Thinking about switching from my durango to a 811 eb 2.0, curious on of this buggy?

We've been running the stock "low" wings- and haven't tried any others. But I wonder if there are alternative wings with higher downforce that would balance that out. We'll find this out soon enough- my brother is pretty set on running the Avenger just because its a cab forward.

Serpent cars have been increasing on a weekly basis locally. At our local trophy race there were 5 in the a main of Ebuggy and 3 in the a main of nitro buggy, with Serpent winning both classes and a 3rd in Ebuggy. I think there were 12 total Serpents there racing, the most of any brand.

Well first race of the etruggy went well. We arrived Thursday at AMS around 9:30AM, got signed up, and got the batteries on charge. The line to get on the driver's stand ranged from 45-90min all day, but managed to get in 3 runs on the ebuggy and 1 on the truggy before they started seeding practice. Ebuggy felt good, though a little loose in the rear. Started on Square Armors and ended up on Hybrids.

Seeding practice began, but stopped after 5 heats when the weather came in and took out the power. I was in heat 3 with the ebuggy and ran a good run too. When it came on later that night, they did open practice till midnight, and I got one more pack in both. Chicky was running Impacts so tried them. They felt a little loose but very controllable and while I had good front bite, the side was a little lacking. Next morning, was back in heat 3, running the Impacts and they were really loose and did not drive well.

2nd qualifier went back to Hybrids and the buggy was much better. Made a change to the rear camber link (middle to outside hole on the upright) and swapped the rear diff from 7k to 5k (was 7/10/7 V1 diffs before this) for the third qualifier. Steering came way up, cut down the dual rate, and buggy felt great. Talked to Joe and Chicky that evening and determined I was probably too thick overall in the diffs. Changed to 5/5/3 for Saturday morning's mains. I was qualified 1st in the D Main. Start was good, but the mental game got to me and started making some mistakes falling back to 4th. Got a hold of myself and worked back to 2nd and the final bump spot. Started 15th in the C-Main, and the buggy felt really good as the track groved in. Did not make any changes from the morning other then cleaning tires (did not have much time in between) and ran a second set of batteries as the first hadn't fully charged. Worked my way up and with a final pass in the back table top, finished 4th.

Thanks Chicky and Joe for the help and congrats on the strong finishes! Did not have a ton of Serpent's there, but they represented well! Thanks Steve for all of the support and the help getting everything together for each heat.

Grant

Joe will test both bodies on the track before he makes other adjustments. The bodies for sure have a different feel to them.

I am looking at th 811 be 2.0 rtr kit..dose anyone have any input on this buggy...is the electronics any good
Thanks

Hey guys, what are the stock diff oils per the instructions when you build a 2.0?

Not as familiar with the RTR, but it is fully upgradable to the full kit which is nice. I know some have put RTR parts on their kit in order to save weight also. The electronics in the Serpent RTR's are traditionally quite good, but I have not used them myself. There was an RTR at AMS and he had no electronics issues, and did quite well over the weekend.

With 2.0 diffs, 12/12/7. 7/7/5 with V1 diffs.

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Hey guys, looking to sell my (barely used) 2.0 Be. I love the car, but want to get my brother into a Nitro Truggy so it has to go. PM for details, I'll be cleaning it up tonight and getting it posted shortly thereafter.

Got a question on where u measure droop. Is it the center of the screw on the top of the shock, to the bottom of the shock bolt on the bottom or the stock? Or do u measure center to center like most other manufacturers? I noticed on my friends it doesn't have nearly the droop my car has. And this is measuring as per the manual of center top to bottom of bottom shock bolt. Thanks guys.

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I measure how the setup sheet shows- from the bottom of the lower pin to the center of the upper screw.

You can do it how ever you want but all the setup sheets from Billy, Me or Joe are middle to middle.

I thought it was as per manual and that's how everyone measured it lol. As the manual is 98 front and 123 or something on the rear? So essentialy you guys are running more droop front and rear measuring it that way?
Whats a good start center to center then? Thanks.

98-99 front 124 rear