superspeed

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On hobbypartz, tacon is about $50, leopard is about twice the cost, does it really worth the extra $ for a leopard motor

Raman

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Hard to tell. There's no guarantee with the Chinese made motors.

Mark the Hammer

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Most of them are fine. But if you have luck like mine you will get the bad one.. Then you out the 50.00 and still have to get the right one.

teamstrc

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Hi guys,

Sorry for the delay guys, the instruction is up:

http://www.stracingconcepts.com/arch...-instructions/

The conversion kits has been shipped to our distributors so they should be available through your shop to order by the end of the week. I'm working on a few follow up articles on the spring/oil/diff oil and also some tips on how to get the Slash 4x4 to handle on track

Steve

kcunamay

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Hi Steve in San Diego lol,

I've been in search of a GT8E tire shore compound that works well from the start of the race all the way to the finish line.

I've had race success with certain shore ratings/tire packages when the weather was cooler. Great from start to finish. No warm up needed and no tire degredation towards the 2nd half of the race. For my setup and style of driving, they were the perfect winter/early spring tire when ambient temps were 65 and below. I'm looking for a similar setup for this cheetah and zebra weather we are in now.

As with most of you, I have pretty much run most of the available tires from the different manufacturers. And we've all experienced the great first half of the race on X tires only to have them turn into a drift session at the 2nd half of the race. We've also had the opposite with X tires, where they need to reach race temps before they become VERY good. It is my hope to find a tire combo that does both.

JSPEED is referring to the higher shore ratings that are now available from Ipanema for all of us to try/run. With the extra heft of these conversions and GOBS of instant tq available from our brushless/lipo setups, the shore compounds most commonly used by our nitro bros don't work very well for us. I'm hoping that the higher shore compounds will hold up and not overheat.

I can't wait to try them. The wheels look great and the wide rear tire is what I hope the other manufacturers will take into consideration as well.

Competition breeds performance and better products, so us as racers and the drivers of this new "E" class all stand to make this class even bigger/better.

See you guys at the track!

AngryRog

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Hey you SoCal Guys,

How many race day(s) are you getting out of a set of tires?

Mark the Hammer

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This sunday July 3rd race in Oceanside.3375 mission ave at TC Hobby's It is about 4 miles east of I-5 on mission ave.

FangsCPO

I replaced the recommended foam bumper with the Kyosho IGT Ashton Martin DBR9Shaped Bumper (#KA90001) and it provides much better support for the lid I'm using. It will also reduce the crushing of the lid in the front since the lid rest right up against the foam bumper.

The foam bumper will require a little mod done so when at full turn the front tires don't hit the foam bumper.

Here's a photo.

Mark the Hammer

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I am glade to see it worked well.

charlie_b

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Looks like HPI will be doing some testing with some GT8 cars they made from spare parts. Gonna get another good group this Sunday at Surf City. Come on out peeps...gotta SURPRISE for you all this Sunday!

WildBillMassey

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We got em' coming.

http://www.igthobbies.com/SLASH-4X4-GT-PARTS_c_300.html

Mark the Hammer

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We have a guy going to run the hot bodies car this sunday 3rd at TC hobby's We should also have a group of GT8 lites as well.. Looks to be a big fun day for the GT8's and GT8 lites..

FangsCPO

Wow!!! Great price Bill!! I should've waited....oh well. It gave me a few extra days to do some tweaks, here and there. I would advise you recommend to your customers to get the larger foam bumper. It will provide better support for the body and reduce the crushing effect on your lid if you run into someone. Also, if it's too big, they can always mod it to their liking.

STRC did a great job with this conversion kit!!!!

RC Passion

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If it's the conversion they made that chased me all day long at surf city's toys for tots race....then we've got something big coming!

williamw

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I just thought I would share a recent experience I had with RC4LESS.com. I ordered a set of springs for my L8ight. They are shorter, stiffer and fit perfectly. The best part is the customer service. The first set was sent to the wrong adress, my fault, not their's. I called and explained what happened, they sent me another set at NO CHARGE! That is customer service and they now have a customer for life.

If you are a GTE racer running a Losi, their springs willl let you get the ride height much lower without compressing the spring or using the droop screw.