Big Will

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Notice the the "TOP" of the piston is FLAT. You need to install these pistons with the flat side UP where the valve goes for it to work properly. The recessed side goes DOWN and the washer site inside the recess.

Evoking1230

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a few months have passed. Anyone have any more insight on these?

Thinking of running these on my RC8T3.1e!

petersen114

I'm curious as well. I have a set that I would like to try in my T3.

Evoking1230

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soo try them and get back to us

Please.

hookedup

Soo what’s the consensus? I purchased a set (6x1.3) a few weeks ago and have yet to install them.. are they worth it? I am happy how my MBX8 handles now.. nervous to change it

sebtarta

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Try it out. I like it. But I change depending on the track.
But I use them mainly for low bumpy blown out tracks and just regular pistons on smooth grooved ones

morgoth

Same for me. I feel that they can make the car a bit nervous on high grip tracks. But I haven't tested them extensivly on high grip tracks either. I do 2 runs on them and then always switch back to my flat piston setup.
But on low grip, they seem to be good.

hookedup

do you run them with emulsion caps or bladders? Or both?

morgoth

I run the bladder setup. I haven't tested emulsion on the mbx8.
Drake tested emulsion and said it isn't very consistent. The shock behind the exhaust starts to lock up from the heat after 20 minutes.

sebtarta

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You know, I have not tried these with bladders. I have always ran the Bypass pistons with emulsion. Will try it for this weekend.

morgoth

I was talking about bladder/emulsion in general. It doesn't depend on the piston type.
If you like emulsion, you can keep using it with MIP pistons.

largeorangefont

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I really like them. They settled the car down on bumpy/blown out tracks. I run the 6 hole pistons in my B3.1

Korocian

Thanks for the info

Evoking1230

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so consensus is they're better geared for outdoor, bumpy, loamy tracks.

Makes sense since most of the promo material(vids) show Drake on a rather bumpy blown out track.

morgoth

Yes. And small, tight tracks where you need faster weight transfer.