Stealth_RT

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Quit using 10K center diff oil, that is killing your rotation. 5-5-5 or 7-7-7 work perfectly fine in an RC8e. My RC8/RCM conversion has a damn ton of steering, with the steering mod, RC8T rear shock tower, and the setup hints that Mayfield posted about using that rear tower. Seriously, start with the Worlds setup and Mayfields points about using the truggy tower. Your setup is so far out in left field that no one's really going to be able to help you tweak it further.

Rick Hohwart

We just got back from the Silver State where I was running the RC8E as was Ryan Maifield and Tommi Torikka. We had some good results with Maifield in 3rd, Tommi in 14th, and I finished 5th.

1. Weight distribution is good. We ran the Mamba systems as our new LRP systems failed to show up. The Mamba stuff is heavy but side to side it was not far off. We could have added some ballast to balance the car but did not feel it was necessary.
2. The Silver State track was blown out rough with 35-38 second laps. When you count the 1-2 warm up laps, the last lap, and the 10 minute race, we were running anywhere from 10:40 - 12:00 minutes. With my setup I have run about 15 minutes with 5000 35C 14.8V. At this race we made the time no problem but some of the Losi guys dumped or slowed on the last lap. I know people speak abou super long run times, But I think 15 minutes is the very top for a fast driver with a good car.
3. The car works great., to me it drives like a 1/10 car as far as braking and general are concerned.

MustGoFaster

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Rick, thank you for the feedback on the Silverstate race.

What setup was the team running with?
I'm interested in the diff weights specifically any additional information is appreciated.

Thanks

Stealth_RT

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Thanks for the report, Rick. The Team setup for the RC8e would be appreciated. Of Course, until the new f/r shock towers are available to us, the setups are probably not of much use to us right now.

RodneyB

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Speed Passions 2200kV system and Reedy 5000 mAh.

CRCDUDE

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My ride.

Kevin Boyle

Thanks Rick,


I am glad you found the thread and provided some good info to our questions.


Later
Kevin Boyle

racenut123

iTrader: (32)

Anyone have a link to a starting setup for the rear tower mod?

Jube

iTrader: (43)

I would wait on that mod if I were you. The team guys have moved away from that and are running the new towers which are different than the truggy tower plus they say there is nothing else to do other than change out the tower. shocks and stand offs stay stock. Thats what I read.

racenut123

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Hum...when do the tower become available?I have the parts already.

Jube

iTrader: (43)

Thats the magic question. Wish I knew. I keep reading soon but who knows really. AE is being hush mouthed till they release the new and improved or whatever RC8.

Jube

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We already knew it but now its official!
http://aedownloads.com/press/in_041009_ftrc8b.pdf

Tekin Prez

Nice but I would not cut out the holes. Better to keep the dirt out of the fan as much as possible. However in most cases we really do not need the fan so some holes would improve the airflow flow, but I still do not think it would help enough to justify them. Tight and clean inside...

Tekin Prez

NielsVV

Why do you all prefer a plastic spur instead of a metal one?

Rick Hohwart

It is lighter which is always a plus. But the main reason is that the car is much quieter with the plastic gear.