Lots you can do for weight also. Swap out aluminum for plastic or carbon (811be Sport has a lot of those parts), trim down the battery trays, battery and motor weight savings, etc.

Mine is piggish and works well enough for me. I also get bounced around a little less on the track because of it. For outdoors, more weight is usually an advantage, hence the dominance of the full metal chassis mini ebuggy SCT's vs the SC104x4.

Indoor, lighter can have more advantages, but in the end, it is what your driving style and needs prefer.

Shocks
 

Hi last 6 times out, I have done my shock shafts in, any remedy apart from that it has been fine running 1.0 diffs 2.0 rear:cry:

I mean a few times out of 6

Was this on a track or bashing?

Racing only

Cush and I are the newest (proud) owners of Cobra 2.0 E Buggies. Looking forward to building and racing them and working with you guys in this thread. Outdoor racing, here we come!

Just thought it was time for a update in this mater.;) U could say Ive tested it out now. Into my third season and my second car. Never had any issues with this mod.

http://www.rctech.net/forum/10297989-post1442.html

Congratulations and welcome!

Like I said, it works for that one speed control. The original design allows for a bigger speed control with a fan. It isn't practical for a RC car manufacturer to limit the chassis layout for one car. I imagine also Sweden has much cooler outside temps than other parts of the world. Has that setup been tested with 100plus degree F temps and 10 minute run times?

Hey can anyone tell me the largest LiPo the ESC/Motor an take? I haven't seen it anywhere (although i might just be missing it....)

I'm assuming it's 4s, just want to know if it can go 6s as well. Cheers.

Come up with something, Mayor! I would try it !

I am not sure of the purpose of the mod? The description seems to hint at lowering the CG, but raising the ESC and lowering the servo does not equal out to me. That is awesome that it works, but I prefer an ESC with a fan on it for ebuggy, and am content with the updated carbon tray setup.

Just curious as to what c rating and milliamperes my fellow racers use for a somewhat large outdoor track in e buggy. I have been using 5000 mah packs with a 40c rating (SMC) and do not notice any fade, but may want to upgrade to 70 or 80 c packs and either 6000, 6500, or 7200 mah packs. FYI I get about 15 minutes out of my current packs... More interested to see whether 70 or 80 c packs yield better lap times on dusty tracks. Races are ten minutes.

I dont know about the C rating but the 7200 on a loose dusty track will be easier to drive and have more grip. So you should go faster. Very rarely does more power = faster laptimes on a loose track. You should try my lastest setup a few pages back and youll be really happy with that on a dusty track.

+1, The heavier batteries will help with a dusty track. I currently run 6500 Revtech 65c's but have also run some 6000mah 28c's from my old TC and they work fine as well. The weight will play more into it then C rating as long as you either have a quality pack or high enough rating to cope with the motor draw.

I got the car only about 2 weeks but I ran 4200 65C shorty and used about 2400 after 10 min race. Lighter car will accelerate faster, heavy car should be more stable.