Worlds First 808 Pro ”E”

[magman]

Originally Posted by TDC57

Just incase you were wondering what my bottom line is on the builds or FYI these things are not cheep to build..

Stock 808 (E) breakdown:
• 808 kit 599.00
• RCM motor mount $60.00
• RCM battery try $40.00
• MGM ESC $300
• Neu 1512 2.5d s $240.00
• JR Servo $130.00
• Pro-Line Wheels & tires $65.00
• 2.4 ghz radio $210.00
• Lipo 5s 3700mAH 20 C $140.00
• Painted body $70.00

Total cost for E 808 $1,855.00


808 PRO (E) Breakdown • 808 kit 599.00
• RCM motor mount $60.00
• RCM battery try $40.00
• MGM ESC $340
• Neu 1512 2.d s $240.00
• JR Servo $130.00
• Pro-Line Wheels & tires $65.00
• 2.4 ghz radio $210.00
• Lipo 4s 4500mAH 30 C $240.00
• 808 aftermarket Alu upgrades $504.00
• 808 front Act Diffs $140.00
• Painted body $70.00

Total cost of 808 PRO (E) $2,639


Fricken reality hearts / Bites...

I can relate to your pain... My mbx-5 started out nitro and set up was $ 1,200-. Now add the BL conversion, 6 batts. RCM mount, 1512, MGM & MMM esc V1, etc......

All in all total investment is roughly...$ 2,500- I did sell some of the nitro stuff to help w/some purchases. All in all this is a v/expensive hobby, but seeing my buggy fly in the air and go by me doing 40+ mph. I realize that it is worth all the trouble and money. Besides, there are a lot of OTHER hobbies we could be doing that are not so on the up and up.....

[TDC57]

Originally Posted by tc3_racer_001

Yaaa in deed... Thanks Ryan..

Have a great one Sir..

Shaun.

Originally Posted by ffactory666

Champ Shaun , thanks for the links

Anytime Sir..

P.S.
How’s that hang over treating you from the TQ (?)

Originally Posted by TruckBasher

Another nice conversion. I must say you really have the most expensive collection. XRAY is really expensive, its the only reason why I havent got into them at this point. Hope to see some vids soon...

Thanks for the kind words TB.. I'll have video of them all up soon racing head-to-head..
It promise nothing but good times ahead for upcoming bashings & races..

Have a great one Sir..

Shaun.

Originally Posted by Mister-T

There aluminum hop part are expensive but it's not Integy aluminium...
You can keep the buggy with default equipement, This is still one if not the most robust buggy on the market. 2 people here sell there brand new RC8 for a 808. our track is very unforgiving, Even on a short run (1 hour) you can see the difference.

Price is hight because Xray is made in Europe and the actual currency is the Euro.
Right now
1 € = 1.52 $
I supsect Xray to make almost no margin on US market.

Mr T.. I like that name!..
Anyway.. sorry.. I defiantly agree I still have my stock 808 and have not broken anything on it yet!, it takes a complete beating and is just assume at the track.. I don’t agree that X-Ray isn’t making any money, actually they just raised all of there prices across the board (I think 12%). And due to the fact that the stock 808 cost $599 and the Alm is $504 (something is just wrong!). but nobody forced me to get all this stuff personnel choice 100%..

Thanks for your time and for stopping by..

Have a great day Sir.

Shaun.

Originally Posted by magman

I can relate to your pain... My mbx-5 started out nitro and set up was $ 1,200-. Now add the BL conversion, 6 batts. RCM mount, 1512, MGM & MMM esc V1, etc......

All in all total investment is roughly...$ 2,500- I did sell some of the nitro stuff to help w/some purchases. All in all this is a v/expensive hobby, but seeing my buggy fly in the air and go by me doing 40+ mph. I realize that it is worth all the trouble and money. Besides, there are a lot of OTHER hobbies we could be doing that are not so on the up and up.....

Hay magman.. I know you can relate, I’ve seen your build (fricken sweet!) and yes I can relate to your above statement all to well “but seeing my buggy fly in the air and go by me doing 40+ mph. I realize that it is worth all the trouble and money”.

And yes there are much worse things we could be blowing our money on, but I'm way to old for that crap now and as long as I can keep my wife in the dark about everything I'm GOOD TO GO..

I think this is the most expensive buggy around!

I think I like the CF parts better, but having both, and TOP of the line makes me VERY jealous LOL

[tc3_racer_001]

^+1!

if your ever having that urge to lighten your back pocket, i take paypal, any currency! cookie_monster_in_321@hotmail.com :P jks, wihtout people like you id still be in the dark, what most dont realise is, by experimenting and posting about it others like me short on cash can make an informed decisision and save money overall, so many thanks!

ryan

[Tekno_Addict]

Can I have close up pics of how you mounted the Traxxas Receiver box on the servo tray please. Awesome work you did!

[TDC57]

Originally Posted by Tekno_Addict

Can I have close up pics of how you mounted the Traxxas Receiver box on the servo tray please. Awesome work you did!

It’s just a Traxxas 3905 rx box off eBay for like $7.00 then I have some industrial Velcro for the bottom to the top of the servo box. I’ve only lost one box during a horrendous crash.. I’ll pm you some pictures of it soon.

Simple, cheep, quick and watertight!..

[Tekno_Addict]

Originally Posted by TDC57

It’s just a Traxxas 3905 rx box off eBay for like $7.00 then I have some industrial Velcro for the bottom to the top of the servo box. I’ve only lost one box during a horrendous crash.. I’ll pm you some pictures of it soon.

Simple, cheep, quick and watertight!..

Awesome... Thanks man! Looking forward to it.

[TDC57]

Originally Posted by Tekno_Addict

Awesome... Thanks man! Looking forward to it.

Photobucket is down I'll get them to you tomorrow.. Sorry.

[Tekno_Addict]

Originally Posted by TDC57

Photobucket is down I'll get them to you tomorrow.. Sorry.

No prob... I'll wait patiently... :)

do you still have both buggies?

if you ever want to get rid of the non pro shot me a pm , thanks

Originally Posted by entjoles

do you still have both buggies?

if you ever want to get rid of the non pro shot me a pm , thanks

i think he traded it for a crawler. but i could be wrong.

[MetalMan]

Originally Posted by drkros3

i think he traded it for a crawler. but i could be wrong.

That is correct.

[TDC57]

Correct, it's gone.. Sorry and thanks for the offer..

have a great day / weekend..

no prob.


i found an rc8 for my project , so i will get going on it asap