I heard they have tested it, does anyone have picks.

It doesn't exist. AE has gotten out of the oval market. There have been modified versions of the L4 or updated chassis like IRS (Silva) and Leading Edge etc.

http://rc10.com/ae/10r5/10r5_home.htm

Interesting...

I think there will be a L5O but it will not be near as good as the Leading Edge or other really good existing chassies. But just a matter of opinion.

That is an on road car. Not much use for those. On road pan cars 1/10 died (never started) a long time ago. 1/12 tried to make a come back and died again around here.

ken don't be so quick to cast away 10th on-road racing

A&E just released that 10l5 for on-road racing a month or so ago...

touring cars are about dead and now 10th pan car is slowly creeping back into the picture...a few companies are or have released 10th pan cars this year and more to come from what i hear....everything cycles every 10 years or so...

notice that the brand new 2008 A&E on-road pan car is set up for nimh cells.....hmmmmmm

I like the idea of a trans am body

Indeed it is an onroad car but i would asume it will be the base of the L5.

There is talk of the L5O in the August '08 issue of Xtreme RC. Sean Cochran won the 4-cell mod class at the ROAR Nats in Florida earlier this year with it.

I think there will be a L5O but it will not be near as good as the Leading Edge or other really good existing chassies.


Clairvoyance.... :rolleyes:

friend of mine works for associated,don natale & is a diehard oval racer.allways ran associated cars.he's running an irs car now.kinda gives you a hint.

Sean Cochran has had that car for awhile. I think they custom cut like 5 chassis. Greg Honeycutt has one too, but I dont think it is an AE part, just something an AE driver had made.

Yeah, Cochran made those for the 3 Amigo's (Cochran, Honeycutt, Ziegler) as a trial, and they ended up working real good for them, but if memory serves me correct, Ziegler said they were to accomodate 6 Cell Mod alittle easier... I wouldn't hold my breath in hopes of seeing them on the market...Ever:rolleyes:

those guys could probly get just about any car fast. they should try the irs cars!

those guys could probly get just about any car fast. they should try the irs cars!

Not to step on the AEL5O thread, but if I can get the IRS car fast anyone can. I won my first race in many years last time out with it. Great car!:thumbsup:

no problem with that Ba i hear the cars are fast!

Road racing will probably continue to be a regional thing like it has in the past. Touring was barely a flicker on the radar around here and the 1/12 was over before the first tire wore out. a lot more space is needed for road course tracks on the 1/10 scale size for the average track owner. If you have lots of room it may work out. Just isn't for me.

Not to step on the AEL5O thread!:thumbsup:

too late!

You Think!:rolleyes:

those guys could probly get just about any car fast. they should try the irs cars!


Your right Joe....AE cars are fast....Marshall's 3 weeks ago, an AE car was only 1 lap off with a 13.5 motor in against a couple cars with a 10.5.....:rolleyes:

you should of put the 10.5 in bud

That is an on road car. Not much use for those. On road pan cars 1/10 died (never started) a long time ago. 1/12 tried to make a come back and died again around here.

Road racing will probably continue to be a regional thing like it has in the past. Touring was barely a flicker on the radar around here and the 1/12 was over before the first tire wore out. a lot more space is needed for road course tracks on the 1/10 scale size for the average track owner. If you have lots of room it may work out. Just isn't for me.

12th scale road course never took off at the track you normally race at, Ken... Our turnout of 12th scale cars was great about 10 miles west- you just missed it. Touring car wasn't too bad, either.

Oh, by the way, I'd be surprised to see a 10L50 (oval car) for Associated. Doubt there's enough sales to really justify it.

That is an on road car. Not much use for those. On road pan cars 1/10 died (never started) a long time ago.

...they were big in CALIF for a long time, especially at places like the "Ranch Pit Shop" in Pomona CA, where a local 'Club' race included 4-5 IFMAR World Champions every weekend.

