I'm actually going to sell my NB, and pick up the new EB. I have a big race coming up, with 0 test and tune time. So I'm going to bring both, and try them both out. If I don't like the out of box setup on the .4, then I'll run what I know, which is the .3

People always seem to think they have to jump and grab the latest and greatest. The .3 is a good buggy, and I'm consistent with it as far as lap times. There is no reason why you can't run the .3 and be competitive. Heck, didn't stadium truck at a big event just get won with a 20 year old rc10t?

I was debating some deals on EB48.3s . One I can get,used of course, is about $200-ish shipped with some upgrades. Has me thinking about it a lot, especially as it has the uninversals.

I am happy and sad at the same time. I just purchased my EB48.3 kit last season. I wasn't planning on upgrading until 2018 season. Looks like it may be sooner rather than later :]

Yeah, i love my .3 Best 1/8 buggy i have owned to date. Everything is smooth and easy.

I have two main problems. First, the car gets kicked around over square edge bumps worse than any other car I have owned. Second, I seem to be able to get steering, OR rear grip. Not both. If the rear is locked down enough to be driveable, it won't steer. If it has enough steering, it has crazy over steer. The only thing it does well is jump and land. I have tried every setup out there, plus done my own setup work. The latest attempt was the newest setup on the Tekno site for outdoor, rough tracks. Including the new rear hubs, LF springs, recommended shock pistons and emulsion setup. That was probably the worst the car has ever been. It would go into crazy "tank slappers" down the straights if I hit a bump just wrong. My other cars hardly even get upset by the bumps. The closest thing I have found was the Wicked Weekend setup, but steering suffers. Especially on power. It just kills my corner speed and I end up 2-2.5 seconds a lap slower than I am with my other two cars.

Out of curiosity, what servo are you running? My buggy was pretty good last season. I just needed to tweak rear bounce (went from 40wt to 35wt in rear) and changed the front diff from 5000 to 7000 and the rear from 5000 to 3000 (more pull around corners) I have yet to test my new setup as of yet.

High torque Savox. Can't remember the number off the top of my head, but it has plenty of torque. I use the same one in my truggy and it works great.

Sorry I can't subtract, $382 shipped.

Can anyone recommend make a servo recommendation. I use Hitec on my planes but they seems to be a little slow.

Found on Tower:
Futaba BLS371SV (263oz/.10s, 219oz/0.13s) $170
Reedy RS1806A 255oz/.06, 211oz/.08s) $170
Reedy RT2207A (294oz/.07, 240oz/.09) $170

I was also looking at the Protek 170SBL (535oz/.03s, 458oz/.09s) at Amain.

That price range, the protek 170s or 170sbl..

or I'm planning on trying the MKS HBL599 or the BK 8001HV

Same price range

If you mean the hitecs you see available are slow the HS7940TH on 7.4V is pretty quiick.

I am looking to use this as I have it sitting here:

Futaba S9372SV

SPECIFICATIONS

Torque: 280 oz/in (20.1kg)
Speed: 0.07 sec/60° @ 6V
Torque @ 7.4V: 24.6 kg (342 oz/in)
Speed @ 7.4V: 0.06 sec/60°
Dimensions: 1.6 x .83 x 1.46" (40.5 x 21 x 37.2mm)
Weight: 2.47 oz (70 g)

$129.99 at tower and you can get discounts and tower e cash right now. As a super saver member, works out to $16 off (spend $10 and get $23 off) and $12 in E-cash.

fyi Amain is offering 20% off servos right now

Speaking as a racer, not a Tekno representative, you shouldn't be in a rush to unload your proven car. You have to determine what it's worth, both to the buyer and,more importantly, to you.

I know that as a team driver, I'll get the new car. But when I look at the market and see the old car is selling for 150 bucks (just making up a number), I'll keep my old car.

To me 150.00 doesn't make up for the piece of mind knowing that if anything ever happened at a race that I could grab my old car, toss it down, and run it. It's kind of like an insurance policy that I already paid for.

Speaking as a Tekno Representative, you should definitely grab all of the updated parts. They make a huge difference in the car's performance. IF we release a new platform, you can be sure that it will be a significant improvement over the old one.

Servos: Make sure you are at least at 300oz torque. I prefer closer to 400 if possible. I am not nearly as focused on speed. In fact, my preference is around .11-.14 for speed. Which if you look at alot of the top pros, they run that too. For example, Tessman and Cav run the 2274 from Savox....don't have the specs in front of me, but I think it's like .10 at 370ish torque.

ProTek makes really nice servos as well, so definitely check them out.

Hitec 8370 for steering... i use these in my heli also.