It's awesome!

Ok cool and thanks.

Hi everyone, I'm new to this thread... I just bought a eb48.2 yesterday used from a member here. This is my first buggy so I'm sure I will ask a lot of questions, some of which will surely be dumb questions. The first thing i was wondering was... The chasis on the buggy I bought was a little worn. I won't know how much til I actually get it. But just looking around last night and I saw one with a bce chasis. Are those made anymore? The post was from a year or so ago and I know with some parts they are made in small runs and then never show up again so i figured you guys would know best.

As far as I know the guy who made the bce chassis has past away. I don't think anyone took over production.
M2C racing makes aftermarket chassis though.

The m2c chassis is the only aftermarket one I know of now since Bill from bce passed.

Ok thanks guys. Would you recommend that aftermarket chasis or stick with the tekno chasis? They about the same price and both are 7075 anodized alum. So wonder if there is really any benefit to aftermarket.

I've hear of people dropping the weight in the rear diff, what does that change do? Right now I'm at 7-10-5. (Went up to 10 in center to reduce ballooning front tires so bad, otherwise stock diff weights) What would a change to say 7-10-3 give me? Or 5-10-5, 5-10-3? 5-7-3? Just looking to try something different for racing on Saturday, but I want to know what the different changes would do on diff weights.

The change to 10 in the center did reduce the ballooning, which I liked.

My personal experience is the thinner oil in the rear is better in loose conditions , and allows me to get on throttle sooner without the rear stepping out as quickly. Thinner oil seems to provide me less rotation in faster corners.

Thicker diff fluid seems to make my car rotate more in faster on power corners . It "frees" up the rear end when the grip is high.

Small tight technical track with less than a lot of grip I go thinner .

larger track with higher average speeds , and more grip I go thicker. Never more than 5k for me , and sometimes as low as grease if it horrible .

I certainly don't mean to speak ill of the dead, but I don't get why you would look for an aftermarket chassis when Tekno makes after market chassis and conversion kits for the other brands.

The aftermarket chassis were milled out a bit more, and allowed more flex. Some guys could really tell the difference, others not so much. The v1 sct chassis was heavier. The new sct410.3 chassis is lighter than the old eb chassis & the M2C racing chassis (M2C chassis was 4g's lighter than the eb48 chassis).

The added interest in the M2C chassis is the replaceable stainless steel inserts, and extends the life of the chassis, without adding a skid plate that may effect the handling of the car by lowering the lowest point. Also, M2C has a battery mod chassis designed for the sct that moves the battery tray back 10mm.

Like I said in my previous post... This is my first buggy and i would have a lot of questions. I didn't Know what benefit (if any) there was with going with a aftermarket chasis compared to teknos chasis.
Ezlight.... Thank you for the detailed response. The replaceable sst inserts deff seems like a good idea, so it seems that there is some added value in going with that chasis. Seems like there was some actual thought that went into the mfg and wasn't just a copy of the entire tekno chasis. This is the exact explanation I was looking for so I could make an informed decision if I did indeed need to replace it. So, thanks...

Question on the split center diff:
On Tekno's website I see you need TKR5262 ($9.99) and TKR5260 ($44.99) totaling $54.98

They also have a complete set TKR5261 ($79.99)

Is there a difference other than price?

Im assuming you mean TKR5263, not 62. The TKR5263 parts are made out of plastic, while the TKR5262 parts are made out of CNC'ed aluminum ($47.99). TKR5261 is the combination of TKR5262 and TKR5260 for a lower price.

Okay that makes sense. Thx.

Woo hoo I'm opening bag A on the .3!