W/O that On-Road 10L pan car - would Paved Oval have evolved into what it bacame a few years later? (Or even what it is today for that matter)

The L-5 DOES in fact exist...

associated has 3 engineers that are working on ALL projects. Each time they release a new off-road car or on-road car it pushes back the L-5 Release date more. I spoke with G-Honey at the ROAR nats at easley this past weekend and he showed me the car. It is the chassis' that Cochran cut for them...Basically a solid L-4...the exception being that Associated is designing an adjustable center shock mount as well as longer pod plates to accomodate brushless racing! ***The car will also have the NEW associated front end just like the R5 pictured above...same basic principles except the caster block mounts to the chassis and you shim the lower control arm out to change front end geometry...it is gonna be pretty trick when it comes out. ASSOCIATED doesn't half-way do stuff and the L-5 will be worth it, IMO! It will still be simple compared to what's out there but it will also win in capable hands.

-Robbie B.

I sure hope thats true dodge. When might we see this car announced or released?

G-Honey said it would be in the fall, but if I had to guess i would say early Jan. then again they may wait till after the snowbirds...It will be worth it I think. Greg H. said that Associated has 3 engineers and i forget the Gentlemans name but he is an LONG TIME oval racer so I doubt very much he would let AE stop producing the oval car, it's just that the 3 ppl have to design all the cars so if AE decides to release a new whatever then it pushes the l-5 back a couple more months...

-Robbie B.

Hey being I travel with G-Honey all over I've heard that they are coming out with it. It just keeps getting pushed back.. Be patient it will be worth the wait...Here is a pic of the chassis...

Ritchie Mac

The L-5 DOES in fact exist...

associated has 3 engineers that are working on ALL projects. Each time they release a new off-road car or on-road car it pushes back the L-5 Release date more. I spoke with G-Honey at the ROAR nats at easley this past weekend and he showed me the car. It is the chassis' that Cochran cut for them...Basically a solid L-4...the exception being that Associated is designing an adjustable center shock mount as well as longer pod plates to accomodate brushless racing! ***The car will also have the NEW associated front end just like the R5 pictured above...same basic principles except the caster block mounts to the chassis and you shim the lower control arm out to change front end geometry...it is gonna be pretty trick when it comes out. ASSOCIATED doesn't half-way do stuff and the L-5 will be worth it, IMO! It will still be simple compared to what's out there but it will also win in capable hands.

-Robbie B.

That just proved my comment about associated putting oval on the back burner. Trucks and buggies for the backyard bashers and the offroad have been their priority since they soldout to China. AE was on the cutting edge with oval 10 years ago with the L3 and L4 but have taken a backseat to the other pan cars currently on the market.

AE was on the cutting edge with oval 10 years ago with the L3 and L4 but have taken a backseat to the other pan cars currently on the market.

And what do you think the ratio of off road trucks to pancars sold is?? I can't say that I'd really blame them as it just makes good financial sense to work more on what you're actually selling more of. :rolleyes: You said it......."10 years ago". Ten years ago oval was just kind of coming into it's own and now it has kind of stagnated so to speak. Yes there are constant improvements in cars the last year or so but how many oval tracks have closed as opposed to back yard bashers getting started?

I don't think the ratio has changed for oval to offroad(backyard bashers) just the total volume. Oval has always been the smaller market and probably will stay that way.

Ratio........volume........I think you're pretty much saying the same thing there and as much as I hate to think it, without a doubt oval pancars will always be the smaller market. Pancars are for racers only whereas you can run an offroad truck indoors, outdoors, in the mud, dust, etc, etc, etc.

If Associated really wants to get back into oval scene, they should do what they did with any of their electric models: build a RTR kit with the usual electronics and appropriate gearing so it would roll around 20mph. The car kit only would already have Factory Team parts to get real racers interested.

Will L5 be released one day? I gotta see it to believe it.

Anyway is Cliff Lett still involved in any Associated projects?

Ratio........volume........I think you're pretty much saying the same thing there and as much as I hate to think it, without a doubt oval pancars will always be the smaller market. Pancars are for racers only whereas you can run an offroad truck indoors, outdoors, in the mud, dust, etc, etc, etc.
The ratio between pan car and offroad has been altered by the RTR market. The AE offroad market was getting beat by Traxxas with the RTR. Lets face it how many offroad kits made it to the track? I think if we compared how many offroad kits vs oval kits made it to the track that would be a more accurate comparison. The RTR brought new people into the sport but most of them never raced it just players. Oval is very difficult to grow. You don't just show up and go fast. Offroad is dying off from what I hear(from a large national hobby distributor).