shesha

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On another note, am I the only one to that thinks the hudy starter box is not designed to accomodate the xb8 flywheel, I had to shave a little of the starter box rear posts to back up the buggy enough for it to align at least 3/4 on the starterbox flywheel.

Anyone has some good ideas other than my solution?

TIX

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I've drilled new holes for the rear posts on my hudy box

Lille-bror

Remove the left rear post (closest to the starter wheel)

mcion

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Just finished up my buggy this weekend, had an XB9 Bitty body sitting around since November and found it fit pretty decently. Disregard the shocks, used these on my xb9 and they felt great and were same length as the Xray ones so i just decided to use them.

razo125

For me, the original claims for the 5degree incline axles for the XB808 didn't make sense. When I tried them, I didn't have any luck with them on the XB808. I could not find a setup that worked with them on any track conditions I ran on. The results I got were opposite from what was originally advertised. Push on corner entry and less rotation. It did work better on high speed sweepers, but unless I was driving on an oval track, the gains did not outweigh the loses on the rest of the tighter corners.

http://www.rctech.net/forum/nitro-of...ml#post9733715

Now on the new XB8, they did a great job and figured out a way to make them work...

dgrobe2112

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great information.. i am really looking forward to testing the kingpin blocks.. now i understand why my inner wheel lays over so much in the corners..

thanks again..

Spads11

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+1; because of this possible result I ordered the 10's versus the 6's to try.

jasoncb

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Marcus,

Use the stock shocks, by far the smoothest shocks I have felt.

mcion

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I will eventually, but just cuz i had these built and had a couple sets and they were same length i used them.

jbranham50

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Marcus, You're killing me dude!

The stock shocks are really good!

Frank L

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+1 on new shocks, even smoother than the k car
Buttery- smooth

mcion

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Thats it, putting them together tonight.

kuruption

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I ran the 10* kingpin blocks this yesterday. Loved the way the car handles with them instead of the 14s. My car was dialed all weekend (ran both Sat and Sun), but blew up TWO Savox HV servos on Saturday, and my motor problems continue. Narrowed it down to a leaking front bearing, so a replacement is in the mail.

Car ran so good yesterday, I think I sold a couple kits.. lol

And I agree about the shocks, the new shocks are much smoother. But the old shocks aren't bad.

Another note, for anyone wondering about whether to upgrade or go with an XB8 vs XB9. My lap times have greatly improved from last season, and I can drive the XB8 much harder, on the throttle sooner out of the corner. Car steers accurately and effectively... I don't lose corner speed, or feel like I need to slow down as much as I did with the XB9. Yesterday I ran the second fastest lap during the qualifiers with my XB8 in a field of 38. Like I said above, I think I sold a couple kits yesterday (or maybe the car did that... )

JamminJake88

You'll be happy with the 10s. Ok so correct me if I'm wrong but so far as the lower hinge pins go when you lower them you are putting more weight above them which will let more weight transfer side to side. This would be raising your roll center, in doing so will add rear traction (good for loose tracks). For high bite conditions I've always raised the pins up as to put less weight above the pin itself. Lowering the inside of the a-arm to the chassis would be raising your roll center, more weight above the pin. Raising the inside of the a-arm would be lowering your roll center, less weight above the pin. I'm talking about the rear of the car and what I do in diff traction conditions. The front of the car is the same philosophy but I don't really play with it. I just run them down as to let more weight transfer side to side giving the car more steering.

kuruption

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Incorrect, lowering the inner, lower hinge pins will lower your roll center.

http://www.rctech.net/forum/electric...ll-center.html