OK yours doesnt. My belt cover that the front tensioner is attached to flexes to the left and the pulley goes 'up' under belt/brake tension guiding the belt off it. My cover must be faulty and thats that.

OK got my 4x4, now just waiting on the rx8 and pro4 4k. Got a GREAT deal on the roller. Everything is like brand new. Only missing a couple of wheel and shock nuts but a quick trip to lhs all better. I changed the diff fluid, well what was left in them. 15k f/r 7k. Resealed the shocks, one was leaking. Removed the boots so I need to get some limiters. I plan on taking a full day at the track just getting the feel for the truck and tuning it for my driving style. mantis and coyote expect an order in the next couple of days for your goodies. Been following this tread for awhile now and want to thank all those who have helped. It really help push me in the right direction for this purchase. Most everyone at my local track was telling me to get the losi(guess im just stuborn). Keep up the good work guys.

Yes....mine does not skid to a stop on pavement but I don't race on pavement.
I only drove on pavement to get a baseline for braking power so I could dial down the brakes so the belt does not skip. Even when I adjust for the belt skipping it is too much brake power. At the track I had to adjust even lower to stay under control and not send the truck flipping over its nose.
You do not want to run full braking power on a high power 4x4.

When setup to race on the track you don't want to skid to a stop.
Think of it as ABS. You want a controlled stop.
My truck stops pretty damn fast even dialed down so as not to skip the belt.
I can launch off of a quad, backside the jump landing, and stop within a foot without skidding and keep the truck straight.
Any more braking power and I will send the truck over it's nose tumbling.

[QUOTE=thebizz;10228749]I understand that the Hazrd wheels are 3mm offset for a total of 6mm overall. I stated that the Blitz wheels have a 4.5mm offset (read more offset) and I heard that they fit the SC10 4x4. I was asking if anyone has tried these wheels and what they thought.

I have 2 brand new sets of JC Rulux Blitz wheels in the bag. Just have not mounted to try yet. This truck is radiculously narrow. I measured 288mm at the front from outside wheel to outside wheel (stock wheel/tires). The ROAR limit is 297mm. The Blitz wheel would put me closer to the 297mm limit and may help with traction rolling on high grip tracks.

just for reference the original quote is "slow is smooth and smooth is fast"

Just when I thought i'd been around the block.

The Blitz wheels will work just fine. but they do stick out past the body line, I haven't measured them overall but it will be very marginal as to their ROAR legality.

You're in Texas Jeff, dirt is not hard to find...problem solved.

Dot the threads with lock tite and a fresh lock nut.

That's pretty cool.

After seeing a Tekno V4 shorty lipo converted 1/8 scale, very curious to see how far things go with the shorty lipos in all classes.

Sounds like passive-aggressive trash talking to me.

I agree that the tensioner is not as sturdy as it should be considering the amount of stress being applied under hard braking.

Eventually the high tension on the belt is pushing upwards causing the tensioner to flex. Remember the front tensioner is mounted to PLASTIC unlike the rear tensioner. So there will be some flex!!

Here is my proof:





Like I said in my previous post, it happened after a nasty lawn dart during a race which caused the lip of the pulleys to fail. Upon closer inspection I noticed that there was wear on the inside lip of the pulleys that eventually led to the failure of the part.


Like you said, a good fix would be to make a sturdy platform for the tensioner to mount on. And I agree.

Another fix could be setting the front pulley to the lowest hole position and middle to highest position on the rear. The slack could help prevent excessive rubbing on the front pulley yet still allow the belt to be fully wrapped arount the front pulley.
Belt tension is KEY.


With that said, Ive had my SC10 4x4 the very day it came out back in May. I regularly race and bash on a daily basis. The truck isnt perfect and understand when other owners go through the same struggles and or NEW ones.

centerdiff will put a stop to it or dual garodisc/pinned

No worries... He is not that good ����
Where are you racing this week jeff

when that happened when you lawn-darted, did you have a chassis brace on?