Why has it taken this long to design such an amazing radio box! Love how clean it is. Overall kit has been a pleasure to build (except for those front turnbuckles), fit and finish is very good. Now I just need to make up my mind which buggy I'm going to run tomorrow.

+1000 I hear ya! I can have the radio tray out of mine in 2 minutes flat!

I just need my quart of bones brew break-in fuel to get here so I can get the FX going ha ha I did 4 tanks (new style break-in) and still can barely turn over the engine by hand...

Ok yeh I have not tried rear motor but I like you feel I have plenty of rear grip even on low grip tracks with forward motor position

I guess I will try rear one day but right now I love the steering as I am more of a point and shoot driver that does not really spin wheels or kick it sideways etc type driver

Has anyone tried this car on a rough track?

What spares are recommended?

I run on a rough track all the time but relative to other buggies, you hardly notice the rough terrain in the Tekno.

Spares, nothing breaks regularly but for wear maybe buy yourself an aluminum servo steering horn just to be safe otherwise no hop ups needed off the bat but to have as back up for wear, clutch shoes obviously, brake pads, and maybe some rear diff outdrives. Those are all for normal wear, as for spares for stuff that breaks, there's not much that breaks. The only things that you may need if you don't run the rear braces correctly are a rear center drive shaft and rear diff case, the shaft will bend and case break if not used right. I have a whole box of parts and never use it haha.

Love this car !! Tq'd today and finally got my 16 laps in 6 mins.. Missed track record by a couple tenths of a sec.. Flamed out in the A main... But still was able to come back out to take sec place.. This car is Dialed !!!

what are the top engine choices for this buggy. I got my eye on a O.S Speed, but I want the opinion from ya'll. I dont mind spending about $400 if it's the right thing to do. So please chime in. What is the best all around, tuning, speed, life span...

Nova/FusionX ,OS , Picco/Reds , FX , Take your pick. Someone with a NB48 is running one and is on here to give feedback. My personal choice would be a FusionX. X5 race with a 2096/41021 pipe combo.

http://www.houstonsengineservice.com...d8d5e6b79c5296

I have a Argus A5 in mine. Base motor. Not as crisp as a Speed but it keeps up very well. I had a friend drive my car with my A5 in and he was very pleased by it. For $173,if the base motor can open eyes,just think what the R8 top end motor will do.

http://www.rw-mods.com/engines.html

Oh,and that friend is now driving a Tekno as well LOL

Hey i may have to look into one of those for next season !! Running a B6 right now on pinched sleeve but after this season it will be done

Raced the Tekno at yesterdays JBRL event. Setup was basically stock with 5/5/5 and I went up to 45wt/40wt because temps were projected to be 100+ but this turned out to be a huge mistake on the extremely rough Proline track. Arrived late so I didnt have a chance to change the setup between the couple minutes of practice time and the 1st qualifier because I was wrenching on other things.

Buggy was such a handful during the 1st qualifier with the terrible setup decision I made at 1am the night before. To make matters worse, I was having engine issues as well. Back in the pits I started checking out the engine and noticed a lot of oil around the back plate so I pulled the engine to take a peak. The o-ring looked to be in good shape but it must have dried and shrunk down on me. We recently moved back from Japan and all of my equipment is on the slow boat so I had to ask around the pits if anyone had a replacement. One of the Losi guys helped me out and I was able to get that problem addressed. The setscrew for the pipe hanger on the chassis had backed out so I had to track one of those down as well! Matt Wolter saved the day with the setscrew and I was ready for the second qualifier just as the cars were heading out onto the track (ended up finding the original screw under the fuel tank, go figure).

With all the other work that was going on I still wasnt able to address the shock oils and had to fight the setup again. I dont think all four tires were on the ground for a single moment of the day! The clutch bell came loose during the second qualifier so it was back to the pits. The screw didnt back all the way out because it hit the tank but the bell chewed it up and I'd have to make another run through the pits to scrounge up another. Once again, the TLR guys saved the day and hooked me up with a replacement (big thanks to Jose Castelan!). Buy the time I was done replacing the clutch, checking the tank, fuel lines, and grabbing something to eat, it was time to get back on track for the main, yet again with an ill handling buggy.

My buddy and I ended up in the same main so we had to find somebody to start and fuel us. Jerry Gerue and another TLR driver helped us out, rescued again! There were only five of us in the C main and I was able to take the win and bump in a pretty uneventful race. The C and B were only separated by one race so I wouldnt be able to address the shock oils for that either I started 11th in the 12 buggy field and had moved up to 6th by lap four but would DNF due to another clutch bell failure.

It was still a great day of racing and we truly appreciate all the racers that stepped up and helped out. I would have been done after the first qualifier if all these great guys hadnt hooked us up.

On another note, anyone have ideas on why the screw on the bell keeps backing out? I raced the 8ight for two years and never had this problem. I have quality tools and even used loctite the second time around.

My impressions of the buggy are pretty positive. It has a ton of steering like everyone has already mentioned. It was a fairly loose but driveable. Had plenty of tumbles during the day and although I havent torn the car down for cleaning and inspection yet, everything seems to have held up great.

Oh, one more thing. The brakes are more like an on/off switch right now with a small window one way or the other (quite a bit of deadband and then bam, full brakes). Any ideas on how to correct this? Also, when I push the car backwards, the brakes drag. It looks like the front rotor binds up. Not really an issue but was just curious if this happens to other people.

And for the record, the Kyosho 2.0 box does not work with the NB48 without modification. I'm going to extend the holes for the starter motor so I can slide it back further.

You can try the setup that was posted of Mo's car. I plan to give it a shot. The way I drive,I go deep into the corner and hit the brakes hard. Then on the way out,I get on the throttle early and have the car pull out of the corner. Stock setup didn't allow me to do that. The rear end was just way to happy. To much traction in the rear so my post about searching for rear traction was wrong.

As for your clutch,did you put any thread lock on the screw? A dab of blue thread lock could help.