Latest Money Pit! The XT8

[TDC57]

I got the Truggy from a RCM family member and it’s in better shape than I expected, but since it new to me I did what I and everybody else would do, I stripped it down and gave it a complete overhaul, changed out the oil in the diff, re-lubed the bearings, changed out the front and rear caster & toe bushing to better handle my environment and incopreated the newest craze (Added (4) XRay 808 buggy Shocks)

It will have the following drive train / electronics
• Neu 1515 1Y F
• MGM com-pro ESC 8s compatibility
• 5s or 6s (still TBD) I need to PM (Cornolio, Rschoi_75 & Sower) for advise on this one
• JR Z9100T steering servo


So here is where I'm at with my new toy:











I just opened a new bottle of wine (for encouragement) and with any luck I should have it back together sometime in the AM hours. I'm trying to complete it before I take off for Vacation, we’ll see if that happens (?)

Anyway,
Thanks for your time team and have a great weekend / what left of it!..

Shaun.

[lincpimp]

Looking good Shaun! Can't wait to see the results. You burn thru these builds like nothing I have ever seen. You could finish off my projects in a month, easy...

I will never be done

[TDC57]

Thanks Linc... But there is HUGE difference between us!, I do one project @ a time, you've got at last count (22 projects going consecutively) That just blow my MIND..

Best of luck with those..

Have a great one Sir..

Shaun.

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by TDC57

Thanks Linc... But there is HUGE difference between us!, I do one project @ a time, you've got at last count (22 projects going consecutively) That just blow my MIND..

Best of luck with those..

Have a great one Sir..

Shaun.

To each his own. I palyed with 4 cars today, and sold a bunch of stuff..

The gtp got a new front diff and some play time. Put better shocks and another motor on the crt.5, and possibly cooked the mm??!!

Also got some time in on a rustler vxl and a pede...

Need to yank the tranny out of the new emaxx and get to work on the center diff..

Sounds like fun!!!

[TDC57]

Please….
All of your project are supper cool and a enjoyment to read a and follow along.. I just don’t have your finical support, your 600 Sq Ft shop with Mill, and or time you put fourth in the hobby that you do or your intelligence. I'm close but so are a lot of people, No one is Linc and we would have it any other way!..

[TDC57]

Ok so forward progress continued until I some how managed to drink two bottles of wine over a 6 hr period of restoration. I'm tired and out of wine some I'm calling it a night.. But it’s starting to look like a Truggy again..

Thanks for your time team and have a great one

Shaun…

[rootar]

shaun you now offically have the nicest collection of "luxury" conversions........just awesome man thats all i can say, you should have the mount for the GS end of this week i hope. your gonna have to post a pic of the whole collection after you have this one done.

[MetalMan]

It turned out well! I wasn't expecting to seen an update so soon. If I may make a suggestion, you may want to position the shocks so you get more travel, especially in the rear. That will improve the truggy's ability to handle jumps.

[jnev]

Looking good! So how many trucks are you up to now...? The Revo, 2 808 buggies, XT8, GS truggy, and now a Slash? You're just flying through these builds... Does the wife know of all your new purchases lately.

MMMMMMMM....Big Bores

glad you like it , looks great when its cleaned up!

now i just need to decide if i will buy a new truck or get rid of the rest of my stuff

looks nice shaun, but my truggy/buggy would like that polyquest lipo sitting there! he he, want me to pm you my addy?

[jayjay283]

A truggy too dayum ! Nice man looks great, nice work. Gotta hear your driving comments compairing it to your buggy and gevo !

[cornolio]

WOW!!arent you coming to the next bash?its gonna be a lot of fun running with you and rschoi.all the same truck and same motors.lots of info to share.ive been running mine at rev for the past 2 weeks and having fun with it.its a very tough truck considering i havent been at a track in a looong while.nothing broken but a lot of things loosening up on me.specifically: center cvd(twice),center dif mount(stripped),cvd(lost pin).battery tray(flew after a hard landing),and my MMM shutting down twice for no reason at all.good thing it powered up again after a few minutes.but like i said,nothing broke

[TDC57]

Originally Posted by rootar

shaun you now offically have the nicest collection of "luxury" conversions........just awesome man thats all i can say, you should have the mount for the GS end of this week i hope. your gonna have to post a pic of the whole collection after you have this one done.

