Wow, Im gone for a couple days and all this chatter about spurs!!
I just picked up a Losi Mini 8 this weekend and almost cleared the wall of hop ups at the LHS LOL! The guy at the counter asked if there was anything else, I said "that will do it for now".. he just laughed.
its pretty fun little car. the little NiMH battery only lasted like 6 mins on its first charge.
I drove it in the street, while my rx7 was waming up... only got up to 150F water temp by the time the battery died. I got a 2s lipo to run in it next.
I did do a little dremel work on the Kyosho spur to check the fitting, but Im going with the metal one for break in and it's first few races.
In nitro, with 20-30 min main, a DNF is all too common, so Im not so paranoid about that... more of a learning experience. With 8 min mains at my track.. it seems it will be much easier to avoid that dnf issue.. also with alum clutches and clutch bells thats even moar "ding ding ringing"!
Ive been so damn meticulous about this build that I didnt even think the dremel of that spur gear was much, maybe a couple mins... I think I spent more time trying to be careful about not stripping any screws. A new 2.0 mm tip/driver and grease helps ALLOT!!
Anyway, I just LOVE the design of the front end. everything really.
The king pins on the C-hubs are so nice, solid, tight, smooth and how their secured in... way better than other kits that just have some button head screw into some plastic
Also, the diff case screws on the bottom, instead of behind the front plate like on other kits. This means less to remove when changing inserts for the plates.
Lots of suspension travel!! no binding at all,
I do wish it were possible to run booties on the front axles. I'll have to make sure to keep fresh grease packed in there for each race.
If the only thing to really "sort out" or "deal with" are plastic/metal spur, or servo placement.. I think that says allot about the overall quality and reliability of the kit itself
Has anyone actually broken anything? An arm, a shock shaft, a wing mount, anything steering related, a battery mount (lol) ?
Maybe just a graphite shock tower when the upper mount is using one of the outer 2/3 holes? I have the M2C brace on mine, and using the 2nd hole from most inner to mount the shock.
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