Tires may be my problem. I haven't tried anything in a super soft compound. I've tried several different tires that some of the more experienced drivers use for practice. Most are cheaper tires in a soft compound. Since I'm just learning the thing that will help me most is a lot of track time so I'm trying to balance tire wear with traction to help keep the cost within reason.

Well, maybe I was not clear...On the first run I was way under geared and went up 2-teeth. The spur gear is bigger on this truck and its heavy, so first time out, I was conservative. I went up two teeth and it was much closer, but still a little slow compared to my super light all carbon fiber Hyper10 so I added timing instead of going up in gear. ....

Now here is where I think your confused. There is no blinky mode on an RX8...As it adds no boost and is always run in dual mode. But it has a slider for timing, and with that, 0 is zero and I was at 35°...With the gearing I was running, it was about right speed wise, needed a little more, but as stated the ESC was temping a little warm. I will drop that back down to 10° and up the gear on the motor 1 tooth. Its a heavy truck...And I am trying to find the best average and balance it out with the speed vs. heat as i do not want to fry anything..

what did you mod? move battery back?

Yep a few pages back some pictures where posted. My car jumps very level but I like to use my brake in the air and a little front end high will only help with the way I drive.

soft should be good for compound. I would put 2k in rear diff. and 2.2 swaybar in rear. also shock location in rear run inside on arm and tower 2nd hole from inside. 5k in center will make it easier to drive

Anyone try to put Kyosho shocks on this ride yet? I have a spare set and curious if they fit. Don't have the truck yet, but would like to know.:D

Stock setup it seems a bit soft im using 37.5 front and 32.5 rear fluid with stock springs and stock shock locations. Rear chassies is slapping on bigger jumps. I was thinking of going up one spring rate on the rear but keeping the 32.5? Or whats your best advise on this on what to do? Car works awsome besides that.

What tires are you using, if I may?

I have had good results in running the TLR 22SCT wheels . I'm also using the aluminum wheel hexes . :tire:

Posted it back somewhere as well. I am trying to invert the rear shocks tapered pistons, so it rebounds slower. It helped me a lot on the scte nose forward jumping characteristics. I will test it sunday to be sure.

Also no need for full kyosho shocks on this rig dude. Shocks are butter, dont leak at all. I run all aluminum goodies btw but the stocks were fine as well for 1 weekend I ran them.

I just run kyosho pistons and springs and it helps a lot. The CNC tekno pistons are never in stock anywhere I look but will give them a shot once the lhs gets them.

suby how is the steering with the battery all the way back. I love everything on my truck right now except the nose fwd jumping. I just don't want to give up steering for jumping, I can deal with the nose fwd by coasting over jumps (which seems faster to me anyways :)).

Thanks for the advice. I can do all that except the sway bar. I'll have to order that. I'm going to set it up that way and run it and see how it goes. I can also try it without the rear sway bar until the lighter one gets here.

So far I'm loving 1.4x6 tapered Kyosho pistons front and rear. Stock rear springs, Kyosho orange front springs. 35/30 on oils, but I may try32.5 front and 27.5 in the rear. Jumps great, lands great without bottoming out. Still want to try Kyosho 1.3x8 pistons.

I've been running City Blocks and Gridirons. I've also tried Losi Eclipse and I just bought a set of Duratrax Shotguns. They're all about the same. I've only run the Shotguns once but they seem to be the bestof the bunch.

Alright this past sunday was my first race with my 410 and i have to say it went flawless the truck made me look amazing:lol::lol:. I had other racers saying that I was more consistent and faster than I have ever been now I need to learn to be a better driver because the truck has stepped up my game. I turned more laps than I ever did and crashed way less this thing is awesome. Thanks Tekno for such a great truck I am very pleased---so pleased I ordered the EB48 just so I can get more time on the track.

So I just got done reading the entire thread :sweat:


I'm loving the positive feedback on this truck and I'm just waiting to see how we'll it does with the general population, racing on outdoor tracks. I know a few of you have raced either on the west coast or down south. It still seems like its dong well and I'm sure I will pick one up ASAP. Now I just gotta get my buddy to let me wheel his 410 (BTW... he's a tekno driver :sneaky:)


Thanks for all the great info and feedback. Keep it comin!!