Thanks for the kind words and the Vote Ross, but I thinking that Dafni gets that title..

I’ve got several bodies out for painting now and should have quite a nice squadron of builds in a few weeks, I'm defiantly looking forward to running them all at once..

NO worries on the mount, I know you and Mike will not let me down..

Thanks for your time Sir and have a great one..

P.S.
We are still waiting for you to post vids of your track experiences

Originally Posted by MetalMan

It turned out well! I wasn't expecting to seen an update so soon. If I may make a suggestion, you may want to position the shocks so you get more travel, especially in the rear. That will improve the truggy's ability to handle jumps.

Thank you Travis, It’s been a blast to work on. Dooohhh Thank you for pointing that out!! Totally missed that one.. Dam 3am work sessions.. LOL. LOL.. upon closer inspection I didn’t install my droop screws either (WOW).. I'm loosen it..

Originally Posted by jnev

Looking good! So how many trucks are you up to now...? The Revo, 2 808 buggies, XT8, GS truggy, and now a Slash? You're just flying through these builds... Does the wife know of all your new purchases lately.

Hay Josh,
Nice (pull) I cant beleave you know them all!..

Nope, the wife doesn’t know anything, she saw me working on it today and asked “IS THAT NEW??”.. MY BOY!!!! Before I could even answer Said no mom that an old one, Dad is just cleaning it up for our trip.

Don’t think He’s doesn’t have a reword coming for that one!.. Got to love kids!..

[TDC57]

Originally Posted by entjoles

MMMMMMMM....Big Bores

glad you like it , looks great when its cleaned up!

now i just need to decide if i will buy a new truck or get rid of the rest of my stuff

I love it!.. Thanks again for the great sale and all of the extra parts that came with it.. I think it does clean up rather nice and I'm planning on taking it camping with us and getting it really dirty again..

I love this hobby!, you truly get out of it what you put into it and from the TeamXray forum the big bores are just what the doctor ordered.. We’ll see if it was worth the $100 bucks..

Originally Posted by big greg

looks nice shaun, but my truggy/buggy would like that polyquest lipo sitting there! he he, want me to pm you my addy?

Hay Greg,
Thanks Sir, NO... I dont need your addy (thanks for asking though!)

But I do know where you can get them for a great price.

http://www.rc-monster.com/proddetail...=PQXP4s500025c

Have a great week Greg...

Shaun.

Originally Posted by jayjay283

A truggy too dayum ! Nice man looks great, nice work. Gotta hear your driving comments compairing it to your buggy and gevo !

Thanks Jay... Yes I was so impressed with rschoi build i had to have one.. I'm hoping at our next bash to give one to other member and doing a head-to-head comparison. It kind of hurts knowing what I spent on my GEVO and this one when it's complete. My GEVO is more than twice the costs, I highly doubt it's twice the build ??

we’ll see

Have a great week Jay..

Shaun.

Originally Posted by cornolio

WOW!!arent you coming to the next bash?its gonna be a lot of fun running with you and rschoi.all the same truck and same motors.lots of info to share.ive been running mine at rev for the past 2 weeks and having fun with it.its a very tough truck considering i havent been at a track in a looong while.nothing broken but a lot of things loosening up on me.specifically: center cvd(twice),center dif mount(stripped),cvd(lost pin).battery tray(flew after a hard landing),and my MMM shutting down twice for no reason at all.good thing it powered up again after a few minutes.but like i said,nothing broke

Nope I can’t make it on the 17th, (sorry) I'm packing up the family and going camping / RV’ing for a couple of weeks. I'm defiantly looking forward to driving it with you and Rschoi I’ll just need to wait until next month..

That’s GREAT to hear your going out and racing it at the Rev.. That place is way cool and will defiantly abuse your build and your got your MMM back online (that must have been scary!) and the fact that nothing has broken yet it quite impressive..

It’s great to hear from you cornolio, thanks for stopping buy and have a great week..

P.S.
Are you running 4s / 5s or 6s in your build (?)