I'm currently building a new Jammin buggy based 1/8 oval car for my local track. This is my first experience with 1/8 oval racing and the body is freaking HUGE!! The Ofna front bumper/body mount kit has taken a bit of custom engineering to mount onto this Jammin buggy, but looks like it will be as stable as any 1/10 TC body when I'm done.
Hey, what are you folks putting into the cars as far as power goes? I have several engine options and I'm not sure which one to go with. I have a Go .21, a Force .26, and an RB TM928 .28. The dirt oval wheels have about the same tread width as a buggy tire, so I wonder if the larger engines would have too much torque for the traction. On the other hand, with the big body and added weight of the bumper and body mounts, I'm not sure if a .21 will have ENOUGH power.
As far as that body goes, sheesh, looks like it will take a half gallon of paint to cover it.
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Current Toys: 1990 RC10 Gold Pan buggy, 1991 RC10 Team Buggy, AE TC3, Diggity Designs XLR8, Tamiya TRF 415, Losi Mini Late Model, Losi Mini Slider, AE RC18MT, Storm GS, Kyosho Inferno MP6, Kyosho Inferno MP7.5, 2 Jammin X1X CR's, 2 Jammin X1 CRT Pro's, HPI Savage XL, Building a Jammin based 1/8 Dirt Oval car
For running in the Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas, Nebraska areas the .21 is pretty much the way to go. The tracks are loose dirt with a hard pack underneath so its really easy to get too much tire spin with a big block and the spec tires we use.
it really depends on if you r going to run the spec tires or the foams from ofna or rc4less have been the way to go so far i run a mach 427 and i have also a mach .26 any more questions let me know a run with the guy that posted his pretty little car dont let if fool you that thing is fast and he is a great driver we run in greenville tn and that right kevin lol
hey guys i live in south eastern PA and ther is not a dirt oval track within 2 hrs from here.Ther is however a quater midget track within 10 min of me.My idea is to pitch the idea of them allowing RC dirt oval racing on the track during ther down time.Would the midget track work well for RC?And how should i go about pitching the idea to them
Do you guys run at family RC and have yall ever heard of chris cooper from Tracy City?We have a track about 45 min away in Mcminnville TN,mabey you guys can come down and run with us(Well them) i,m really slow but I have a ball doing it!!Take care, DOC.
I'm currently building a new Jammin buggy based 1/8 oval car for my local track. This is my first experience with 1/8 oval racing and the body is freaking HUGE!! The Ofna front bumper/body mount kit has taken a bit of custom engineering to mount onto this Jammin buggy, but looks like it will be as stable as any 1/10 TC body when I'm done.
Hey, what are you folks putting into the cars as far as power goes? I have several engine options and I'm not sure which one to go with. I have a Go .21, a Force .26, and an RB TM928 .28. The dirt oval wheels have about the same tread width as a buggy tire, so I wonder if the larger engines would have too much torque for the traction. On the other hand, with the big body and added weight of the bumper and body mounts, I'm not sure if a .21 will have ENOUGH power.
As far as that body goes, sheesh, looks like it will take a half gallon of paint to cover it.
Hey Capt
Can you post some pictures to let us know it the bumper / body kit worked out for you.
1/8 spec latemodel
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