Originally Posted by
RCmayor
Nope, the larger 8x16 outdrive bearings and V3 center driveline were first used on the original Be before they ever hit the Nitro car. Yes, some of the plastic has changed since then but the question was about bearings. Remember the electric car came quite a bit after the nitro car, like a year. The Version 2 electric car was just the rear end update mainly.
Good to know! Guess it means I need to go check out what I have as it really is a hodge podge of nitro and electric and 1.0/2.0. The rear is a 2.0 that I pulled from a nitro car I ended up with, but the front should be original be.
Originally Posted by
carbons2k
I just picked up the S811 sport buggy. I wanted something inexpensive to run Ebuggy as I have 2 nitro cars I run also and would like the chance to switch off if I don't feel like nitro... Anyway, Can anyone recommend some upgrades? I plan to upgrade the rear axles bc I don't trust the dog bones and maybe get the aluminum rear hubs...
I am running all plastics for hubs, uprights, etc and have never had an issue either with excessive play or breakage. I have some aluminum bits that I never installed, but based on the above, they are probably V1 as they came with my nitro car. The axles are good, and I am a fan of some of the little things like the webbed bladders. I personally prefer an all metal front shock tower for durability (i'd rather bend then break as I will still finish a race). You may want to look at the different option ackerman bars (2 and 3 are the most common, think the sport comes with the equivalent of the 2, but not sure). I also prefer the metal hinge pin blocks instead of the plastics on the sport. You could always just replace as you break, but as I have yet to break anything on the car, that has not worked yet.
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