1/8 Buggy Pic Thread

[Chrislong]

Originally Posted by BRS

This isnt a dig, please dont take it as one.

Whats the facination with mounting rear shocks on the front of the arm?

Nice car

Im curious, especially about where the rollbar then goes.

[ojoloco]

Originally Posted by BRS

This isnt a dig, please dont take it as one.

Whats the facination with mounting rear shocks on the front of the arm?

Nice car

Originally Posted by Chrislong

Im curious, especially about where the rollbar then goes.

Well, i always need to do something to my car, so one day i was bored and decided to put them on the front, 1/10th style, the by then Serpent/Durango 1/8th prototype made me curious about it
Moving them means more weight to the front of the car. I've been testing this for a year and i really like it.

The rollbar thing, a lot of people ask about it. A new mounting system for the "front" of the diff bulkhead is needed. The final car will have a cool looking carbon support

[hockeyhead019]

nice cars guys.... out of curiousity why have most of you moved the esc to the front of the car? I have min set up so it's the batt packs and then the esc in the very back of the car. Any reason for your set ups or just more convenient for whatever reason?

[Chrislong]

Originally Posted by ojoloco

Well, i always need to do something to my car, so one day i was bored and decided to put them on the front, 1/10th style, the by then Serpent/Durango 1/8th prototype made me curious about it
Moving them means more weight to the front of the car. I've been testing this for a year and i really like it.

The rollbar thing, a lot of people ask about it. A new mounting system for the "front" of the diff bulkhead is needed. The final car will have a cool looking carbon support

Im finding with 8th, the setup has a bigger margin of error than other classes - so minor changes make little difference, its all about big changes. Moving the shocks is a small change to me, and id be suprised if you could really feel any benefit from it.

Good work though, im all for new things and im not diss'ing your workmanship. Im just questioning if such minor change can be felt on the track.

[Chris Doughty]

once you get familar with 8th scale cars Chris, changes can be felt just the same as 10th scale.

I'm still unsure of benefits of front mounted rear shocks, I always liked rear mounted shocks on my 10th scale 4WD's

[ojoloco]

Originally Posted by Chrislong

Im finding with 8th, the setup has a bigger margin of error than other classes - so minor changes make little difference, its all about big changes. Moving the shocks is a small change to me, and id be suprised if you could really feel any benefit from it.

Good work though, im all for new things and im not diss'ing your workmanship. Im just questioning if such minor change can be felt on the track.

I'm not a pro so i agree with you, i might not notice big differences with small changes. But in this case, i took the car with the shocks mod on a race the first time i tested it, and results were pretty good, i was going fast and confortable with the car. So at least i know it's not a bad thing, laptimes don't lie

[Chrislong]

Cool, laptime don't lie
Get some photos on of the rollbar mounting etc, im intrigued.

Yeh Chris, granted, im new to the class and making big changes and feeling a lot less than 10th. I suppose in time I'll grow to be familiar and feel the little changes. If we get a good summer I'll certainly give myself plenty of tracktime, got several bottle of fuel sat in the garage itching to be used!!!

[axeman]

This started out as a BSD racing EP8, then realised the buggy wasn't upto the job so fitted all the electrics into a hyper 8.5pro with a novak kit...



If you are wondering why the tyres are shot?? I can't stop taking it out to play!!!! It's just so easy no fuel, starter box , no tuning, no noise and the list keeps growing!!

[gnr racer]

Few pics of my Losi 2.0 buggy, just finished today
running a neu castle 1512 1.5y 1800kv motor, mamba monster speedo, flightmax 5 cell 30c 5000 mah lipo, yet to add a buffering bit of foam in the battery tray, i dremelled the battery tray at the rear to fit the switch, its a nice tight fit as i was scratching my head where to fit it.
thanks must go to Marvin & crew for lots of helpful advice and pointers in the right direction
yet to run it as its been raining all afternoon, so just a few short blips on the hall carpet almost crippling the dog in the process ,looking forward to running it indoor at Caldicot Friday night,lower the ride height,up the shock oil weight, thin front anti-roll bar and i should be good to go

[chloejay]

Nice work Steve

[axeman]

Does look nice steve!!!!
Looks like we have a heat of two 1/8th brushless cars for friday night at caldiot!!!
The SC10's will be pleased i have someone to race with!!!
All you need now steve is some driving skills!!!
RACE ON !!!!!!!

[gnr racer]

Originally Posted by gnr racer

Few pics of my Losi 2.0 buggy, just finished today
running a neu castle 1512 1.5y 1800kv motor, mamba monster speedo, flightmax 5 cell 30c 5000 mah lipo, yet to add a buffering bit of foam in the battery tray, i dremelled the battery tray at the rear to fit the switch, its a nice tight fit as i was scratching my head where to fit it.
thanks must go to Marvin & crew for lots of helpful advice and pointers in the right direction
yet to run it as its been raining all afternoon, so just a few short blips on the hall carpet almost crippling the dog in the process ,looking forward to running it indoor at Caldicot Friday night,lower the ride height,up the shock oil weight, thin front anti-roll bar and i should be good to go

I am Luvin this conversion! I cant stop plugin' & playing! the sooner there is a race series for these the better!

[Hey Chris]

Is that the E Kit or a conversion?

Did you use the Losi conversion kit?

Looks really nice. Just bought one that I am going to convert.

Originally Posted by gnr racer

Few pics of my Losi 2.0 buggy, just finished today
running a neu castle 1512 1.5y 1800kv motor, mamba monster speedo, flightmax 5 cell 30c 5000 mah lipo, yet to add a buffering bit of foam in the battery tray, i dremelled the battery tray at the rear to fit the switch, its a nice tight fit as i was scratching my head where to fit it.
thanks must go to Marvin & crew for lots of helpful advice and pointers in the right direction
yet to run it as its been raining all afternoon, so just a few short blips on the hall carpet almost crippling the dog in the process ,looking forward to running it indoor at Caldicot Friday night,lower the ride height,up the shock oil weight, thin front anti-roll bar and i should be good to go

[axeman]

I can tell you it's the conversion kit!!! having raced it friday night

[customworksking]

Xray 808 09 monster motor mount losi tray MMMv3,1900 tekin,losi E body

[BRS]

Originally Posted by customworksking

Xray 808 09 monster motor mount losi tray MMMv3,1900 tekin,losi E body

You running that on 4S or 5S?

[Jan Larsen]

Yours truely drifting through T1 at the first round of the unofficial danish nationals. 45min final, 2 pitstops, 2 year old car, Tekin 1400kv buggy motor, 6S battery. Motor temps were 90 celcius and speedo at 50 (with no fan) after 45 mins of hard driving. A little hot on the motor side, but these motors, unlike 1/10th motors, can handle the heat. Finished 8th, would have been 6th hadnt it been for the stops which cost me 3 laps. Well pleased with the result given it was my first ever 45 min final. 45 mins is not quite as easy as the 5 mins I'm used too

And another action shot:

Car flew dead straight and true despite the heavy battery as can be seen here

Pictures courtesy of Soren Hempel, one of the other drivers.

[hockeyhead019]

love the action shots man... congrats on finishing 8th... that's still pretty good in my books haha

[BRS]

Caster Truggy lives again and the son hopefully doesnt destroy this version as quickly!
Replaced RTR with:
Pro Chassis
Pro Chassis Braces
Pro Front & Rear hinge pin plates
Captured Hinge pins
MBX5T PL Body
Hobbywing 80A Esc replaced under warranty for new version

[Marvin]

Oh come on! Originality at its finest there.