I'll slightly dissagree with some here, but only on one condition, it dopends on what everyone else is running and the rules needed to run with them.

By that I mean, if you need to be at minimum weight with everyone else and they are using tradition 1/8 buggy power, yeah, you will probably start having issues.

But, if people will let you run it light and you are cool with NOT having stump pulling torque like the other guys will have, I doubt you will experience failure as it will perform as well as the SCT410 in SCT usage without a sct body.

But you have to go in knowing that and have certain realities about what you are running.

Me personally, yeah more voltage is better, sure, but heck if 1/10 4wd buggy wasn't starting to see a resurgence with vehicles that appear durable, I could see 1/8 doing like 1/10 SCT in some manner, like a "lite" class that is limited to the same electronics.

I even haved toyed with the idea of picking up another EB48 or SCT410 and setting it up as a lite buggy for my daughter to drive. Give her a second class, but set it up no 2S power like her SCT. it will be down on power, but, for her thats a good thing and she would get another class to drive, and I save on having to lug more parts.

But then again, that is just me.

Im going light weight for an ebuggy light class at an indoor track. But im going with the t8i 1950 and the smc 3500 4s (size of a 2 cell) and also the carbon fiber towers. As long as I am under 3200g they will let me run.

Im running the CF towers on my regular weight EB48.2

You forget that nobody is pushing a pro4 class past 8 minutes these days and standard for e-buggy is 10min, there were massive issues when they use to run the pro4 class 10minutes. This just like it was for the SCT's is deadly to lipo's pushing them to the bottom of the pack and results in poofing over very limited time. Yes if you get a class like I mentioned before running only 6-8minute heats no issues w/ 2s packs.. but most guys end up running 10+ minutes as many tracks even mix nitro/electric some nights based on turn outs... big events maybe not; but club racing all the time. What most are saying is there is no good way to push a 2s setup 10+ minutes and keep up with 4s and 6s setups w/o eventual battery issues that will come much sooner rather than later. For the 5minute heats no issues at all racing like that just cut out before the mains.. heh. I did this already, if you want to keep it as lean as you can a low kv 540 550 5pole will do the job with a 5k 3s lipo and you will not have battery issues at least staying in the 10minute range. Again going over 10minutes I would only do with 4 or 6s setups. Tracks do play a role as a smaller 1/10 type may yield better results if you are never pushing it.. but on the typical 1/8 track this holds.

That is the real issue and I agree with that. How we want to run the vehicles factors in a lot into the amount of time you can run them.

I think the best setup for light weight is the 3300kv pro 4 on 3s. Lots of run time on 5000 mah, cool temps, and tons of power.

maybe that is where 1/10 4x4 should go too?

lol, bring a market for 3S at that point

That's the combo I run in my SCT410. The tracks around here don't limit you to 2s.

My wife got me the superlite conversion and I just finished the paint. Ready to hit the track and get dirty!

Tossed my sc motor and pinion in place of the t8 today. It drove really well and while hotter than in the sc, it was still in the realm of being safe on heat. I can barely make 10 min with the last couple laps being dump laps, but that means I'll be fine as we normally run 6 min.
EB48 initial release buggy, no lightened parts, rx8, hobbywing 4700, SMC 7200 2s, castle bec and hv servo. Track race weight is just over 3100g.

I definitely feel it needs more burst power though, as it feels slow for an ebuggy, even though it is still plenty quick. I think if I stick with it (motor on loan from my sct410) I'll toss in the lightened driveshafts and shorter velcro as a minimum upgrade.

You should use the hw xerun 4000kv motor, just add a touch of boost it will be faster and have that more powerful feeling you are looking for. You could consider a 550 4-pole as well sensored or sensorless it may 'feel' better with the added torque.

Anyone running a 1/8th hobbywing motor and a sct pro that have a picture of there wiring? Thanks!

nice paint job!

Good post.

Really wonder if a "lite" 1/8 buggy class could grow if it mirrored the SCT one. Same parts basically, electronics, etc. and whammo. No special 4S packs just for the car.

Not saying its ideal mind you, just curious. In life we at times do things that are not ideal lol.

I like it!

My Christmas present from my wife! Ready to go