working on weight...
 

Hey Tekno boys! I was wondering how the truck feels when on the lighter side. I used to run the durango and now have the tekno at 7 lbs and it drives nice...

I am curious if the truck goes on the lighter side, will it respond like the durango?

Finally got some time to relax and swooped a Tekno from Mikes Hobby Shop in Dallas. The guys at Mikes were saying they can't keep the Tekno's in stock.. 3 in and 3 out. Put it together last night, was a breeze. Its nice to see the quality and durability of an 1/8th in a 1/10th scale.. Looking forward to racing tomorrow!

Would you please let me know how those oils do with the pistons? I recall reading pages back that people were starting with 50f 40/45r and that seemed stiff (with stock springs I think, if my mind serves me well).

Also when you do, if you could describe your track conditions it would be helpful.

Joey

Wouldn't mind hearing one of these stories, off-topic or not ;)

I personally love it. I like a lil stiffer set up. But it still rolls well.. Since im running vented with 0% rebound i run stiffer oil to compensate. But overall it is very stable, doesnt get upset on rough landings and feels really planted. I run on med/high bite clay mix tracks. One of my main tracks is "the ohio rc Factory" thay have a video up of their current layout on their facebook page. I also run at crcrc in hilliard ohio. Its a smaller clay track with some.landings that can be harsh if.over jumped but can easily over jump. You can see their layout as well.on their fb page...c.r.c.r.c.

Edit: i just realized you were asking about the fioroni pistons. I will report back as soon as i start testing

I drilled the stock pistons tonite. 1.34mm drill bit. I did front and rear pistons.

My truck was bouncing alot on our bumpy straight.

Ran 37.5F/30R Ae oils and stock springs.

Between the piston change and moving the battery back, I picked up more than 4 tenths over a 16 second lap. Granted its my third time on the layout.

The truck was rea bouncy on the table and I didn't think it would work very well, but I was pretty surprised.

Clean tires made traction rolling happen more than I want though.

Oils probably need to come up some, and I think a heavier sway bar would be good.

Truck was faster but a little harder to drive....

Quick question for you Tekno guys. I drove Kuya's and loved it. The Tekno has been doing very well at my local tracks too. My buddy was in the market for a new 4wd sct and I recommended it to him after having driven one as I myself was thinking about purchasing one. But he's broken 3 axles so far in less than 2 or 3 full battery packs (I know, I did read that there were or may have been a bad batch of axles and and yes Tekno is taking care of you guys who've had the axle issues). He's getting frustrated about the axles and then he actually broke an outer rear hingepin when working on it to put in the new axles. I keep telling him to hang in there, these are just teething problems and should be expected of any new vehicle to a certain extent. But now that he broke the outer rear hingepin, I'm getting gun shy as to whether or not I want to go this route. No shops or tracks in our area are carrying parts for this truck yet. So now that he has a broken hingepin, he's faced with either not racing this weekend while he waits for Tekno to send him one or he could use a hingepin off of another brand that may fit. I guess my question here is, has anyone else broken hingepins? He hasn't driven the truck very hard, he's only got a half a battery pack of "getting to know you" time in practice, then 2 heats of racing (broke axle near the end of second heat), a couple laps of practice at another track and broke another axle, fixed it, then finally broke a 3rd axle after he replaced that one in less than a full pack ending his race day before it even started. I have faith in the truck and that Tekno's going to get through this. He doesn't have the same faith that I do and is contemplating selling it for a SCTE 2.0. Anyone know of which hinge pins he can use in the mean time to get him back on the track for the weekend? So far, he's missed 2 weeks of racing due to the axle issue and lack of replacements available. His truck we think is a second batch truck. First batch if I'm right, doesn't seem to be having these same issues, but I could be wrong. Come on guys, help me keep him in the drivers seat of his Tekno! I keep telling him he's just had some bad luck and going to love his truck once the wrinkles are ironed out, but his patience is wearing thin. BTW, He has spoken with Tekno and they did send out axles to him that were definitely different than the ones in the kit or the ones he got from Amain, so hopefully those wont break. But the Hinge pin deal has me scratching my head as I haven't heard any issues about them yet. But i don't follow this thread that closely either. Thanks for the help.

I broke a hinge pin also on removal I thought I may have been the only one. It snapped off at the threads

I have used it in the past and so have some of my freinds in 4x4 SCT. It works great with the fan that it comes with. i have a 2.0 pro and a Reventon pro. Going to try the reventon as soon as i get my truck.

Someone posted that they uesd a losi pin and then shimmed it out to work. I dont recall from what vehicle.

i used a reventon pro 2.0 with fan in my sc10 4x4 powering a 4.0 reedy 550 and had no overheating issues whatsoever. very smooth throttle response as well.(which is needed in a sc10 4x4)

I am using sickpuppies 410 for the next to weeks while he is out of town. So I'm down for some SCT racing this week. Hope to see ya saturday...

There is another way to repair the hinge pin problem until you get a new one. Drill a small hole in the pin area of the arm and put in a set screw, grind a small flat spot on the axle for the set screw like the older Associated cars had.
Paul

Since there isn't any racing here with 1/8 e-buggy much I took all the light parts from my EB48 and put them on my SCT410 after a bit. I will say the truck is much harder to drive for me at least this way. Coming from an SCRT10 to an SC10 4x4 and now this truck I would think it would be better lighter, but thats not the case. Ive heard several others say the same thing. I now have the stock chassis back on and got my truck ready to run at just about 6 1/2. Its much more forgiving. I just keep thinking back to how I wanted to add weight when I was running my SC10 4x4 and realized I dont like light trucks.

If you like to through the vehicle around and drive it aggressively go for lighter, if your like me and like the weight of it to help keep it calmer stay close to stock.

At Mikes Hobby Shop in Porter Tx, there is regularly 8-10 teknos now. I have yet to see or hear of any broken parts except the shock shaft I broke last week. I believe any of the issues seen here are isolated incidents, besides the over hardened batch of axles.....