TQ Racing SX8
04-19-2011, 12:32 PM
#3092
This past weekend I was able get my new SX8 Evo out at the Canadian Indoor shootout in Tillsonburg, Ontario.
The buggy was fast all weekend, and I ran the Buggy in its stock form most of the weekend,.
I finally changed the shock oil ( 35wt ae oil in the front and 25 wt ae oil in the rear) and springs(optional soft) and was able to get a little more traction on the extremely cold hard packed surface.
I ended up qualifing 8th overall in a very fast class of 1/8 buggy racers.
Sunday I did not have luck on my side and was victum of the hackem up start and ended up last (14th) over the line and 3/4 of a lap down after getting back on my wheels.
by the end of the race I did manage to get to work up to 9th.
the buggy is very easy to drive , and it turned a lot of heads as it is so smooth and fast, and to make the A main with it first time out , with the drivers that were at this race ... speaks tons for the car that we have in our hands!!
The buggy was fast all weekend, and I ran the Buggy in its stock form most of the weekend,.
I finally changed the shock oil ( 35wt ae oil in the front and 25 wt ae oil in the rear) and springs(optional soft) and was able to get a little more traction on the extremely cold hard packed surface.
I ended up qualifing 8th overall in a very fast class of 1/8 buggy racers.
Sunday I did not have luck on my side and was victum of the hackem up start and ended up last (14th) over the line and 3/4 of a lap down after getting back on my wheels.
by the end of the race I did manage to get to work up to 9th.
the buggy is very easy to drive , and it turned a lot of heads as it is so smooth and fast, and to make the A main with it first time out , with the drivers that were at this race ... speaks tons for the car that we have in our hands!!
04-20-2011, 03:48 AM
#3094
04-20-2011, 06:24 AM
#3095
just the steeringservoarm is to be changed to a metal one
or it will break, as usual..
everything else is bullitproof
or it will break, as usual..
everything else is bullitproof
04-20-2011, 01:34 PM
#3098
Tech Regular
Bodies
Our current body is cab forward
04-20-2011, 03:40 PM
#3100
Tech Initiate
The stock body is indeed cab forward already, but not extremely forward with a flat-bed El Camino look...thank God.
Since the buggy was just recently released, Derek you may be the first to experiment with aftermarket bodys. I wouldn't run anything but the stock body. It costs less, and has a high flow narrow profile designed to carry air most efficiently to the wing for this car.
For rx pack I use a losi 2amp 7.4v lipo flat pack. It lays flat in my bat box, with room for sponge.
Since the buggy was just recently released, Derek you may be the first to experiment with aftermarket bodys. I wouldn't run anything but the stock body. It costs less, and has a high flow narrow profile designed to carry air most efficiently to the wing for this car.
For rx pack I use a losi 2amp 7.4v lipo flat pack. It lays flat in my bat box, with room for sponge.
04-20-2011, 03:42 PM
#3101
The stock body is indeed cab forward already, but not extremely forward with a flat-bed El Camino look...thank God.
Since the buggy was just recently released, Derek you may be the first to experiment with aftermarket bodys. I wouldn't run anything but the stock body. It costs less, and has a high flow narrow profile designed to carry air most efficiently to the wing for this car.
For rx pack I use a losi 2amp 7.4v lipo flat pack. It lays flat in my bat box, with room for sponge.
Since the buggy was just recently released, Derek you may be the first to experiment with aftermarket bodys. I wouldn't run anything but the stock body. It costs less, and has a high flow narrow profile designed to carry air most efficiently to the wing for this car.
For rx pack I use a losi 2amp 7.4v lipo flat pack. It lays flat in my bat box, with room for sponge.
I will also order the Losi flat pack. I wonder if the Protek flat lipo I have fits....
04-20-2011, 07:57 PM
#3102
This is the one i have been using senses i got the buggy because the protech one was back order.And there is room to spare in the box !
http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...0C-74V-2100mAh
http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...0C-74V-2100mAh
04-20-2011, 08:37 PM
#3103
I was wondering the same thing...just something different to try!
Well i measured the stock sx8 evo body and it came out at 7"3/8 in. wide
And measured my old bulldog body from my D8 it came out at 8"in. wide
I personally think that the body's for the mbx-6 will fit.The buggy looks like a mix of a mbx-6 and a losi.My two favorite buggy's !!
Well i measured the stock sx8 evo body and it came out at 7"3/8 in. wide
And measured my old bulldog body from my D8 it came out at 8"in. wide
I personally think that the body's for the mbx-6 will fit.The buggy looks like a mix of a mbx-6 and a losi.My two favorite buggy's !!
04-20-2011, 09:23 PM
#3104
Hey guys, Derek Lewis here. I just signed on as a TQ Team driver and just wanted to introduce myself. I will be running 10th scale electric and 8th scale Nitro/electric for TQ. I am very excited to be on the team and will also be stocking parts for the entire TQ line at Premierehobbies.com, so if you need anything, let me know.
I am a seasoned electric guy, with 2 years behind me in nitro. I run 2wd mod, 4wd mod, and Open SC, as well as nitro buggy/truggy, and E-Scale. Current sponsors are Viper RC, Premierehobbies.com (I am the team manager), Speedzone USA, Kalgard, and 247Design Works.
If their is anything I can help out with, please let me know.
Am very eager to get my kits and lend a hand, and help grow this amazing company.
Thanks again John, Nick, and Luther for all your efforts.
I am a seasoned electric guy, with 2 years behind me in nitro. I run 2wd mod, 4wd mod, and Open SC, as well as nitro buggy/truggy, and E-Scale. Current sponsors are Viper RC, Premierehobbies.com (I am the team manager), Speedzone USA, Kalgard, and 247Design Works.
If their is anything I can help out with, please let me know.
Am very eager to get my kits and lend a hand, and help grow this amazing company.
Thanks again John, Nick, and Luther for all your efforts.
04-21-2011, 05:48 AM
#3105
here a set-up from europe after 4 gallon
Last edited by speedy2; 04-22-2011 at 12:46 AM.