Originally Posted by jboquire

Hey guys,
I started putting my RC8Be this week and noticed that the manual does not call for any type of lubrication between the crown and pinion gears, is this correct or you guys use grease?.

regards, jb

Originally Posted by Michael#81

Wow, under 7 lbs. How did you do this? I am running the RC8BE and every screw I have in my car is Ti and every nut is aluminum with the GHEA lightweight worlds kit and my car comes in at 7lb 8oz. I am running a 6S 3000 pack that only weighs 412 grams.

I am running almost the same Tekin setup. Here is my setup.
Version 208
Gearing 16/46
Drag Brake - 25
Brake Strength - 75
Limiter - 65
Neutral - 15
LVC - 6
Motor Type - 3 BL/DL
Throttle Profile - TP1
Default TP1 Timing

Originally Posted by millerdui

sorry i got a lil messed up it should be 7lb 11oz battery and all. what battery are you running to be a 412g 3000mah. I am getting 11-12 min runtime with 2600mah. I am also running bce chassis

Originally Posted by Michael#81

I do not put anything on mine. Just make sure to shim them to the proper spec and you should be fine.

Originally Posted by Sean Cochran

Most guys run a little black grease on the gears. I don't think you should run them dry.

Originally Posted by Smokeyr67

Greasing your gears will only accellerate wear - the grease traps any dirt and makes a nice gritty paste.


Smokey

Originally Posted by kaisertrip

I run the Nano Tech as stated before.

But you have to modify the Rc8be tray.

HK has the 6000mah battery at 170mm +
but I actually got a chance to measure them and found this is not accurate. They are roughly 155mm, a tad to long for our trays.
But dammit I want to run these batteries so a cutting I go....
Tray:


Battery in tray:

Sorry don't know how to attach in those nice little boxes that explode!!!????

These batteries are awesome and they are not the best batteries they have. They have some higher "c" rated (dishcharge rate) batteries

The battery tray will hold a 140mm battery(stock unmodified).

I run the 3s batteries I have a four cell same size (length)

Originally Posted by Michael#81

I agree 100% with this post. I have been running my gears dry in my dffs for a little over a year and never had an issue or a failure.

Originally Posted by 305997

I think most everyone agrees that 4S would be about the most voltage you would want to run racing with 2200kv.

Originally Posted by MCSRacing

guys the diff cases on the rc8 have a gasket and a metal to metal gear mesh with no grease is asking for problems ... would you run your corvette with no lube in the rear end ??? just some food for thought!

Originally Posted by MulliganAl

I just completed my RC8Be with a 2200kv and I'll be using a 4S with a 5000 or higher. I talked with the Castle Creations folks and that's what they suggested.