So last night I got to run a Mugen Eco on the Fear Farm Nitro Challenge track. This was my first time running and 8th scale RC and I LOVED IT.
All I can say is WOW...a new higher level of fun then 10th scale. I can't believe how much easier to drive the 8th buggies are then 10th. And so much more durable. This car was dialed and handled the track very well.
But I still wanted the Serpent 811e so I called Absolute Hobbyz today and ordered one with some spare parts mentioned in this thread. Absolute saved me about $100 over all. The problem I ran into was everyone is sold out of the Tekin RX8 1900kv combo but did manage to find the last one on ebay.



I've already started thinking about the 811T conversion for electric, anyone else here doing that?
I found this kit and thread on that subject, so I might do that in a few weeks.
http://www.rctech.net/forum/electric...onversion.html

So I'm in the Serpent 811e club now

Cheers!