Originally Posted by KCodd

Will there be a T3.1e or have they aborted truggy all together?

Originally Posted by billdelong

I had my first race with this truck this weekend, and I tried Spencer Rivkin's setup which was way too twitchy for my taste, I'm still chasing setup, but I did get the truck to settle down somewhat by the mains by going with box stock diff settings.

Anyway, I broke a lower arm in very first round when I got tagged by another truck who shot mine into the face of a landing ramp to get this:



Ironically, I already upgraded the upper arms with Mugen parts, but I will plan to install the SWorkz arm next, kinda sad how's there's no reinforcement on the AE arm, even the Mugen arm seen on the right has far better bracing support along the full length of the hinge pin... sure would be nice if Associated would catch up with the rest of the market in building a true race grade design:

Originally Posted by Eryx

will ALL the sworkz arms fit the T3e?

Originally Posted by billdelong

not without modification, the droop tabs will bind and the arms will need to be trimmed with a dremel to fit properly... I continue to use the stock arms and have been breaking them on average of about once every 3-4 race days. Hopefully Associated will improve upon the design with the next release

Originally Posted by Eryx

so only the front lower arms will work without modification same with the mugen arms?

Originally Posted by billdelong

If you want the front Mugen lower arms to work properly, then you need to trim out the area around the droop tabs to get a decent fit, the upper Mugen arms are a direct fit without modification, the rear Mugen camber links are also a direct fit, however you need 50mm long turnbuckles, I got mine from Durango.

Originally Posted by Eryx

thanks and same goes with the sworks arms huh. the reason I asked is if I were to change the arms of the T3e, I will change all the arms with 1 brand, and in this case I will choose the least mods required.

Originally Posted by billdelong

Good luck with that, more of my thoughts on this platform here:
BUILD/REVIEW: Team Associated RC8T3e - 1/8th scale Buggy & Truggy forum @ URC Forums

Also don't forget to order diff shims, I needed 0.4mm worth of shims on every single diff, talk about tons of slop! I also had to invest in $20 worth of aluminum spacers because the stock plastic spacers weren't properly sized and had tons of slop too

You will get nickle and dimed on this platform, but it handles great once you get a good setup going, the tuning box is very wide, huge plus there!

Originally Posted by billdelong

For the diffs, I'm using Durango shims:
https://www.amainhobbies.com/team-du...709070/p475303
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https://www.amainhobbies.com/team-du...709015/p191819

For the uprights I'm using Schumacher spacers:
https://www.amainhobbies.com/schumac...hu3584/p170943

I've already provided links to these parts on my review thread and they already appear to be out of stock from AMain, perhaps there are other distributors that might have them in stock elsewhere, or search for the same sizes through other brands.