The SC8 is badass!! As already stated it makes a great basher since it starts out with 1/8 scale toughness then adds a huge front and rear bumper and tops it off with a roll cage, this truck is seriously tough. On the other hand it makes a good race truck too. Its built off a race proven platform and can be made to handle the track quite well. The only problem is finding a class to run in. I have an SC8e and my track lets me run with 1/8 electric buggies.
Traxxas is really responsible for the SC explosion and obviously the slash is 1/10 scale. With the popularity of that class everyone else followed suit and the 1/8 SC never took off. Unfortunate for the SC8 since it really is a phenomenal truck. Fortunately parts availability for it will never be an issue since its based off the RC8B/T.