8T 2.0
 

Was just on the Losi web site and under what's new is a bunch of 8T 2.0 parts. There was shock towers, chassis, wheels, and body just to name a few. Could not find any other info on the 8T 2.0 anywhere else.

The parts say "coming late January" so I guess we will see the 8T kit (probably race roller) at the same time. I guess I'll wait till then to buy my new truggy so I can see what they do with the 8T.:nod:

0 offset wheels....I guess we can expect the vehicle to be a little wider. I'm sure it will have the hinge pin and shock tower update as well.

i think a few of the new truggies will be coming out late jan

anyone look at the chassis info... it says its 14mm longer? Misprint?? thats a long chassis.:nod:

I have been looking foreward to an 8t 2.0 since the buggy was released however I am upset about the use of 0 offset wheels. I have many sets of tires already mounted to 1/2 offset wheels and would hate to have to buy all new tires because of an offset change. Just hoping losi isn't stupid enough to make everyone do that. Show some interest in making your customers happy. Anyone know why they would make this change? Sorry I guess i'm just a lil' upset about this.

Just use buggy hubs and you wont have to buy anything new. I switch between 0 offset and halfoffset all the time.

I have the 2.0 buggy and if the Truggy is like the buggy oh god watch out, Losi will be winning a lot with it

I don't mind if they change the offset though, cause I don't have that many Truggy tires

but I'm hoping the 8T 2.0 is out before Valentines Day

yeah but I don't think they are going to be using extenders. If you look at the new parts you can see that they are using new arms and the turnbuckles are significantly longer. I think they are planning on extending the width through the arms.

Those rims are just the GRP standard offset rims.
There is no way they would piss off the 1000's of there users that already have 1/2 offsets

The only difference in the arms should be the 3.5mm hole for the larger hinge pin in the rear and the smaller holes in the front to stop the screws backing out so easy like the 8 2.0
The steering turnbuckle looks to be longet so it could be a longer arm
But the chassis is 14mm longer so i would guess that the car will be wider to combat the length

Im not a fan of the new body. It looks like a SUV :eek:
but i guess it has the same low design like the new buggy to keep engine temps down

I think you are right.
It will use new longer A-arms and zero offset wheels, like the old Hot Bodies LSP.
And 14mm longer is a huge amount!!!

The body does have the same line as rcbodies.net ones.
Mark did this on his bodies 3-5 years ago but he retired. Maybe thats the reason Losi can use the lines without copyrights.

Just noticed losi took the 8T parts off of the website. Was it a slip up that they were on there or an intentional hint of what's to come?

hah.....losi know's we lurk their site.....so im sure those parts were posted to start the buzz.....but any losi guy knew this was commin anyways....at least i did. :lol:

Man, I'm not quite sold on that new body just yet. I really dig the 1.0 shell for this truck. Wonder if the 1.0 body would fit a longer T chassis?

If it really is 14mm longer the old body would not fit stock for sure...

With a lil' convincing it would fit. too bad all the 1.0 shells losi sells are pre cut. otherwise you could just space the holes further out. I was really diggin the 1.0 shell too and don't know about the new one.

there any pics of the new body?? or r they gone now

Here it is:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...SA8094-450.jpg
I think it looks pretty damn cool and different if you ask me. I will have one on backorder from my LHS for sure!!

looks nice to me, it will fit the 1.0 right?? thought the 2.0 was going to be 14mm longer??

the 2.0 body should fit the 1.0....but im pretty sure the 1.0 body wont fit the 2.0 if it truly is 14mm longer....the shock bolts already touch.

true. I didn't think about that I was just thinking about the holes.

maybe they have seen the error of there ways and gone back to the drawing board to make it a half offset rim
this would keep all there existing drivers happy :sweat:

im glad to hear at least a little bout a 2.0. I like the body style pictured above, looks cool. I was fixin to start upgrading my RTR but now im gonna wait!! Especially if its only a month or two out. Another plus, i only have one other set of tires so even if they are widening it out, i wont be at a total loss, and my dad wont care bout the upgrade so ill give him my old tires??!! I want mo updates!!!!!:nod:

imo they never had any intention to do this anyways....the only reason those zero off wheels are there are because of the Merger with GRP....my guess is those are the new OPtion part that you can run if you want or accomodate with hex's to run what offset you would like.......i Highly doubt losi would pull zero off wheels on all us 8ight owner's and not make it possible to go either way,...just dosen't seem very smart of their part.

