czapu

Hi,

I'm now owner of a brand new Losi 8ight 2.0 RTR.

It's hard to find complete answers on my questions through "search" option and the Losi 8ight 2.0 thread is too long to even consider reading it from page 1 to page xxx...

I'd like to make my 8ight ready for racing, competitve racing.

I know that I should have bought the TLR right away but I got such a deal on that RTR that I couldn't resist.

From what I already have the biggest hop up is the Novarossi plus 4 BTTS + 9901 + 021. Is the stock air filter right for it?

I have a lot of time because winter finally came to Poland.

What hopups should I take to streghten my drivetrain? How about clutch?

I read on some other forum a lot of kind words about the gen3 radio tray, worth buying? What about servos?

I also have a Futaba 4PKS for my Baja so I think that I will just get a secound receiver for it right?

For battery I was thinking of LiPo pack, they should be lighter then the stock NiMh.

I'm new to nitro so please be gentle for a newbie. I've been bashing and racing my 5SC for a pretty long time now.

Happy New Year!

Greg

inferno13

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the RTR is a really good buggy out of the box, you will need to take the clutch off and add 2 shoes to the flywheel, my rtr only came with 2 shoes on a 4 shoe clutch, as for the lipo rx pack, you will need to get high voltage servos to handle 7.4v. just set it up to manual and it will be race worthy.

lsp408

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i just found out mine only came with 2 shoe out of 4 shoe system (8ight 2.0 RTR) when my clutch bearing seize up during final racing...

mira5489

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replace the stock camber link to Lunsford 4x70mm turnbuckle. that will help during race.

MattP

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With the rtr take your steering servo and put it on your throttle and buy a good high torque metal or titanium gear steering servo.

Add 2 clutch shoes to your stock clutch because all losi rtr 8ight's for some reason only have 2 shoes on a 4 shoe clutch. I personally like to run 4 dynamite max-life shoes with 2 green and 2 gold clutch springs.

No need to buy a novarossi engine until your stocker poops out. The losi 350 .21 that comes with the rtr is a strong running engine. You should get a solid 5 or more gallons out of it before it needs replacing.

As far as drivetrain upgrades you really don't need a thing. The stock drivetrain is tough.

Running a lipo receiver pack will mean running expensive high voltage servos or using a regulator with normal servos. I personally just stick to nimh packs on my losis. Not that much of a weight difference for me to worry about.

Yes you can just add a 2nd receiver to your futaba and use that radio for the 8ight.

The Gen 3 radio tray is a good upgrade to do if you have any throttle servo issues. Lots of people say the heat and vibration from the engine causes servos to die. I think it's just the servo setup that people mess up on that causes the failures because I've ran 2 years straight without a singe servo failure. But the Gen 3 is nice because it moves your throttle servo up front away from all the heat and vibration of the motor and that alone should lessen the strain on the throttle servo and let it last longer.

czapu

Hi,

Thank You for all the answers.

I already have the Nova engine. Should I change the air filter for an aftermarket one for it? What about fuel filter, leave the stocker? What do You think about Novarossi 36000 exhaust gas cooler?

I also read about throttle linkage failure. Is there any aftermarket linkage?

About the stock engine, does it come in the RTR way with some kind of pre run or do I have to make a full brake in process on it?

I have a HITEC 7955TG on my Baja for throttle/brake servo. It's nice but very loud. Could You recomend any other servo? I think I will rather replace both of them in one time.

If there is anything I should change/know and I did not mantion it please do so

best regards,

Greg

got_nitro

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If it was mine, I would bookmark this thread, have the upgrade parts ready and replace as needed. Not sure what the availability is on parts in Poland.

To be competitive you need shock oils, shock springs, diff fluids, the right tires and #1 wheel time.

lsp408

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What is the difference between the RTR steering and throttle servo? Mine steering and throttle servo both look the same and both have same identical part number: LOSB0812 EXTRA HIGH TORQUE DIGITAL SERVO

Frank L

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Break in engine, check the epa's add 2 clutch shoes and run it until it wants servos. Check all the screws just tk make aure they are tight. If you want to run lipo just use a regulator until you replace the servos with hv. But get it on the track and run it.

R/C Lidz

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+1

savvy advice, don't get caught up in all the new things you could buy. Just go out and drive it- the car is plenty fast enough

czapu

Of course I will run it but not now because it's snowing

I will make a short trip to indoor track sometime next week.

There are not many parts available in Poland, most things I will have to get on ebay.

What is the best oil combo? Front/Rear?

Greg

inferno13

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for shocks? i used 35 front and 32.5 rear

golferdude1971

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Try Mike Truhe's 2008 worlds setup. It's very popular.
http://www.tlracing.com/Products/Def...804#prodSetups

czapu

OK. Thank You guys. I'll try that.

None wrote anything about servos. What model could You recomend? What for throttle and what for steering?

I have Hitec 7955TG in Baja but it's damn loud


Greg

inferno13

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for steering.....
hitec 7950
hitec 7955
savox 1268

for throttle....
hitec 7955
hitec 7940
savox 1267