Buyer warning Protek Starter Box
05-08-2014, 06:15 PM
#16
I understand what your trying to say Sean but it does not matter how the chassis is positioned on the box. We stripped it down to a bare chassis and moved the wheel and the posts every which way but Sunday. The wheel just does not come up out of the box high enough and the wheel and motors are attached to one plate that can only be raised a few MM's before the assembly hits the top plate of the starter box. The only way this starter box is going to work with any vehicle in stock form is if the car has a flywheel that is almost level with the bottom of the chassis and we all know what happens the first time you land on a rock. This whole box gets a giant Pffffftttt from me. I was so happy that Protek made a duel 775 box that we could retail for under $80 but it needs 3 hours of labor to work properly. I advise people skip this item until Protek gets it figured out.
05-08-2014, 07:03 PM
#17
keep in mind it's a RTR Losi. Most every RTR I have seen has odd high engine mounts for pull starters etc and odd sizes of Flywheels. Losi cars do tend to need the chassis dremeled out a bit even with the lower engine mounts etc...
So it may not be the box. Oh yeah thicker chassis too.
So it may not be the box. Oh yeah thicker chassis too.
05-08-2014, 09:12 PM
#18
I have same st.box and met same problems.
Ended with shimming motor plate, grinded about 1.5mm from those plastic loccator arms' inner side and had to dremel some alu from top plate because raised motor assembly was touching it with a belt.
And one note: motors are 750s, not 775s. So i highly regret about not buying Ofna blue instead of this one.
Ended with shimming motor plate, grinded about 1.5mm from those plastic loccator arms' inner side and had to dremel some alu from top plate because raised motor assembly was touching it with a belt.
And one note: motors are 750s, not 775s. So i highly regret about not buying Ofna blue instead of this one.
05-08-2014, 11:55 PM
#19
If you'd move the chassis to the left, so the wheel is centered in the slot and get a normal engine (this one looks very high) I think you'll have no problems.
05-09-2014, 12:28 AM
#20
I have same st.box and met same problems.
Ended with shimming motor plate, grinded about 1.5mm from those plastic loccator arms' inner side and had to dremel some alu from top plate because raised motor assembly was touching it with a belt.
And one note: motors are 750s, not 775s. So i highly regret about not buying Ofna blue instead of this one.
Ended with shimming motor plate, grinded about 1.5mm from those plastic loccator arms' inner side and had to dremel some alu from top plate because raised motor assembly was touching it with a belt.
And one note: motors are 750s, not 775s. So i highly regret about not buying Ofna blue instead of this one.
05-09-2014, 01:29 AM
#21
Actual numbers are: tekno NB48 flywheel sits 3mm deep inside the chassis (measured from bottom chassis level to che flywheel itself), st.box' wheel uptravel is only 0.5mm above plastic locator arms (5.5mm above top plate). Ofna' rubber wheel uptravel is 8mm above top plate.
05-09-2014, 07:54 AM
#23
Those are the stock agama engine mounts. Because of Agama's 2 stage engine mount system you cannot use any other engine mounts. I've been running agama since first release in USA and have used it with several different boxes. I think what Sean said is correct, this box is not supposed to have any top alignment plates. If people drill holes and screw the alignment tabs directly into the top plate it should work fine.
05-09-2014, 08:19 AM
#24
FWIW, the Agama mounts are the same as the Kyosho mounts... dimensionally, anyway. Extended Agama mount is common upgrade for K car...
So no, there is nothing out of the ordinary about the engine mount.
So no, there is nothing out of the ordinary about the engine mount.
05-09-2014, 02:52 PM
#25
Those are the stock agama engine mounts. Because of Agama's 2 stage engine mount system you cannot use any other engine mounts. I've been running agama since first release in USA and have used it with several different boxes. I think what Sean said is correct, this box is not supposed to have any top alignment plates. If people drill holes and screw the alignment tabs directly into the top plate it should work fine.
The problem seems more like the factory put the wrong mounting tabs on the Protek box. It should've came with the Mugen tabs, and the top plate should've been cutout for them.
05-10-2014, 04:32 AM
#28
I bought the Protek box for our Mugen X7 buggy. We had the same problem. I had to shim up the wheel in the box 1/8" to get enough contact with the 34mm flywheel. Didn't have to modify chassis. Overall the box is really nice. Heavy duty wiring, deans plugs, two motors, and now only $59. A good alternative from the Ofna box.
05-20-2014, 04:08 PM
#30
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