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Originally Posted by himalaya
Keep on expecting a clutch-free conversion kit from Tekno. If that comes available I'll buy my second kit for my buggy.
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All of the kits can be clutch-free. You can run a long shank pinion on all of our kits and we are now including the extra motor mount plates with the Losi 8/8T and RC8 kits. The Mugen, Jammin, HB, and RC8T/SC8 kits do not need the other motor plates to run a pinion. Also, only the Losi kits will still include a whole clutch setup (shoes, springs, etc). The others will just have the new 3-shoe included for use with your existing shoes, springs, clutch bells.
George16, there is no inherent benefit to a 4-shoe over a 3-shoe so we decided to go with the setup that is the most common and readily available. You can use our clutch shoes and springs or just about any others that are available (Kyosho, Mugen, Ofna, HB, AE, etc). We won't be doing a Losi compatible adapter since it is a much heavier setup and and we saw no extra benefit during testing. The trick with our new system is the thin springs. Since there is no motor to stall, we can run thin springs for great engagement. You can run thicker 1.0-1.1 springs as well if you want more of a nitro feel. The .7mm and .8mm springs feel very close to direct drive in our testing, just smoother.