Does anyone have any feedback on the Factory Team kit?

http://www.hobby-pros.com/Team-Assoc...eam-_p_19.html

I was thinking about getting it but I wanted to see what you guys though first.

What bearing kit do you guys like?
Avid? Stock? Something else?
Thanks!

I run the stock bearings until they need to replaced and then I use the Avid bearings. Super inexpensive (a big difference between cheap and inexpensive in my mind), and a great quality bearing. Typically I'll use the Revolutions for offroad everywhere except the clutch bell in my nitro cars and I'll use the metal shield in my onroad cars on carpet.

Would be very nice if someone with center-stick-pack-mod would post some pics and his setup.

The T-Bone-Bumpers are great, i had some for my 1/10 Buggy and they are very durable, i think for buggys and truggys they are even better then the RPM and look great. but i don't like the look of the ones for the SC10 4x4, but maybe i'll get one for the rear. with approx. 15-20 drivers on a small indoor track, there's a lot of "enemy contact". i thought about putting some spacers under the 4 screws, on wich the bumper is mounted, so the other SCs hit the bumper first and not the rear of the body, but that might cause some leverage force and break the bumper. The stock front bumper works great for me, it doesnt brake and slides good over the carpet if i don't land very well xD Maybe i'll put some LEDs there to make it look better.

search function:
http://www.rctech.net/forum/10340416-post17669.html
http://www.rctech.net/forum/9711364-post7854.html
http://www.rctech.net/forum/10409446-post18524.html

Has a variety of things on it that you want. I would say if you don't have an SC104x4 already, definitely the better option to buy if going new.

In addition to what it comes with, I personally would buy the Front Spring Kit as well and whatever is needed to do the 8mm mod.

Thanks this helped me a lot. I've found only 1 of this conversions with the search-function.

no problem.

Not familiar with your old motor, were you running the 42 pitch gears and now you are running the 32 pitch gears? If so, the 32 pitch gears are just louder, not a problem. The 32p is a stronger gear to handle more power.

If you were 32p before, you got something going on that I'm not familiar with.

I believe that locks the front, not the rear.

There has been one person that has run it and he liked it. Better acceleration coming oit of a tight turn leading into a triple that he was not able to make before and now he is clearing it.
I would imagine that it will give you a lot more steering push, more than the 30k front diff fluid that many are running in the front diff.

Search it.

I've been going over a year on the stock bearings and if the bearings fail at this point I might as well buy a whole new car.

Been running the center stick since last year. Truck feels quicker side to side and more stable. No concern about battery height. No weight needed for left to right balance. Can be tight if using a large esc. Finishing my spare chassis right now and it will be able to use center stick or saddle with no changes. Just drop in your battery of choice. I use 2mm carbon plate for the mod.
I also run 2 stage pistons. V2 center diff. And a 5oz steel skid plate up front. Weight bias is 48% front 52% rear at 102oz RTR. Works well on our outdoor track.

In my opinion it is worth every penny over the regular kit. I worked out the price for a friend that just bought everything and it is literally only a couple dollars more expensive once you factor in the swaybars and other extras that you need to make the standard kit work. The shocks are butter smooth, my regular ones are smooth but the FT ones are that much smoother.

If the FT kit was out when I bought mine I would have got it, I ended up getting the upgrade kit but of course it doesnt come with all the cool goodies like the ti turnbuckles and all the bling blue hardware.

I was looking at doing it but I dont see how you can remove that "fin" that attaches the center chassis to the rear without having major flex. What have you done if anything to correct this?

Got any pics of your setup? It would be nice to be able to run sticks or saddles, I'm guessing that with saddles it is an inline setup rather than side to side?

Just built one last week, Really like it, but unlike others im keeping mine as light as possible.

How much does your esc and rx weight? I weighed my electronics a few days ago and the left side will be round-about 80grams heavier than the right side. So i can move the batterie a bit to the right side, or add another 80grams to the chassis. But when i move it to the right, there won't be enough space for my esc (ezrun wp-sc8). I can also mount the batterie upside-down, so the mass-centre (i don't know how its exactly called in english) is higher, but more centered. A guy at our local track mounts his batteries in his rc8be also upside down to move the mass-centre more to the middle of the chassis.

@smr: so you removed that "fin" and had much flex? Do you use the FT chassis-brace which connects the front and rear chassis-parts?