Just a quick update for those that might be interested.
The RC8 has been doing well. I picked up the cnc ackerman plate, steering rack.... the carbon one busted. I had made one but the cnc one was cheap... I moved some things to get more out of it, namely on power steering. first moving the steering to the back hole on the ackerman helped. I also increased the front castor by moving the 2 blue shims on top towards the front of the car.... I really enjoyed the changes... I now have gone 7k in the center dif and 7k in front, but have only tried it on our micro track so not much to go on until I get on the track...
The B44 I just put blue aluminum shock caps on. they are so much nicer than the stock plastic ones. almost zero chance of a cross thread when refilling the shocks and actually easier to bleed... not to mention they just look sweet. I made a hack wing but I have a bunch of wings coming for all the 4wd mods, as the lexan ones are junk
I also picked up a T4. But I converted it with the JConcepts J82 kit. Now it's a 1/8 electric 2wd buggy. I love buggies. basically it is a truck with less front ribs and a buggy body. I love the way it drives and it handles the rough track way better than the B44
Here's some pics. first is RC8, J82 and B44. You can see the tire sizes is the same as the 1/10 truck, but a smaller front width. It actually gave the buggy some push over the truck. I was also having troubles with wheelies with the brushless, so I moved the lipo all the way forward. Now I really like this thing. It flies great. and it is really fast. the 15-20 foot wheelies looked cool until I backflipped on the straight with a neu 1.5d losi 10 feet behind me lol... stupid lexan wings suck, did I mention that?