which truggy for conversion?

[kalbien]

Hate to say that, but after a season with XT8 2009 spec, I have to say go with mugen.

I've been breaking stuff on every race like it's e-savage. 2009 spec got few new parts to save weigth = they keep crashing. It's small joint that holds front upper arm to shock tower. However if it breaks, your lower arm will got with it as well and there is good chance to loos/bend shock as well.

also I've broken average of 1 rear hub carrier per race. Which is total nonsence considering small tracks I am running on. I am guessing new mixture of plastic. Maybe boil them will help. Or of course there is 50$ alu piece that will do the job.
Or there is Mugen for same amount of money...

however 2008 spec was perfect and I've never broken anything on it.


next year I want to go with buggy, there is massive xray support around here, but still I am considering to switch with truggy to mugen and get mugen buggy too....

[jhautz]

Originally Posted by kalbien

Hate to say that, but after a season with XT8 2009 spec, I have to say go with mugen.

I've been breaking stuff on every race like it's e-savage. 2009 spec got few new parts to save weigth = they keep crashing. It's small joint that holds front upper arm to shock tower. However if it breaks, your lower arm will got with it as well and there is good chance to loos/bend shock as well.

also I've broken average of 1 rear hub carrier per race. Which is total nonsence considering small tracks I am running on. I am guessing new mixture of plastic. Maybe boil them will help. Or of course there is 50$ alu piece that will do the job.
Or there is Mugen for same amount of money...

however 2008 spec was perfect and I've never broken anything on it.


next year I want to go with buggy, there is massive xray support around here, but still I am considering to switch with truggy to mugen and get mugen buggy too....

Man that sucks. Its pretty rare to hear anyone with any significant durability issues on the xray.

I have gone all season and litterally havent broken a single thing on the XT8 09. Only DNF I had was from a nut working loose in the steering. The other guy at my track with the Xray runs his nitro and litterally just last week broke the first part on it. (rear hub) We were laughing about how we both went all season and it took until the 2nd to last race before one of us finally broke something.

I have to say, at my clubs track the Xrays seem pretty much untouchable. Only one race all year did anything except an XT8 win when there was an XT8 in the race. It was Xray domination.


I vote Xray. But I dont think you can go wrong with the Mugen either Very nice truck too. Just not to big arround this area. Its pretty much just littered with Losi ad AE.