In the beginning of on-road RC car racing, racers had to build their own starter boxes from wood and a simple motor. I remember having one that I covered with monokote film to protect the wood from the racing fuel and grease. The advantages of a home-made box was that it was sized perfect for your car and you could add a draw or other nice features. But, these boxes where very heavy and seemed to always need adjusting.
Today, the modern racer has the choice of several excellent starter boxes with Duratrax's Kwik-Pit Universal Starter Box being a great choice for the 1/8-scale or 1/10th scale on-road and off-road nitro racer. This box is build with a nice powder-coated steel box for durability and easy clean-up. The features of this box include powerful twin 540 motors, a durable belt drive for the starting wheel, and ball bearings on the starter wheel to handle the powerful torque. The timing of the start switch is adjustable without having to disassemble the box, this allows perfect set-up for placing the car on the box and getting the wheel starter right when it engages the starting wheel to the motor's flywheel. Comes mostly assembled with alligator clips and rubber pad for the steel box. The website shows how the box could be set-up with two stick battery packs or a single larger size 12V/7A field battery.
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