Xray XT8-E '09
 

Picked up this '09 XT8 a couple of months ago knowing I wanted to run a electric truggy for next year and since my Xray T3 works so well on the carpet I knew xray was the way to go for the dirt as well. Just got the conversion a couple of days ago, so it was time to convert her over. The conversion is really well built, everything went together smoothly, awesome job Mike:yipi: I also went for the optional receiver box which cleans all the electronics up nicely. Im going to run a Tekin RX8 with the 2250 truggy motor on 4s. I picked up a 16t pinion but I have no clue of thats going to work well or not, any suggestions? The body is the Bulldog for the MBX6T. Anyways here are some pics, and yes I know I need to lower the rear body mounts:na:

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I love that Bulldog body!!

The car looks clean, you'll enjoy running it ;)

Man that thing looks awesome, I think the body looks fine as it. Great Job!

Thanks guys, the motor system should be here early next week so I can get it dialed in before the season comes to a close.

very nice indeed. Mike does make THE best conversion kits around...often duplicated but never replicated.

Well I got the motor system mounted up and programmed. Hopefully the 16T pinion is ok for the first test. I also lowered the rear of the body and it looks even better now:yipi: Just need to put it on the setup station and then get it on the track:great:

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Nice Looking truck! Gotta love XRAY! I am running 5s with a 1550kv motor, I am geared 14/46 and am still messing around with that new timing feature in the software. I dont really think there is an exact setup for everyone, but you might want to give the speed calc a try. http://scriptasylum.com/rc_speed/

Thanks guys, do you know any plastic mod1 spurs that fit the xray center diff?

Do yourself a favor and pickup a Slipperential. Mike offers delrin gears and it will save your entire drive system. A friend’s Losi without Slipperential is looking at new drive pins after one season of racing.

Does the Slipperential really make that much of a difference?

yes it does, it takes the shock out of the drive train when landing junps while still on the throtle.

if mike made one that i could keep my torsion diff i would run one for sure

It's really a nice tuning option and it helps save the entire drive system. I run one in my XT8 and Gorillamaxx. Just make sure you get the real deal from RC-Monster and not the cheap fake one. :intello:

Well I took it out for its first test run today and it did really well. The chassis flies nice and neutral. Im defiantly impressed and I have yet to put it on the setup station. I can defiantly see were the slipperental would be nice to help smooth out the power. I will have to pick on up over the winter for next year.

Just ordered the slipperential finally, anything setup wise with it I should know?

:party: I guess it probably depends on what the track condition is like. I am running 5k-7k-3k for diff oil in my setup (similar to yours). Did you get the steel gear or the delrin gear?