ProTek RC “SureStart” Professional 1/8 Off-Road Starter Box

This is the ProTek R/C “SureStart” Professional 1/8 Off-Road Starter Box. Powerful. Affordable. Reliable. The ProTek R/C “SureStart” starter box was developed to provide 1/8 scale off road enthusiasts with a starter box that exceeds expectations. Breaking in a new engine? Tight engines are no match for the “SureStart”. With dual 6300 RPM – 775 size motors, the “SureStart” delivers the power needed to turn over the most stubborn engines. T-Style connectors are pre-installed, providing a low resistance connection out of the box. The entire system is wired with high quality 16awg silicone shielded wire and quick change connectors that make maintenance easy.
The battery tray will fit common 7.2V NiMH or 7.4V LiPo packs, providing an easy to use setup that is compatible with batteries you probably already have on hand. With minor modification, the battery tray will easily fit a 4S starter box pack. Another unique feature is the quick access cover release tab that exposes the inside of the starter box without the need for tools. When its time to get inside the box, simply press the tab and lift the lid! Backed by the power of ProTek R/C, the “SureStart” starter box provides nitro enthusiasts with a powerful and affordable solution that wont leave you stuck in a pinch.

 

Features:

• Fits 1/8 Buggy & Truggy
• Compact Size (12¼ long x 5¼ wide top deck, 3½” tall, 12¾ total length – 4.2lbs w/no batteries)
• 95% Assembled – just install chassis retaining tray and adjust holding pins
• EZ Access Cover Release – No tools needed to access batteries
• Adjustable chassis holding pins and sliding tray for fast and easy setup
• Twin 775 – 6300 RPM Motors
• Factory installed T-Style connectors
• Wiring and battery tray compatible with two 7.2V NiMH stick packs, or two 2S LiPo packs in series (batteries not included)
• Handle can hold a glow ignitor, tuning driver, glow plug wrench and spare glow plugs
• High quality 16awg Silicone wiring and quick change connectors allow fast repairs with no soldering necessary
• Fits batteries 150x46x25.2mm

Specifications:
Motor: 750 – 6300 RPM Motors x2
Deck Dimensions:12¼” long, 5¼” wide
Overall Length:13¾”
Overall Height:3½”
Weight:4.2lbs w/no batteries
Battery Holder Dimensions (LxWxH):150x46x25.2mm (Length Adjustable)
Battery Connectors:T-Style 

Suggested Batteries:

• (2) ECP-5011: EcoPower 6-Cell NiMH 2/3A Stick Battery w/T-Style (1600mAh)
• (2) ECP-5110: EcoPower 2S 45C LiPo Battery w/T-Style (5000mAh)
• *(1) ECP-4000: EcoPower 4S 20C LiPo Battery w/T-Style (2000mAh)
• *(1) PTK-5101-22: ProTek R/C 4S 130C LiPo w/T-Style (4300mAh)

*Battery Note: The SureStart comes equipped with a Y-Harness power lead to accommodate either two 2S LiPo or two 6-Cell NiMH batteries. You can however use a single 4S LiPo battery to power the SureStart, BUTsome modification is required – you will need to remove the Y-Harness power lead and re-solder a single T-Style connector to the power leads. 

Starter Wheel Note: From the factory, the rubber starter wheel may be slightly too low to effectively contact the flywheel; but there is an easy fix! Simply install washers under the motor/belt bulkhead and the starter wheel lifts up for a longer reach.

ProTek R/C is an AMain Sports & Hobbies brand.

