So one of the frustrating things about searching for good resources on hop-ups for the Lunch Box is how internet indexing works. Basically there is a difference between "Lunchbox" and "Lunch Box"...and its important. I started out searching for 'Tamiya Lunchbox hop ups OR upgrades', and that gave me one set of links. Then I tried 'Tamiya Lunch Box hop ups OR upgrades' and that gave me a second, different set of results. Part of my goal here is to help anyone else out with finding the good resources for articles, how-to's, etc. on vintage R/C cars, whether they be originals or the re-release (so called "re-re") versions.
One of the best resources I've found so far on the Lunch Box is RCknowhow.co.uk. This site has a wealth of information from a webmaster that *loves* R/C vehicles in general, and Tamiya kits in particular. I highly suggest checking out his article on "6 Essential Tamiya Lunch Box hop-ups," as it gives a great overview of the simple modifications that you can do to this classic bashing machine to make it handle just a wee bit better.
Anyways, thought I'd share the love, so to speak. I didn't get to finish the front end of Lunch Money tonight as I was having quite a time with the Horizon Hobby website this evening; I was trying to order a new Spektrum DX3C, which I was finally able to do after figuring out a glitch on their order form. I also ordered up some Deans Ultra Plugs, as I want to get all the juice out of the NiMH batteries I plan on using, as well as another battery, running at 3500 mAH, which should give me quite a bit longer run time than the old 1500's I used to run as a kid.
Cheers, and happy bashing!!
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