So I Like Buggies......

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Originally Posted by DwightSchrute

several of us got the 8ights to 100 this summer. it's a great platform to use especially with the grp tires.

the rc8 is a great buggy. i've got both the buggy and the truggy version. the only thing that kept me from getting the rc8 before i got my losi 8ights was that it had a lower gear reduction. most buggies as you probably know run about 3.3:1, but the rc8's run 4.3:1. so, i could always gear my losi 8ights higher.


after alot of asking around different forums, someone here pointed me towards sDPI. they make mod 1 pinions all the way up to 40T, so now i could really gear it up the way i wanted to.

both are great buggies.

good luck.

You hit the nail on the head, Thats EXACTLY why i built the losi and inferno BOTH car run the same gear ratio internally AND on the spur/pinion. As of right now i have my RC8 geared 26/38 so i should be somewhere in the mid 90's I still got plenty of gear options to get the car up to 100.I was pretty happy with the losi and inferno and never planned to jump on a RC8 but when it came time to sell my axial crawler i was offered the RC8 with the 2650MMM combo for a trade and just couldn't pass it up.

Basically im using them as play cars just stuff to mess around with in parking lots. But i do have plans to get atleast one of them into the 120+MPH club. But thats a future project.


Dwight - if you dont mind me asking what did you do to the center drive shafts on your losi's??? me and 2 of my other friends keep dumping out the pin in the center cvd's like its nothing. I bought some heavy duty thread lock at auto zone that is rated for 300+ degrees. Im hoping that will solve my issue's did you have the same problems??? if so what was your fix??? I loose the CVD pin every 3 or 4 packs of batteries.