that would be nice. looking at my work schedule and family things it looks like I cant make a saturday till august(unless I skip the rchr trophy race on the 27th).

I would love to race 8th scale more (pinshop was my first 8th scale race) but need to find racing on a week night. Thats why I will be doing sc10 racing on fridays, also was doing 10th scale buggy at rchr on wednesday nights.

not the same but when your schedule is limited you will take what ever you can get. dont worry though. the hyper 9e will be ready for the first weekend I have off.

Awesome threads Dave!

I'm new to 1/8 & 4WD, so I'm looking forward to getting my 8T roller and applying your experiences to it and my sheltered 2WD experience...the learning curve is looking steep but fun

Keep the updates coming, especially how you overcome and upgrade...excellent stuff!!

i was just like you, theres not that much of a learning curve. 4wd is actually easier to drive, and with the 8t youll catch on quick ;)

Thanks Brian, a friend with an 8ight buggy finally convinced me (what was I thinking previously??) to step up & after having a few drives of his it was hard to argue the point

I'm trying to sponge up what I can...build thread is coming

You are going to be surprised, your 2WD experience will come through in helping you. Especially in truggy

I will say, get a Losi or maybe a AE. They are just steps above the other brands in performance. I can contest to this. I had a Jammin CR and CRT, now I have a 8T and 8B (1.0) and the performance is much better than the Jammin, handling, weight, distribution, setup, everything....

The 8T 2.0 is great and much better than the Jammin. However I feel that the XT8 '09 is better than the 8T 2.0. :whistle:

Sorry, maybe I shouldn't say that . . . just going to start the debate :lol:

Hi Dave,

which setting did you use on your MMM ? (Braking , timing etc.)

You know I JUST made a document with my settings so I can apply them to my buggy...here you go:

Drive Type: Proportional w/o Reverse
Brake Amount: 50%
Punch Control: 0%
Start Power: Medium
Motor Type: Brushless
LVC Cutoff: Custom (12.1v)
Deadband: Average
Reverse Throttle: 50%
Drag Brake: 0%
Motor Timing: 10
Arm Time: 1.5
Throttle Curve: Linear
Brake Curve: Linear
Software Version 1.20

More videos!!!!

2 me now BL is the way!! my track here has a little slash class going.. i run my BL slash in the monster trucks class for more time to test my skills..i just got a jammin X1 CRT. jr 8711 steering servo // mamba max 2200 motor and speed controller 5 cell 4000 mah 35c lipo battery zeilke racing body truck was clocked at 70 mph on a wheelie insane speed comes also with spectrum receiver 2.4 dsm 2.0 controller .. i am just getting used to the usb cable and stuff running from my computer.. just for a rc truck..never would have seen this coming along when i was 10 years old!

On the discussion with the servo and spring setup, Dave you just changed to a 1.0 setup and what other items I am going to pick up a 8t 2.0 what should I change out the box in your opinion? Should I just run it as is. I am not racing

Truth is, if you are not racing, I'd only replace what brakes. Thinking back to my build, I replaced the steering spring and plastic with 1.0 items. I also replace a slew of the short screws with longer ones. From there I did the rear hubs with KHZ models to get the bigger bearings. That's all I did to start. Since then I've done all the bearings, fluids, I put the losi Aluminum front knuckles on (broke the stock plastic 3 times...) and over the winter I added a bunch of hop-ups like the lightened outdrives and aluminum diff inserts. Just drove it for the first time on Sunday, felt quite good. Whatever you do, enjoy it, it's a great truck.