Frank how did you shim yours was it tight did it break?it thinking about pulling one shim per diff seems to tight.

I shimmed as per the addendum in the I structions and the front was a little tight. Seemed to losen up after a few packs.

The car has tons of steering. It is fast and nimble. I like it. I'll have some video up next week gotta edit it together. I messed with setup a little bit but it needs more work. I went to a 1.8 sway bar in the rear, 2.3 in the front and moved the bubs foreward. The read is still a little loose for my liking. Suspension is very plush and overall the and has a great feel. Once again you hit it out of the park serpent

frank- it is sound good and i cant wait see a video .

Are there any pistons you guys have found to be better all around than the kit pistons. Not that these aren't fine just wondering if in some of your nitro testing you guys have found something you like better. Frank that's good news for a first time quick shakedown, sounds like the buggy hits all the key points, just some fine tuning to your driving style is all that's left.

Glad you like the car Frank!!

The looseness will probably go away in a race or 2. The rear drive shaft pins need to get a nice flat spot in them before the car really gets to its full potential.

Swapped some springs around and had the mad scientist dial me in. Car is great now.

Video please

So what did you and the mad scientist do. Please tell.

just curious fellas, i just got a nitro roller with a ton of spares. anyone converted one yet?
i would like to get a serpent e buggy or convert this one.

The Serpent machined delrin tapered pistons are the best! The 8 hole pistons, drilled out 1.3mm seem to be the standard starting point.

I'll have my car ready for testing on Tuesday night up at ARCs. I think Chicky needs to come out to help me set it up.

Thanks, that's what I was looking for. Please let us know how it goes Tuesday and what changes you make. Thanks again.

The video will be ready later this week

Mostly springs. Stiffer in the front and softer in the rear. Ended up with losi grey inthe frot and losi silver in the rear. Rear hubs forward. 6-6 in the rear for plate is good for a dusty loose track and 4 up for a high bite track. Steering junkies will love this car.

I did not do the shims in the diff like the add. said. It was way too tight. I shimmed FR/RR to be no backlash but no binding.

RAN the car for the first time at the track and here are my initial observations. (compared to my Mugen MBX6E)

Pros:
-Smooth shocks that handled a rutty track very well.
-The kick up on the chassis was noticeably better on jumps especially when landing a jump a tad short/ on the apex of the jump landing. My Mugen used to ricochet violently up if I came a few inches short of back siding a landing. The kick up on this chassis made those mistakes vanish like magic.
-I could carry more speed in turns
-When I did crash I had a knack for always landing on my wheels. 9/10 crashes magically ended up on my wheels where on my Mugen it was a 50/50 thing.

Cons:
-Default setting had the rear end sliding out
-Center diff might have been tad too low as my front wheels flared up/unloaded on any acceleration above 50% throttle. (did stock 5/5/3. May try 5/7/3 then 5/7/5
-Rear shocks felt stiffer than front. This could have contributed rear sliding out.

I'll try changing to slightly heavier front shocks and lighter rear shocks springs. And after that I may try a softer Anti-Roll bar in rear to get more roll and traction.

What do you guys thing? What are your observations of your 811e at the track?

form what i know about the car run stock with orange front spring prurple rear

I did swap the swaybars out too 2.3 front and 1.8 rear. It does push just a tad but I like it to push just a little bit.