see one... nice work Jim, you are doing a fantastic job. :thumbsup: :trophy:

Donnie

www.outlawnitroseries.com (http://www.outlawnitroseries.com)

Cpt Morgan29

August 15th, 2010, 10:35 AM

I have a losi l8ight with an e-conversion. How does this chassis work with e-conversion? I am running the mamba monster with 2200kv.

DQbeck63

August 15th, 2010, 12:18 PM

I have a losi l8ight with an e-conversion. How does this chassis work with e-conversion? I am running the mamba monster with 2200kv.

:thumbsup::thumbsup:I am running the Mamba System as well, and was also interested in one of your chassis, but would need my losi electric conversion to work with it...thanks, matt

diesel32x

August 21st, 2010, 5:02 AM

gatepro

August 26th, 2010, 8:33 PM

That looks like a hell of a chassis. I have tried the losi lefty in the past and kinda got away from it but might have to give this one a try now. Will the drive shaft still fit or do they need to be longer and how much more of an angle will they have one them?

They actually run the stock drive shafts, you just switch the front to the rear and rear to front, the overall angle on both shafts isn't more than 1deg or so from the front shaft on a stock buggy chassis. I run this lefty chassis with the adjustable caster blocks and the adjustable toe rear ap-arms and my car is wicked fast on both high bite clay and looser red clay tracks, even ran on a paved oval and it was even better. The biggest deal with these chassis seems to be runnin positive camber in the right side tires to keep from burninng up the inner edge of the DLM2 tires. I know it sounds odd, but thats where I ended up, ran a 15 minute main on paved oval and barely wore a set of DLM2 tires!

Donovan

October 6th, 2010, 9:49 PM

maybe a dumb guestion but , i have a converted 2.0 buggy i switched shocks, towers etc, will this work with mine? thanks

tmr22

October 6th, 2010, 11:17 PM

Yes it will

vwbob16

October 7th, 2010, 2:28 PM

ONE THING THAT YOU MUST CHANGE IF YOU ARE USING A 2.0 BUGGY IS THE REAR CENTER DRIVESHAFT THE 2.0 IS 2MM LONGER THAN THE 1.0 WHICH IS WHAT THE lOSI L8 CHASSIS IS BASED ON

Donovan

October 7th, 2010, 2:45 PM

Thanks for the help

sam60

January 20th, 2011, 9:42 AM

when will the lefty chassi for losi be back in stock?

KingHeadz

January 20th, 2011, 8:58 PM

They LOSI Chassis will be going to the hardcoated next week, we should be back in stock about Feb 1 or Feb 2.

punchtanner@hotmail.com

April 26th, 2011, 5:43 AM

Any chance for a battery box for lipo battery.

GASSPRINT1

April 26th, 2011, 4:13 PM

Jim is kinda working on a extended top. i asked him about it last month when he was making boxes. the top will be about an inch or 25mm taller with longer screws is somewhat we discussed. i have a ziptie on mine at the moment... Jim actually make those battery boxes himself, they aren't made by another comany. .....i need to call him today anyways. been too long since i buged him ...lol..