Sometimes I think he has more fun than me :lol: Was hoping that the 2010 1/8 World Titles were coming to Australia but by the sounds of it, they are going to be held at China :neutral:

I love the last pic. when your son is directing traffic!

Also, the pic. when you are jumping over the kids is pretty cool too.

lol, yeah he has a fair idea on how it all goes

Been having alot of heating issues lately with the Motor. Pulled down the drive train and found the spur gear was slightly rubbing on the rear diff mount. Worked out that with the RCPD Mount it is best to mount the rear RCPD mount, put the front losi plastic front one on but not tighten and then put the top plate on as the top plate pushes the front mount 1 - 2mm fowards which is enough to stop the spur from rubbing. After top plate is on then tighten the front diff mount on the bottom of the chassis. I am also running a aluminum front bearing adaptor but can't see why that would cause overheating. When I rebuilt the centre diff there was a shim in between the front sun gear and diff case but didn't mention nothing about it in the Losi manual so I never put it back in. Motor temps were around 190F (even with the 11T pinion when usually run the 13T pinion). I put the shim back in and changed the diff fluid from 7-10-3 to 5-7-3 to see how that goes as that is similar to what the 8IGHT-E runs. Took it to the track today and temps were back at 165F (motor) but I didn't like the change in diff fluids. I changed the centre diff fluid back to 10 000wt but wont get a chance to run it till tomorrow. Hopefully temps stay down and might try out the 12T pinion.

Did you check to see if the center diff is working properly? Hold the spur gear while turning the rear tires in reverse, and the front tires should spin forward rather easily, with a little bit of resistance due to the fluid in the diff. If the tires do not spin smoothly, you may need to get new center diff chamber and outdrives as the outdrives and chamber wear into eaching other and causing friction. This is what happened to my diff, and you would only notice the problem when the diff was in the car, after a heat/cooling cycle.

It could also be that the rotor is partially demaganetized, which will cause the motor to over heat more easily, over time. In this case you would have to send it back to neu, which should take care of it for little to no cost. If the motor spins more freely than it did when it was new, then this is likely the case.

Well I finally took it for another one and it has been raining a fair bit lately. Motor temp was around 160F but I couldn't go flat out around the track as it was very wet in places. By the time battery was flat, the buggy was covered in mud. Never again will I be running in mud, it stuck like cement, took a few hours to fully clean. The rear end was the worst. A few of the screws also started to rust so i will be getting stainless steel screws soon. After cleaning it I decided to put the plastic mud guard on the rear. I also added front aluminum spindles.

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to convert nitro to brushless
 

HI drift buggy,

i just wish to ask whether its worth the effort to convert nitro buggy to ep.
i am looking at losi conversion combo set. its rahter costly too. i also heard bout heat up esc and motor. I will think that conversion is not an easy task to carry out, after converting there are stuff to be set up for buggy too. i am also skeptical bout ep if i am goin to run with nitro buggy, whether it is going to fast and high torque enough to bash with notro buggy.

hope you don't mind to share abit on your 8ight project.
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