im planing on going with rod either nor-cal or amain hobbies.

ill post a pic in just a second.

already getting it dirty.

doing some gearing testing
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...c/100_5298.jpg

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...c/100_5299.jpg

and the new 8.5
http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i3...c/100_5300.jpg

Rusty screws and a dirty car? Tsk tsk Tsk...

yet its always a front of the pack car. :lol:

i think the rust goes right along with the orange of the viper :nod::lol::lol:

Awesome thanks for sharing the pics. Yeah you did really well at Delta in the 13.5 intermediate class. Cant wait to see how you do in the expert class with your new sponsor.

haha thanks john.. not sure if i am going to race this weekend.
but i want to.. i need to change the oils in the shocks its scrubbing hard core.

going to try 35/35 with the t4 chassis on my car. right now its 30/25 front back.

John I just left you a voicemail, give me a call back when you get a moment :)

I think we need to test this motor without loading. The VST motors almost never cog unless there's something wrong. If there is a sensor problem it will likely show up when spinning the motor up with no load. First just try spooling it up while holding the truck in the air and see if the issue persists. Next thing to try is disengaging the pinion and seeing if the issue persists. We'll get it figured out! :tire:

Cactus Classic update!
 

Just got down to Scottsdale, Arizona today for the 25th Annual Cactus Classic :D The weather is beautiful and the track is looking racey! Met up with central team manager Mike Garrison and we're getting things rolling. Practice starts tomorrow morning. Time to start grinding away front bumpers and motor guards :lol:

Keep an eye on our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Vip...11397188882353 , I'll be doing many direct updates throughout the week. At the end of each day I will try and post pics and updates on this thread as well :nod:

Hahahaha that's exactly what I said about the screws the last time I saw this car. Good stuff.

But hows it run and what are the huge 1930's capacitors doing on top?

I will be there Thursday sometime before noon Weylin!! SEE YOU THERE

Good luck to all the Team Viper drivers entered in the cactus classic!! GO GET EM'

you mean the spektrum cap? plugged in behind my rx? it stops brown outs from the savox servos. :nod:

that rear ballcup/turnbuckle isnt looking good.....Oh SnAp!

You said "brown out."

Give me a call Marcus sometime. I want to check out that esc and btw, nice soldering job! :)

smokinu, have you tried raising the receiver voltage on the viper speed controller to help with the voltage drop due to the digital servo?

Our esc's all use a very high current switching BEC and also feature a high current receiver cable. Standard receiver cables are 30 strand count, ours are 60 strand count. In other words I think you won't get any Spektrum brown outs even with that Savox servo. I run a Spektrum servo in my 2wd, which are built by Savox, and it works flawlessly :)