anyone know when the new updated parts are comming out? shock towers etc..

OMG, I went back and looked at it and now I see the WED And 20 times? You mean 20 trips to the track? There arent enough buggies out there to be changing that often. And its funny about the brushless buggies, I went this past weekend to the track and the 8th buggy class was all nitro and these guys had some powerful RB and Rossi motors, and one buy had an 8B converted to an E and he would pull these guys like no ones business on the back stretch. And the E was the only one clearing the quads in one jump. MMM 2200 FTW

I can understand if Brandon races nitro and doesn't know much about the Es. Its no biggie but there seems to be nothing on the car and Associated sells it so they could support it just the same.

I gotta try that with mine.

I have a 1/16 eRevo I bought at the walk in amainhobbies in Chico Ca. They guy there talked me into 2x2S packs. It was a kit. said it was the way to go if you want stupid fast. Well I didnt know he meant all it will do is standing back flips. You cant even punch it at half throttle it still ends up on its lid. I knew nothing about brushless coming from Nitro. Its fun if you wanna do somersaults with it all day.

Here are some pics from my build.

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anyone know when the new updated parts are comming out? shock towers etc..

I heard some time is February. I know it is killing me too!

Anyone have a clue what's all coming out, and are there any pictures or specs?

Rumored to be new front/rear shock towers with the World's geometry and well as the corresponding front and rear arms.

Cool, more things to spend money on

thanks guys its killin me as well
jus saw maifield and jr mitch cars at the clash
looks crazy and their cars were super hooked!!
definitely had to to with the new improvements that are comming!!

wow, glad i've been checking this thread. I've been waiting to buy an rc8be, and now that it seems a revised car will be coming out soon, I will just wait it out.

My understanding is that it's not going to be a revised kit for a good while, just option parts.. maybe we can get Chris J or one of those guys to comment on that..

Even if its a running change the cost will be marginal for most people - I don't know about you but I pretty much always carry a front and rear tower, and a set of arms so buying the new stuff won't really be a big deal, I'm just not re-stocking my spares


On doing some additional topics in videos, etc.. its not so much about knowledge level around the E car, etc.. in a lot of cases its about what makes sense to cover as a broad set of topics that apply to most people, and in most cases, that hasn't been covered in-depth (and in some cases very well) before.. To give you an example, its really hard to show and cover the impact of moving a shock location in a video.. sure we could talk about the geometry changes, etc but most of that is already very well covered in several tuning guides.. Now some stuff like wire routing, tips / tricks for balance, etc may make sense. Thanks for the feedback guys, keep it coming.

Here are some pics of my wiring if it is of any interest

Looking good Lars. Thanks for the pics. I might do mine like that. My stock castle wire reaches fine over the bridge. But I agree it would look better if I didn't have to look at the orange and brown wiring

yes i did have to use an extention piece.just finished installing my rx8/t8 1900.i looked at different routing options but didnt like any of them.so i think the extension is the way to go and wire it underneath batt tray.dang center diff leaking.never had a problem with my diff before,must be the plastic gear cover.i will try the sanding method.

I know the feeling; like all my other "projects" this one has gradually spiraled out of control too.

Ordered a bunch of parts that I probably shouldn't have, but I enjoy working on these things just as much as I like driving them!

What kind of extensions are you guys using? Are you guys using extensions with connectors, or wiring in an extension? Length? I have a MMM as well.

Gregg, the RC8Be looks good! I need to get mine finished up...