Agreed .....

The thing is that the Losi needs it while the tekno truck does not....

Also true !

I have not seen a post about how this truck does on a 1/8 outdoor track yet I may have missed it though, anyone?

I am curious about dropping the front oil weight too. I know in the Sc10 4x4 that made a big difference in how much turn in the vehicle had. based on what the hudy offroad guide says:

It may be that the conditions where we need quick change of direction like on tight tracks, we will see a benefit here versus others who may find they are going on power more and seeing steerin benefits.

Looking at the same guide for Center diff info:

This would probably explain how I felt I lost alittle bit of offpower steering when I went to 10K. Could make it up via a drop up front possibly?

or, going thicker rear to decrease cornering traction as described here:

based on all this, I can see how a 10-10-5 setup may give kind of a best of both worlds feel. I am thinking I am going to give that setting a try, definitely going to 5 in the rear for the carpet here.

Last I heard, it may be an option direct from Tekno. Keep clamoring for it and who knows, we may get it.

Personally, I think the things I want are:

- Hingepin braces available separately, no 2 packs
- A spring kit package available with a cheaper price, they don't have to be AE level in pricing for sure
- sway bar kit packages

Think that is about it right now for me at least.


Oh, and please, does anyone KNOW what the different hingepin bushing positions mean in degrees? For example, the stock rear position is say 3 degrees, etc.

Just get all the aluminum parts from the Eb48.... Is it not that simple?

Dude! no sh*t. I would have thought I was on a sponsored forum on Losi's website.

Hahahaha, You should see the hate mail Frank sent me for calling him out on that asinine drivel Made my whole day

Those guys need to take a step back from the forums.... They are taking this sh*t too seriously, getting into arguments with what could be 12 year olds in their parents basement.

I expected better from a rep of a company that big.

We should start another thread about the truck, where we can actually talk about, good and bad, like we should be able to do, on a forum about r/c cars.

Funny too, is that think that every one of us that mentioned Tekno must be driving one of the trucks.

That was some funny stuff right there ! I had NEVER heard that crap he was saying and I was a HUGE fan of the 8ight series , my BS alarm was going off the whole time ...... The reason they did that offset diff was to move the NITRO engine and fuel tank closer to the centerline of the chassis .

Shaun,

It appears you don't have the best understanding of Tekno, where they are at, and how all this works. Please don't take this as a flame against you, because I see that you're trying to be helpful, and have been a positive contributor to other threads in the past. Here's some things you should try to understand:

Tekno is a small company, this you know. But what you may not realize is that development costs are extremely high. In the last year, Tekno has released two brand new platforms. I do no know this for fact, but I'd be very willing to bet that they have yet to recover, even with all kits/parts sold, the development costs of these two kits.

Teknos main revenue stream is via its distributors. Amain, tower, etc. typical agreements with these companies demand that Tekno keep their prices on their website at top retail. This usually has a margin in the 40-70% range. This allows the distributors to sell the products under "sale" prices and still make a profit. If you look about 20 pages back, someone posted a link to a small online shop selling most of the EB48 aluminum parts at a much lower price than Tekno website. You'll notice this trend on the SCT as well, but you'll have to give it some time.

You say they've sold "thousands". Again I don't know, but I think "a thousand" is more likely today. In a year, it will be ten thousand, you can bank on that. Maybe then well see the prices of spares/upgrades come down a bit

I think most of us on this thread feel a bit lucky to be driving these Tekno vehicles. Of course we paid hard earned cash for them, but they are so much better and more enjoyable than the rest of the market that we get this feeling. Combine that with the fact that its a brand new line and on the cutting edge, and this hobby just got much more fun. They deserve a break for that, in my opinion.

You're getting answers from the owner of the company about your truck's shocks. How much would you pay for that type of service from AE? I bet it's more than $29.99, and at least Tekno gives you nice machined pistons

I could easily be off here, so please excuse me if so. I just really want to keep the positivity up on this thread. Tekno is the best company I've ever dealt with in this hobby, and I want them around for a long time

Fact of the matter is .We have two great new trucks that are going to own this class!!!Some of the back and forth discussion between and about both cars,shows the passion we all have for this Hobby and is actually quite healthy!!!...Lets Race!!!!!

No doubt. They could have flipped the rear diff like tekno, and straightened the driveline, but then they couldn't do a traxxas and reuse all the center drive parts, another cost cutting measure.

I was on the fence, but after the personal hate mail I received, I'll be going Tekno now for sure

Shawn,
I notice theres a lot of scrapes on that spring, or is that dirt?

It takes a lot of force to push the perch into the spring. Was it caused by a crash?

Is it possible perch could be compressed and let the spring push over? Does the spring fit snug on the perch like they do on the other corners?

I would try pulling open up the perch a little and make sure it seats snug on the spring and see if that helps.

We have 1 new truck and one 3rd gen Nitro ten-t....
But is is good that we will all have viable options for having a winning SCT design...