i dont have my car done yet but i still went and ran my 2 wheel yesterday i did happen to steal a team mate car thanks eric. the car felt great. and imo had way to much steering but he thought it need more lol.

A buddy of mine just got the new RC8Be and said he is having quality issues all over the place. The ECO is better than my old mugen nitro conversion and you will like that, very good car, but the Serpent is like doing the head cheerleader man!

Very Nice wire/soder Job. A car never looks better than the new build pre-track visit.

I thought so too. I stiffened up the front springs and lightened the rear and I feel its more balanced for my driving style.

Everyone is saying they stiffened the front and softened the rear, but am I alone when I say mine felt like the car already transfers a lot of weight to the rear on power? Also the front doesn't drop fast enough on corner entry. I've been thinking of going thicker on the rear oil and softer on the front spring. I have seen more than one person post that the front tires blow up on power. Mine has 7000 in the center diff and still blows up the front tires. I run on a medium to high bite indoor track and I think 7000 in fine in the center, I just need to get the car to transfer the weight to the rear slower on power.

I think you're on the right track!

that's what worked best on my car.

Track was too muddy didn't get to run today

Ok, thanks Frank and Chicky! Like I said before, my 1/8 knowledge is limited. I will make some changed this week to test on Friday and post back my results. Thanks fellas.

Yes thicker on the rear you need to play around with your setup
p did mine but it was to thick on the rear buggy good on the ruff stuff rear was bouncing around

Don't get me wrong its great stock. But I like my front to feel firmer for jumps. I also compensated when I went stiffer front and lighter rear to get more steering/rear end swing by going lighter on the front sway bar. Now I feel much better on jump landings and still have the same steering/rearend swing as stock set up. 7 still had me blowing up the front a little. I reduced the front droop and that cured alittle. I'm going to 8.5 or 10k in center to see what happens next.

Because of the greater amount of weight in the front when it transfers it transfers alot. Not like a typical buggy where most of the weight is in the middle so it takes a lot more to transfer the same amount. It's a different concept but play around with it. You will see it on the track. When I went soft in the rear and stiff in the front I had pizza cutters on the front. Once I stiffened up the rear sprigs the pizza cutters went away. With the soft springs in the back the front was up high and it behaved more like a 2wd which is what made the rear so loose. Even with the serpet white sprigs on the rear my car still pulls wheelies on the street if I pull the trigger too hard because of all the rear traction. Mess around with it, it takes a little bit to get use to how this buggy responds.

I have a question. Im running a 1700kv tekin motor in my car. I need to gear up the pinion, does anyone know what brand name pinion well work on the car.

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did you end up trying this servo horn? ..... did it fit

Any mod 1 pinion will work regardless of the brand.

Came back from a small vacation open package wrong part- hubs?? Need to call today for the correct part

I should be getting the rest of my stuff today (if the tracking is right & no delays). Hopefully I can finish it tomorrow, then it'll just be the waiting on the hv batteries to show up.