I raced today... I ran the buggy tires again, (which are almost worn through in the front) Got there, and w/ in 1min of practice, pinion came loose.. threadlocked it, and tried again. Servo horn came off after about another minute.. Got it going for about 5min, and I threw a rolling pin in the axle stub, and the wheel rolled across the parkinglot..

re-taped the pins in (the buggy rims' hex isn't deep enough, to cover the pin, so I'm using electrical tape to hold them in place).

Then, I set it down, and hoped it wouldn't fall apart while I went to marshal a few races.
My heat came up..
First, under acceleration, I have no steering.. I need to refill the center diff w/ heavier oil, and hopefully that will help, as now, the fronts just spin, and it's not getting enough traction as it could. The track was setup as a sort of tri-oval. one hairpin, one sweeping corner, and two sweeping 90 degree corners.
I got the holeshot EASILY, and I was faster down the back straight than any of the other trucks (for a short while in practice, I was faster than the nitro TC's on the straight :005: )
I made it 2minutes and 19 seconds, and clipped on of the boards on the outside of the sweeping corner.. ~35mph.. I broke the front suspension pin holder, and bent the suspension pin about 45 degrees. The shock cap also got ripped off, and soaked the front end in oil. oh and the sway bar looks like a pretzel. Not too bad of damage.. the CVD was fine, suspension arms were fine. just the pin and the pin holder, which I'll have to order.
After a marshal pulled it off the track, I took the transponder back to the drivers stand, as well as my freq. clip, and when I returned to the truck, there was a small crowd. I heard a couple "that thing is balls out fast", or "that's by far the fastest electric I've ever seen", ect. lol.

Does anyone know what weight oil comes in the LSP-R's shocks? or any idea what weight I should fill them up with?
Also, I'd like some stiffer springs. I haven't found which springs are which.. the truck came with black on the shocks, and a set of red, and a set of blue.. I'm fairly certain the blacks are the stiffest, but not stiff enough for me..
Also, what diff oil should I put in the center? 50, 75, or 100k?

So I had second fastest lap (fastest lap was a full second faster than me.), but I took fastest average lap time.. and finished 4th overall, because I only made it about 1/2 the race. BUT, when I hit the wall, I was in the lead..
Order the small parts, and I'll be back next weekend.. word has it, I might get to take it to a big offroad track on Saturday. That's when I'll need stiffer springs :024:

I'm Nick S

Pos---Car---Name----------Laps------Time---------Fast Lap-----Average Lap-----Leader Gap
1-----1------Nick------------37--------4m49.600-----6.970--------7.827-----------+37 Laps
2-----2------Stunt Steve----28--------4m08.520-----7.300--------8.876-----------9 Laps
3-----3------Kyle S---------23--------4m59.657-----5.438--------13.029----------14 Laps
4-----4------Nick S---------18--------2m19.170-----6.770--------7.732-----------19 Laps
5-----5------Mike Askew----9---------1m12.150-----6.970--------8.017-----------28 Laps

OH, and temps were MUCH cooler. the motor still got pretty hot, but I could keep my finger on it. and the controller/heatsink didn't get much much more than ambient. going from 16/44 to 14/46, and adding the two fans helped a ton.