I thought about that at first however the wheels were specifically listed as 8t 2.0. and the turnbuckles are 14-15 mm longer than the 1.0 ones which leads me to believe that the arms are close to that much longer aswell. if this is the case there is no way it would be able to use 1/2 offset wheels. that would be like running extenders and 1/2 offsets. wayyyyy tooooo wideee.

What's the max width allowed in Truggy class anyways? I have no idea, plus I've never really looked it up.

IMO, the three best truggys out there are the Kyosho, AE, and Jammin. All of those are longer and wider then the 8T. So why not make the new truggy longer, wider, and BETTER!? If 0 offset wheels make the truck that much better then it seems like a rather small thing to get so caught up on and pissy about. I say bring on the longer, wider truggy!

This coming for someone who hates truggies! ;)

I never said that I hate truggies. Just wait till I get mine:sneaky:

You're getting a truggy?????? I never thought I would see the day! :lol:

Obviously spoken from someone who doesn't have a half dosen sets of close to new truggy tires mounted on 1/2 offset rims. If you don't already have truggy tires it wouldn't matter to you. but for someone like myself that does it is a big deal. When you spend close to $90-$100 on a set of tires, rims and foams 6 sets is a big amount of money. I also have several brand new sets of tires that I havent mounted yet that I am going to have to hold off on mounting to wait and see if I'm gonna have to buy 0 offset rims to put them on and sell the $100 or so in half offset rims I have sitting here. I am welcome to the idea of a longer, wider, better truggy but I don't see how running 0 offset wheels is nesicary. They could make it longer and wider while still using 1/2 offsets. Besides if you would have seen the new trunbuckles when they were listed you would have seen that they are only 14 mm longer per side. This coupled with 0 offsets gets the truck back to it's normal width with1/2 offsets. If I thought the 0 offset wheel setup would dramatically increase handeling I would have no problem with it but I do not. Do I still plan on getting the new truck? Yes I do but it does make me confused/annoyed that losi would make this change.

You are absolutly right, I do not have half a dosen sets of tires. But it is not like Losi is not warning you ahead of time that the offset has changed. They have posted the new wheels on the website before the truck is even out. How much more warning is nessasary? You can run you current truck untill you have no tires or sell the truck with the tires. I really is not that big of an issue in my eyes. Also, when I am talking about a wider truck i am not talking about making the whole truck wider. I am talking about making it wider without the tires. i.e. Wider pivots, longer arms, and zero offset wheels. This makes the truck slightly stiffer throughout the corner thus making the truck have more corner speed. The current truck kind of stops and sets in the center of the corner then you can power through. The Truggies I mentioned before do not and are faster througout the entire corner. To me if its faster then it is worth it at whatever the cost. Again my oppinion.

If they're close to new, sell them. Change is the nature of evolution of R/C vehicles.

But, I don't think anyone should be makin assumptions until more details arise:)

I agree that they are giving you a warning and that is good. I have already found it very useful because I will now be waiting on gluing up another 5 or so sets of tires that I have because I want to be able to use them on the new truck. so those tires are saved, however I have some new and close to new tires that are already mounted that will not be anywhere near worn out by the time the new truck gets here. Again I believe that the new truck will be a good one and probably better off because of the changes. This is why I will still be getting it. I just wanted to express my opinion about the offset change. If it makes a big difference in handeling I am fine with it. I guess I was just having a hard time seeing how it would. With the examples you gave me I guess i can see that it could make a difference. sorry if I was overly upset /angered about it.

Only problem with that is that I still have one big race comming up for the old truck and I will need the tires. I had originally bought the new tires for this race but I can make do with the ones I already have mounted.
Ps: the big race is the 2009 Midwest Nitro Championships at CRCRC this Jan.

No worries Jammin, I was trying to help explain some of the changes. I thought maybe that would help relive some of the frustration that seemed to be on here about the changes. When it comes out I know it will be the bomb.

Definately. the truck is amazing as it is. I'm sure it will be even better with the changes. Losi wouldn't make the changes if it wasn't gonna make a big difference in handling, durability, reliability etc.

Gotcha, I was thinking of going to that race as well.

Only thing I can say is that if the new one can't take half offsets, sell them all as a package with your old truggy. It stinks but that's how it goes.

Yeah I haven't decided weather or not im gonna keep the old truggy. I may keep it as a backup/ practice truggy. If so I will need the tires anyway.

I hope they aren't zero offset, but I would like to know for sure what the plan is. Just when I think I have everything I need for tires except some AKAs, they switch...:lol: