You can’t be too suprised, it was never intended for 8s.

I got to see one yesterday. Just a quick look as I dropped something at hobby store. Smaller then I thought a 1/6 would be.

It came apart at the seam, and I run 8s in every electric car I have. What did surprise me is that it was a rear tire and not a front tire.

finally got it back together and got out today.

did a few 8s runs. crazy fast so be prepared and leave appropriate stopping distances. very fun. the smc 4500 4s hard packs fit like a glove.

couple observations.

I have not inspected the front end yet but there's a ton of steering wobble or slop. will post back once I take a look into it but are others seeing this slop on theirs?

also the body panels sure are frail! did a couple small jumps and both rear fenders are shot and the front hood cracked.

other 5th scales I own that are 1 price seem to hold up a little better.

https://youtu.be/rkoqd9DKTFU

fast forward to 9.40. 8s noted by horizon in design fyi.

Was it really cold out when body cracked? I've had some epic cartwheel crashes.

Mine doesn't really have much slop in the steering, nothing I would consider "out of tolerance" anyways.

Be careful with those battery packs, lol. I lost another tire today, and was just gradually increasing speed.

will do..thanks for the heads up!

around 30 degrees here...maybe that had something to do with the cracking?

crazy your tires pulled apart like that wow!

I've seen a brand new body crack in cold weather, so im gonna say maybe. With my cartwheel style crashes the bumpers are taking the bulk of force.

My rear fenders cracked in 75 degree weather.

Been following this since the start.
Guys not to sound like a jerk or know it all here but 8s????
These trucks are meant to be scale re creations of the real thing.
That would be like a real one of these having a top fuel dragster engine in it.
As far as the rear axle failures .....thats no surprise!
Those gears need to be set up properly they are nothing more then scaled down real thing!
If a full scale rear axle is set up wrong it wont last one pass with 800 plus HP thrown at it.
As normal with RTR's like this they need to be checked before bashing them.
If you want a beater then buy some sort of 1/8 Truggy set up.
Scale is scale!

Also, look at your tire tread direction. Looks like I got a bunch of left tires as the direction of the tread is different on each side. Very odd.

All 5 tires on mine were the same. I figured they only wanted to make one mold or something.

Curious about what shocks will fit on this or at least springs. Also looking to see what wheels will fit.

Well...I decided to take it for a spin at the local track again. Suspension set, voltage increased, steering adjusted. It handled much much better. There was a very small puddle from rain run off in the corner of a turn. Inadvertently drove through it, small splash. Fried the receiver. Completely my fault, just wish the SBR had a sealed receiver box like most do. Time to dry it out and see if she comes back.

The 1/10 has the same problem. I finally just cut a piece of left over lexan to cover receiver.

The unfortunate thing is that Spectrum loves to say how their receivers are waterproof and they go into detail of how much water and so on and so on.