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Old 02-20-2007, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by baker745
On my monster truck, I tape the tires with duct tape or packing fiber tape. I have never had buggy tires before... Do you tape them also?? These tires have ribs on the inside, does that affect anything?
DO NOT tape buggy tires. I use to tape my truggy tires but stopped that as well as I found it affected my corner speeds and the way the tire handled the bumps. Nothing really wrong with a tire balloning a little on the straightaway... If there aballoning allot then your centre diff oil is probably to thin
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This is the second Losi 8ight that I have had now and I just finished it the other day.

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those were the first day problems. I have a fix for the shock mounts but my question was dose anyone know were I can get an aftermarket outer driveshafts? I tryed calling MIP today but it was afterhours.


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I haven't seen or heard of anyone breaking shafts yet on the 8ight. How did you do that? Stockers are fine, either something bad must have happenned or you got a weak one.
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Originally Posted by scotty5555
This is the second Losi 8ight that I have had now and I just finished it the other day.

check it out...










those were the first day problems. I have a fix for the shock mounts but my question was dose anyone know were I can get an aftermarket outer driveshafts? I tryed calling MIP today but it was afterhours.


lmk thanks
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My little bro's car, It drove good... Strange that those parts broke but it drives good. im happy for ya Scotty. Now, let's Race!!
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Originally Posted by SupermaxxRich
I haven't seen or heard of anyone breaking shafts yet on the 8ight. How did you do that? Stockers are fine, either something bad must have happenned or you got a weak one.
Rich, I broke a shaft the first time out also, it was wierd because i just caught a rut while turning left and the car rolled and broke the outside right shaft. The wheel must have had a good grip on something when i applied thottle to keep it from flipping. I do hope mip come's out with something stronger for me. I do drive a little aggresive.
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Old 02-21-2007, 06:44 PM
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Supermaxx, I was just getting some practice laps in when I broke it. To be honest with you I dont even know when it broke cuz the car was driving so good I just noticed when I got to the rythem section I lost all power.
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I noticed it, you drive like a monkey loaded on Mt Dew's.
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Old 02-21-2007, 06:56 PM
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that explains it.








I cant wait till the Porter race!!!
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Old 02-21-2007, 07:00 PM
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I can't either..My first RC/Pro event! Ou-Rah! Porter here we come.
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scotty555- thats a sweet ride, too bad it broke because it looks solid.
freefallmarine&scotty555= good luck with the races!!
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Trebor, You defrosted from the weather enough to drive yet? You need to put that losi on the ground...It doesnt like being a shelf queen..
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FFM-lol it is quite a beauty up there. so puurrrrtttyy. no scratches, no dirt no nothing. but you know what it is time to ride!!! give it a couple more weeks. the local track is a skating rink right now.lol
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Old 02-21-2007, 08:27 PM
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the track in porter is sweet! i was there on the 7th for the invationtal. but only ran saturday cause of the supercross (the reason for the trip) but i got some racing in with some of my buddies who wound up finishing pretty dam good.
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What tires are they running in Porter? I'm going down too. I heard is is bad slick. That true?

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hi guys ive just ordered my losi 8 pro and looking at engines, ive seen the sirio engines at pretty good prices and wanted to know which one is better, theres a sirio #s21 bk kanai evo 2(with 2 carb adjustments) and #s21 bk kanai evo2 sti(but only 1 carb adjust).
i thought the sti one would be better but 1 carb ajust seems less profesional that the 2, any opinions?
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