This product was added to our catalog on December 24, 2013

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Anonymous Verified Owner Friday, Mar 27 2015 (about 10 years ago) ProTek RC “SureStart” Professional 1/8 Off-Road Starter Box Great box. Completely workable and adjustable to meet your needs. It comes prewired also so that is very helpful. The quality is good; materials, wiring, soldering, etc… I stuck two 2S lipos in it and it had no issues throughout the whole break-in process of my Werks B6. Good job a-main! Edit: you will have to do some working/tinkering on this to get it to mate with your flywheel how you want. I don’t understand why all these people are giving bad reviews for having to do so… this is the nature of the hobby. You should have known that even though it says 95% ready, you would have to do some work.. Took me 30 mins of shimming, etc.. not enough to make me want to rate it less than 5 stars. 17 of 18 customers found this review helpful. Kenneth Tackett Verified Owner Saturday, Jul 25 2015 (about 10 years ago) ProTek RC “SureStart” Professional 1/8 Off-Road Starter Box I setup the box to fit my brand newish Mugen MBX7t, fixed the wiring to run off a 4s lipo and it worked perfectly. I did have to tighten the chassis alignment dow screws after a few uses. Perfect. 5 customers found this review helpful. Richard Hess Verified Owner Wednesday, Mar 25 2015 (about 10 years ago) ProTek RC “SureStart” Professional 1/8 Off-Road Starter Box yes just like every starter box ever made if you have a 32mm flywheel or smaller you will have to shim the motor/wheel assembly, very easy to do……this is very close if not the same as the mugen pro spec box that was considered one of the best to have but you had to build the mugen box and was a major pain in the butt, this comes prebuilt!!!! and for less $ !!!! same quality!!! 5 customers found this review helpful. Brian Rock Verified Owner Sunday, Apr 6 2014 (about 11 years ago) ProTek RC “SureStart” Professional 1/8 Off-Road Starter Box This has been a great starter box. The flywheel is a little small on our JQ nitro buggy, but I was able to shim up all of the internals in the starter box to bring the wheel up to compensate for the buggy. Very simple to do. I also bought the recommended ProTek 4S Lipo for the box. Trouble free combo! 7 of 9 customers found this review helpful. Marco Rodriguez Verified Owner Friday, Sep 15 2017 (about 8 years ago) ProTek RC “SureStart” Professional 1/8 Off-Road Starter Box Love this starter box!
Build quality, fit and finish were very well done and put together.
Had to shim the motors/starter wheel assembly for the wheel to hit the flywheel on my Losi buggy but I expected that as it was clearly stated in the product description.
Only thing I would suggest is include the mod to have it accept a lipo pack. I would of paid the extra money!!!
Thanks for an awesome product!!! 4 of 5 customers found this review helpful. Patrick Bellner Verified Owner Sunday, May 29 2022 (about 3 years ago) ProTek RC “SureStart” Professional 1/8 Off-Road Starter Box Buy extra wheels. Even tho I adjusted it with shims the rubber wheel didn’t last long enough to start my engine for my first break it.It’s so soft I can flex it back and forth. Balsa wood is stiffer. The contacts turned black on the copper so ill have to clean those and add dielectric grease and hopefully it won’t burn out. Super bummed. My duratrax has lasted over 7 years and no issues. 2 customers found this review helpful. CJ Serrano Verified Owner Tuesday, May 26 2020 (about 5 years ago) ProTek RC “SureStart” Professional 1/8 Off-Road Starter Box Great Starter box! Comes completely built and ready to go. Yes, I had to shim up wheel a bit to use but only took a few minutes and nothing that should be complained about considering the price and what we are getting. Box is plenty strong, I’ve broken in 3 Novarossi engines and an FX with mine and had no issues as long as the engines are preheated as they should be. After a little use be sure to check your belts make them nice and snug and you will get great starting power everytime. I’m not even using lipo, I’m using two Nimh packs [EcoPower 6-Cell NiMH Stick Pack Battery w/T-Style Connector (7.2V/3000mAh)] that I got when I bought the box and lasts all day with plenty of power even with constant use on break in days! 2 customers found this review helpful. Liam Levasseur Verified Owner Monday, Sep 2 2019 (about 6 years ago) ProTek RC “SureStart” Professional 1/8 Off-Road Starter Box Love it, use it for my kyosho mp9 tki4. It starts my new engine no problem. And my buggy fits on there really nicely. I highly recommend this product it’s been the best starter box I’ve owned by far. 2 customers found this review helpful. Yet Santos Verified Owner Saturday, Aug 10 2019 (about 6 years ago) ProTek RC “SureStart” Professional 1/8 Off-Road Starter Box What i like with