LPC Indy Chassis w/Body
These are NEW Remanufactured LifeLike Indy bodies from the original molds. Used under permission from Terry at Harden Creek Slotcars, owner of LifeLike. LPC Indy Starter Sets are required for use on plastic AFX style tracks.
The LPC Indy chassis are available in 5 decorated color bodies in 9 numbers for each color. This allows for 45 different bodies. They fit on the LPC chasiss through the same LL snap fit tab system. The inital run of these Indy chassis will be provided already oiled with the bodies mounted. If your Body and chassis are provided separately the chassis will need to be oiled prior to use and the chassis and body will need to be cut to be able to fit each other. Please see the video. The chassis requires the back two tabs to be removed and the body requires the front two tabs under the shock mounts to be removed. The LPC chassis and the Indy body will not mate without these tabs cut. All Indy chassis will come with the Rear Wing and guide pin in a bag. The wing will need to be mounted using CA glue. Other glues can be used but CA is recommended to allow the wing to have a better chance of breaking free in case of a hit or drop. Using ABS cement melts the plastic pieces permanantly together and they will most likely break if dropped or hit.
Rear wings are not available separately. These bodies are not from OS3 molds. They are from the original Lifelike Molds from 45-50 years ago. The rear wing mounts are very fragile. Please understand that mounting the wing requires delicate pressure and care. Any damage to the rear wing mount can't be corrected or compensated for by OS3. Please do not purchase this Indy chassis if you can't accept this responsibility.
LPC Indy Chassis utilizes the following features:
- 1-7/32" width and lowered chassis combined with .340" front tires and .352" rear tires makes bodied cars look more realistic. The LPC sits lower than the TFX and is lower than any other pancake style chassis.
- Black color for incredible contrast with all colored parts.
- Three wheelbases. It utilizes the same wheelbasea as the Aurora Thunderjet with all three mounts at the same height.
- The LPC chassis basic chassis can be used with either Aurora style screw-on bodies or any snap-on LifeLike (LL) style body. To use the chassis utilizing screws the side LL mounts need to be cut off. To use the chassis utilizing the LL mounting system the chassis can be used without any required cutting. BUT, if the LL body being mounted is the LL Indy body, the rear two screw mounting tabs will need to be removed. This means that once the chassis is set up for screw-on or Indy LL bodies the chassis can only be used for that body from that point on.
- Gears are also only available in black at this time. Colors will be available in the future.
Chassis
- Solid cross members provide rigid stability and ensures the chassis is straight.
- AFX style shoes.
- Specially designed pickup shoe spring fits into a recess in the chassis that helps hold the spring in place when installing shoes. Sets the Shoe tension to 2.0-2.2 grams when the shoes are adjusted.
- Front axle holes allow for long, mdeium and short wheelbases.
- Recesses to help remove the magnets.
- Slots in hte clamp to assist in removal.
- Snap-in rear axle allows gear ratio changes without having to remove pinion gears. Also allows for easy cleaning of the axle. Use the 15T for fast middle lanes and the 19T for tight outside lanes. 16T-18T are also available to expand the range between the 15T and 19T gears.
- Snap-in guide pin. No glue required. Remove the pin without removing the body.
- Shorter rear deck for more body room. Shorter and lower than even the TFX chassis.
- OS3 LPC Brushes at .052" are mounted over OS3 Cones (brush springs) to provide electrical power to the commutator. The Cones provide the correct pressure on the brushes and can compress completely flat for the lowest stance possible.
- Recess for a tapered flat head front screw. The chassis requires a 1-72 or OS3 S2-56 screw to be able to clear the track. Separates the body mounting from the guide pin so the guide pin or body can be removed independent of each other.
Gearplate
- 3 point mounting system with 2 point resting points to provide rigidity for the gearplate. The front mounting point floats, the middle of the gearplate rests on the rear magnet and the back of the gearplate is locked into position with a pressure post and a locking mount on the 3rd Idler post. 3 Mounting posts can be adjusted with pliers to tighten the fit if desired.
- Gearplate is removed by placing a small screwdriver or finger nail under the rear edge of the gearplate to pry the gearplate off of the two locking mounts.
- Recesses to help remove the 3 idler gears.
- Slanted front with completely recessed gear pocket to restict oil to the gears and axle holes. Oil will not ooze off the side of the rails.
- Rear gear is reduced to 11T and the length is shortened to allow more body room.
- Gearplate can be easily swapped. All Gearplates fit the same.
Typhoon Motor
- Available in only an 11 ohm version for the LPC. The motor is shorter in length so it will not fit in any other chassis. No other pancake style motor will fit in the LPC.
- Arm shaft shorter than the chassis bottom to allow easy oiling without fouling the brushes.
- Copper commutator.
Magnets
- Black Dragon magnets are the only magnets receommneded for the 11 ohm motor. Stronger magnets will bog down the motor and weaker magnets will increase the generated heat and reduce the downforce. Since the LPC operates like a 4 Gear chassis the magnets need to be reversed just like a 4 Gear Aurora chassis. In the LPC the magnet with the white dots must reside in the rear pocket.
Gears/Ratio
- Plastic top, pinion and crown gears.
- 11-16-16-11-15 gear train provides the same gear ratio as an Aurora Magna-Traction when figuring in the tires diameter difference.
- Thee is little differencein track times noticed between 15 and 19 tooth gears but the 19 tooth gear may allow the motor to run cooler and provide for a easy driving experience. It all depends on driving skill, lane being run and track style.
- Crowns were designed to mesh with an 11 tooth pinion.
Reducing the required rules for racing
- No replacement parts are necessary.
- Gear mesh is great with stock gears. No sanding or polishing is required. Machine marks on the gears make it easy to ensure they are stock.
- Crown gear is tucked into the chassis. Cutting the OD down does not allow the car to be lowered any further.
- Magnets fit without sanding. Paint scheme on the magnets make it difficult to duplicate. Sanding is easily apparent.
- Stock tire size provides a very low stance. Lowering a few thousandths more causes deslotting.
- Rear tires provide excellent grip and are designed specifically for the LPC Indy rear wheels.
- Gearplate rails don't need to be cut to allow bodies to fit better.
- Idler posts are a perfect fit for the idler gears and do not need adjustment.
- Gearplate fit provides perfect alignment of the geartrain and does not need to be adjusted.
- Wheel holes are perfect and do not need to be peened of reamed to work with the SS stock LPC axles.
- Armature holes have been dialed in to be perfect. Absolutely no reaming or peening is needed or recommended. Changing the dimension will cause problems with performance,