Hey guys, I'm looking to get back into racing and am getting into 1/8 E buggy. Does anyone know yet the differences between this buggy and the TLR 8ight 4.0 as far as driving goes? I like how the 8ight is said to be smoother and more planted than the eb48.3, but maybe thats fixed? Thanks for the insight.

How did it compare in your opinion to EB48.3s?

Jeremy was also running the .4, first time.

Compared to the .3's that were there it looked settled with plenty of steering. I haven't been around the last few years since the original EB48 was offered to see the progression. It looked good enough to have me questioning my decision that I already made to pre-order a different brand.

Jeremy was the white one? His looked good also.

I copied this from an excel spreadsheet so the format is bit off, but it shows the FDR using 15 - 21 Tooth pinions for the EB48.1-3 and for the new gearing used in the EB48.4.

TEKNO FDR EB48-.3
Pinion - FDR
15 - 11.73333333
16 - 11
17 - 10.35294118
18 - 9.777777778
19 - 9.263157895
20 - 8.8
21 - 8.380952381
TEKNO FDR EB48-.4
Pinion - FDR
15 - 9.768
16 - 9.1575
17 - 8.618823529
18 - 8.14
19 - 7.711578947
20 - 7.326
21 - 6.977142857

Thanks a lot Eric!!
I was running a 17t in my .3 and was going to run a 16t in the .4 but now this has me thinking i should drop to a 15t probably.

Got my .4 body painted last night. I really like the looks of the new stock shell!

Very nice!

+1 nice paint job!

ok dumb question should I build the car to the box setup or the one of the other setups it looks like my first race with it will be the SIC.

I always build to box setup initially to test. I can then make changes from there and or try a new setup to compare. If you start with a "tuned" setup then you cannot compare it to "stock" setup for improvements etc.

I just ordered my .4 and it should be in by next Wednesday! Excited over here!

Good to know. I was running a 19t pinion in my .3 Looks like its going to be a 15t for the .4 for me.

Just ordered a kit from Tower yesterday. How long before shipments of spares are being sent to retailers? Tower, Amain, etc.?

My 48.4 test run today, nice and stable rear tire tracking compare to 48.3.