this are the 2 motors built into it. I shimmed the rubber wheel 4mm and it works really good for my Losi 8x, good thing i have read the comments and the notes on the product page first so i got the idea. The top deck adjustment plate is a little delicate, if you screw it too hard it might loosen the thread of the plastic stopper. I have a missing square nuts when i receive the item, but Amain replaced it by sending me a new nut set right away. 2 customers found this review helpful. Brandan Riddle Verified Owner Sunday, Jul 26 2020 (about 5 years ago) ProTek RC “SureStart” Professional 1/8 Off-Road Starter Box such a good starter box. amazing quality. I started with the kyosho 2.0 starter box and it was terrible. not sure why that box has good reviews. my experience with it was really bad. but this box with the big dual motors and a 4s starts my new motor so fast!! every time. and its very user friendly to set up. 5 stars! 2 of 3 customers found this review helpful. Mac Barrowman Verified Owner Wednesday, May 6 2020 (about 5 years ago) ProTek RC “SureStart” Professional 1/8 Off-Road Starter Box Great box its my first box saw it in amains channle when they were building up the kyosho mp9 ready set i think but this box its great had to shim it because the wheel wouldn’t touch my fly wheel but im all good now! 1 customer found this review helpful. William Ryan Verified Owner Thursday, Jul 4 2019 (about 6 years ago) ProTek RC “SureStart” Professional 1/8 Off-Road Starter Box This is a good starter box. Plenty of power, lightweight, pre-assembled. I did have to shim the bracket for the motors/rubber wheel upwards to contact the flywheel on my buggy(Serpent SRX8 EVO) but that’s a minor gripe. The on/off switch also failed fairly quickly. I think it just died due to vibration. Still, recommended. 1 customer found this review helpful. Adam Swanson Verified Owner Monday, Jun 17 2019 (about 6 years ago) ProTek RC “SureStart” Professional 1/8 Off-Road Starter Box Great starter box I use it for my xray xb8 and i can honestly say that each time I use take it to a race it works flawlessly the two motors are great and the nice battery tray inside the box works well, if you’re looking for a Reliable starter box this is it I can honestly say it was worth every penny! 1 customer found this review helpful. William Clark Verified Owner Thursday, Apr 12 2018 (about 7 years ago) ProTek RC “SureStart” Professional 1/8 Off-Road Starter Box Bought this to start my kyosho neo st. Works great just take your time to set it up correctly and there should be no problems. I did not even have to shim the motor/wheel assembly up. Starts the werks b2 I bought no problem at all. Great box very light and super powerful with the twin 775 motors. 1 customer found this review helpful. Russ Holder Verified Owner Wednesday, Aug 9 2017 (about 8 years ago) ProTek RC “SureStart” Professional 1/8 Off-Road Starter Box set this up for any make car, gives you a snug fit every time. its easy, fast, and less of hassle to get your car running. 1 customer found this review helpful. JOSHUA LONG Verified Owner Monday, Aug 7 2017 (about 8 years ago) ProTek RC “SureStart” Professional 1/8 Off-Road Starter Box Great starter box, no issues here! Powerful and well made. 1 customer found this review helpful. Anonymous Verified Owner Wednesday, Aug 2 2017 (about 8 years ago) ProTek RC “SureStart” Professional 1/8 Off-Road Starter Box Dual motor means no worries about that pesky engine that’s hard to crank. Easy to replace wheel and other part’s as needed due to wear and tear of nitro racing. 1 customer found this review helpful. Jeremiah Sensing Monday, May 22 2017 (about 8 years ago) ProTek RC “SureStart” Professional 1/8 Off-Road Starter Box Use this box with 2 old protek 2s batteries, never even blinks starting whatever you need. Can’t beat it for the price even if you do have to shim the plate a bit. 1 customer found this review helpful. Emmanuel Willington Saturday, May 6 2017 (about 8 years ago) ProTek RC “SureStart” Professional 1/8 Off-Road Starter Box good starter box but unhappy with the QC on your stuff . the starter box that i got the motor were the red marking is suppose to be positive its marked wrong where the red is negative please fix this issues as these could lead to big issues for beginner nitro hobbyist 1 customer found this review helpful. Link Verified Owner Friday, Aug 1 2025 (8 weeks ago) ProTek RC “SureStart” Professional 1/8 Off-Road Starter Box Basically echoing the comments in here.
After a less than a year of storage and just one use the unit did not star. The copper plate contacts for the push-pin were to soft or not rigid enough to spring back. I have to bend back the taps to create the contact. This is very sad.
The wheel needs additional high adjustment for proper contact.
The wheel is to soft and lacks of grip.
I do not recommend this product. View all reviews