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Originally Posted by AAngel
Believe me, I'm not a dedicated fan of Losi. There are things that I don't like about the Losi 8ight. Just little things that I've noticed so far that strike me as odd. For example, when you screw into the center diff bulks to mount them to the chassis, you are actually screwing into plastic (or whatever the material is). It's like that on the 8ight buggy too. On my Sportwerks vehicles, the plastic bulks have steel inserts in them and make for a very rigid mount. This was the primary reason that I had to fabricate the sort of motor mount that I did. When I mounted the motor mount to the stock diff bulk, it wasn't nearly rigid enough, as it was on my Sportwerks vehicles.
Also, I've noticed that the screws that hold the front and rear bulks on the chassis are also screwing into plastic. Again, on my Sportwerks, even the plastic pieces have provisions for the use of nuts and there are optional aluminum threaded pieces that can be used. I think that these are going to be problem points for me, since I'm going to be using my 8ight for racing and bashing (playing bumper cars on the track with my friends).
I'm going to have to make an aluminum front bulk for the center diff so that it will be stronger and hopefully someone will release an aluminum version of the front and rear bulks.
These are just the things that I've noticed so far. I'm sure that there will be more. Of course, these things are also weight saving features and since the 8ight T is made for racing and not bashing, I can see the logic; but for what I hoped would be an all around truck, I am a bit disappointed.
Last night while running on the track, I hit the big triple wrong and landed on the very top of the last hill and my chassis hit right in the middle. It bent. Not much, but it did bend. When I put a straight line across the length of the chassis, you can see it.
On the postive side, this truck handles like a dream. As I said, I wasn't crazy about the 8ight buggy, but the truck was a very pleasant surprise.
The only advise that I can give to new 8ight T owers is not to mess with the factory setup until after you drive it on the track so that you'll know what you need to change. Don't just assume that your last setup is what you will need with this truck. All I had to change was the diff fluid in the center. Everything else is untouched. Even my friend who had the 8ight buggy conversion says that the buggy didn't handle anything like the truck does. The only other thing that I'm thinking about changing right now is to move the spacers on the rear hingepin studs to the front to lengthen the wheelbase by another 1/10 of an inch or so. The 8ight T has so much steering that I think that it can afford to sacrifice a tad bit in favor of even more stable running. We shall see.
Glassdoctor, if you see this, are you running the springs that came on your truck or did you opt for one of the optional sets?
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Yea, on the Jammin, the center mounts have steel posts that the top and bottom screws go into.
On the parts that are plastic, the screws are HUGE and the plastic is hard.