808 is out! >First conversion gets a prize :-)

[jhautz]

Originally Posted by VintageMA

Jeff - how does the 808 compare to the XB8EC?

Also - they've gone to a 42T spur standard? You've gotta be up around 45-48 with that gearing at least, no?

I ran my XB8EC this weekend with the same motor battery combo of 5S on 1512/2.5d with a 15/48 gearing and clocked 47mph when the batteries were fresh.

The EC is a really nice buggy too. I still love mine. The only problem I ever had with it was it was almost too adjustable. So many difffernt adjustable settings that I didnt know where to start with it. Most of them never got touched cuz I didint know what I was doing with them. The 808 is a bit more simplified as far as adjustments. they say it "optimized" so you dont neeed all of the adjustment. This is good in my opinion. The shocks that Xray did for this buggy are absolutely works of art. Super smooth and finally threaded preload adjusters I havent driven it enough yet to really give a good opinion on how it handles compared to my EC, but the short test runs I did were definately encouraging feeling.

It uses a 42T center gear, but it uses 10/43 truggy ratio difs to make up for the taller center gearing. Its geared for around 40-42 mph now. The small center gear and offset center dif mount is an effort to move the nitro motor closer to the centerline of the chassis. The cool thing is it also allows the battery to move closer to the center.

In reality the 808 and the EC are totally different buggies. There are very few parts that are interchnagable between the 2.