xray xt8

[jollyjumper]

would any of you guys see the point of making a new chassis aswell as making the motor mount? :002:
i wouldnt know actually but it would sure be sweet.:004:

[tino_ale]

Anyone has received his XT8?? :004:

[Dafni]

Hey, they put the "shipping now" note up on their site the day before yesterday. The cargo still has to travel to the importers, then to the suppliers, and then to the customers.... when they released the XB8EC, it was 5 weeks after the "shipping now" announcement until the first were sold.

The XRay factory and headquarter is in Slovak Republic... so expect new stuff from them to hit europe first :) Maybe just a few days, but still :) :)

DAF

[tom255]

My local dealer is told, that question of days!
probaly on start of next week i will get mine.
I hope it :)

[Dafni]

Yeah, fingers are crossed, all over the globe :)

[jollyjumper]

no news from my dealer or distributor.
maybe monday i'll hear something.

[tino_ale]

Guys,

For someone who wants to go offroad, and who wants to go xray, would you recomment the buggy or the truggy?

I know this is kindda comparing apples and oranges, but I've never tried and basically don't know what kind of behaviour/performances differences I should expect between the two.

I would not like to see that the truggy is on it's roof most of the time, like I sometime see in monster truck videos. Some models have such a high center of gravity that they seem to be upside down all the time, and I don't like that.

Can you give comments about buggy/truggy choice? That would be for pleasure, maybe on track, but not competition. Thanks!

[BrianG]

Well, truggies are basically "suped-up" buggies as far as how they're built. Truggies have larger tires, usually a little more ground clearance, are geared a bit lower (diffs and maybe spur), a little wider wheelbase, a little heavier, and obviously use a truck body.

Depending on the MT, they do have a higher COG most of the time. MTs like the Revo are a bit better as they are designed more for the track in mind. Trucks like the Savage are meant to sit higher for even more ground clearance. Obviously, the more ground clearance you have, the higher the COG.

That said, you'll probably be more stable when bashing (or track pleasure-racing) a Truggy. Although, the best solution to remain off the roof is to drive better! :) Believe me, I know what you mean though; I thought about using tires big enough so that I can still drive if it flips over!

[jollyjumper]

any one know if there are still problems with xray spider gears?

there was a long time problem with them end of 2006/beginning 2007.

they werent hardened corectly and flew aparts in few runs.:002:

[Dafni]

Originally Posted by jollyjumper

any one know if there are still problems with xray spider gears?

there was a long time problem with them end of 2006/beginning 2007.

they werent hardened corectly and flew aparts in few runs.:002:

As far as I know, this problem was associated with a certain batch of gears that were put in some TQ kits. Apparently the EC kits are all good, so I assume this is a problem of the past.

BTW, we have one of the last TQs here that was sold by AMain, and the diffs seem to be good.

[tom255]

I asked same thing from my local dealer and they told that for now they replaced allmost all faulty gears by free who came with that problem to our dealer. And i asked one guy who is driving XRay and who mentioned problems with gears before, for now he dont have any problems, so far so good.
I think no reason to worry, new XT8 come with properly hardened gears :D

[jollyjumper]

thanks dafni and tom255 :D:D:D

[GorillaMaxx360]

Amazing

[tom255]

So today i Raced my XT8 on track, what i can say seems its OK. But need to learn it lot. Truggy is realy understeer on power, off-pwer steering is amazing and on loose surface hard to handle with that diff setup what i have (7k/10k/7k) and that stupid Engine. That Axe Rossi Mamba is realy PITA in tuning. Cant setup low needle it wont run properly on sudden full trottle it dies and when mid RPM coms it goes like crazy and so suddendly. What i can say need to learn a lot. Today lost position to A final becouse on start engine died. BTW 5 Xray's XT8 on track and first place got in XRay buggy XB8EC and XT8

[supralover72]

Try 5k in the rear, and some more toe in for more steering. Maybe adjust ackerman and some harder springs in the rear. Mainly, experiment with diff oil.