which truggy for conversion?

[kalbien]

Originally Posted by zeropointbug

Alright, after rereading all the posts in the thread, and checking a couple other forums and such, I think I have settled on what I want, and XRay XT8. I really read up on it, and I think I want one!

well shoot me a pm / ICQ ...
I am having one perfectly fine xt8 for sale, with another xt8 for spares and tons of spares in boxes around.. maybe we can cut a deal there.

it could be my driving style that I keep breaking stuff ;)

[zeropointbug]

Kalbien, well if it were 5 months in the future I would, believe me. I am just getting a head start at this point, and even keeping it open for newer models come spring. Both the Xray and Losi have some upsides and downsides, so who knows yet which one I'll get... but the Xray is just cheaper, and looks better built, but who knows, I know of no one at my track that runs Xray, so no second hand experience there. Every one either runs Mugen, Losi, OFNA, or Associated, so no spare parts to 'borrow' from anyone.

In a couple weeks I am going to post a CAD drawing of the 'special weapon', that is if I get around to doing it. It will blow your mind.

[Sower]

Just from my experience, the whole "spare parts" thing only works if the LHS has what you need in stock. I tried the 8T 2.0 and the LHS was hard core Losi. Everyone at the track pretty much ran Losi too. However, there were a few times I had something break and the LHS was out of stock for that item. Especially at first when there were the shock rod ends problem and stuff like that.

I went back to the Xray because I hate things going wrong on race day. That's never happened in any Xray I've had. Just my $.02

[zeropointbug]

Yeah, my local hobby shop (2 hours away) is completely useless for the parts we need, it's all special order. But, it is on the same road as the track that I go to, so if they had a part that I need, it is only a 10 min commute.