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Losi mini 8ight race build


Pearce

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Forgot to mention

Two breakages thus sun

1st front lower plastic ball cap on shock in practice

2nd

Rear lower ball cap again !!!!

And bigger dam!!!!!

Didn't help , was in b final 2 Laps in

Was having a terrible day and this topped it off

Will grab a rebuilt kit tommor

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I am, just with Losi diffs ;)

Cool, how do you find them ?

Do you think there noisy to ?

If you speak to

Lee marson

(leeboy) on opple and also Sdmcc

He's running a thick grease stuff from js spares

Same stuff as jamie Thomas (jt models) was running

Actually he might have some for caldicot sun

Hope this helps

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Well

With caldicot coming up this sun

I've taken a dramatic step

My current set up was

40 wt front

30/35 rear ( forgot)

Found steering and handeling really difficult last Sunday

Sooooooo

Before I drilled my pistons out I went for

30 front

20 rear

But in doing this I had to higher the car as with such thin oil it was SUNK

On a bench test and a few blitzes round the kitchen and living room it seems to be ok

The thinner oil still seems a lot heavier ovef factory and how it would in. Other cars as the standard pistons are so small

Here's some vids , ought and I redone the front diff

Look at the comparison in front and rear

I'm

Applyin same pressure

The front is far tighter

RESULT

Ps ignore my kid naggin in back round

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  • 2 weeks later...

Update

Sorry it's been a while

Shock oil worked fantastic in the car , if anything front needs to go a touch lower

There's s slight lock on front x1 wishbone that I dremeled a mill off this week that had helped as it was catching

My tyres never arived in time for wrca on sun so ran on really worn White rally blocks :( and I hard these best of time

Did terrible , came 1st in c final . Disgusted , but was excellent day out and a barrel of laughs

Well done to calldicott

Also ordered the front adjustable hinge pin holders today from states , should see these in 2-3 weeks

Only 12 quid and deliverd to , even though my home made one works a treat lol

I have some stock tyres , Bart and also mini pins and rally blocks for sale if anyone's interested

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Forgot to mention earlier

I noticed when doing the hinge pin mod that the bumper was damaged

(as in just seemed as if it had recieved impact before and folded on the seam were it kicks up)

Any how back on it went , no issues

However when , brushing the car off on sun, cleaning dog bones etc if carpet built up I noticed it had snapped and fallen off

To be honest this is a major weak point , that's mainly the reason of the alloy front hinge pins holder , will be solid on impact and not need s bumper

Also I added a little more weight to rear , and raised the front Hight a touch , sort of now mimics my sharks stance .....

Will keep updated on how it goes now. However. Tracks closed untill 8th jan and this might be just a open day as there's a race in Hereford ... Anyone on here going ?

Any one on here race @ other clubs ?

Any one share any tips and set ups

Ps merry Christmas

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  • 2 weeks later...

hey pearce

was it from this seller? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/220920712418?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2648

im getting the mini 8ight soon and was researching a little on them.....seems a great truck

also im confused over which lipo to get from giantcod!

these http://www.giantcod.co.uk/gens-1800-2s1p-lipo-battery-airsoft-p-406610.html

or these http://www.giantcod.co.uk/gens-1800-2s1p-lipo-battery-p-406441.html

any help is appreciated :thumbsup:

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So then , as it's raining

Kids stuck in front if the wii

Wife cleaning , I chucked my new hinge pins braces

On

I opted for the standard 0 deg fitment to start and will fiddle track side when I get my rears

Realy easy and highly recomended worth while addition

Here we go

(took all of 5 mins)

Stripped ready

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Fitted

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Back together looking sexy

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In regards to batt post above I use rhino lipos

1050 mah and 40c

There awsome and pack hell of a punch

I lowered my esc down etc see pics

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They fit nice and snug , I get a good 5 min heat racing , 2 mins warm

Up and 2 mind cool down and still run with out cutting the power

Only about 5 quid each in hobby king

I've also had a new addition to the family this week

I now own 4 Losi eights !!!!

2 nitro 1/8 2.0s

1 E 2.0

1 mini 8

The [e] is the newest addition

I am now spoilt for choice track side ,

I'm still waiting on my eu shell to come back painted the same as the micro , then I will post the family pic together

Untill then here's a teaser of my 2.0 e in progress

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Hope this thread Is helping people , any question please ask

Also debating getting some ally spindles , and carriers for front and rear ally carriers. Will only be around 20 quid in USA eBay . But I have loads of plastic spares . Also it's still allready and will lose even more flex and give

Who knows , thanks 4 looking any how

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hey pearce

was it from this seller? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/220920712418?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2648

im getting the mini 8ight soon and was researching a little on them.....seems a great truck

also im confused over which lipo to get from giantcod!

these http://www.giantcod.co.uk/gens-1800-2s1p-lipo-battery-airsoft-p-406610.html

or these http://www.giantcod.co.uk/gens-1800-2s1p-lipo-battery-p-406441.html

any help is appreciated :thumbsup:

Sorry that's the seller yeah ;)

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I have to say, top marks Pearce on the write up. But you seem to have missed out on the droop screws?

Since day 1 of having my mini 8, I adjusted the droop screws as their set to flush on the arms and haven't had a single breakage since. Have you fettled with the droop screws and did you notice a difference?

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I have to say, top marks Pearce on the write up. But you seem to have missed out on the droop screws?

Since day 1 of having my mini 8, I adjusted the droop screws as their set to flush on the arms and haven't had a single breakage since. Have you fettled with the droop screws and did you notice a difference?

Good point lol

Since owning the car I have had a fiddle , but to be honest I have noticed a difference as such purely as I have changed so much altogether

This weeks plan at track / club is to run the car hopefully back in my favourite worn Yellow schumy pins , fiddle with front hinge pin deg and sort out the drop as most of the club will be at Hereford

Fingers crossed relaxed atmosphere and more track time , so I can get perfect set up and drop included

Currently I think it's , flush the 3/4 turn front

And 1 full turn rear

Not that I've noticed any difference as was just fiddeling lol

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Had a cracking day today with the car , must say .....

Firstly I had my 1/8 eu shell back that matches my mini 8

Will post a pic later

Secondly only 1 breakage

Thatis was left wish bone , this broke on the eyet for the hub carrier

2 min job

Any how , this was in warm

Up so no time lost

After 3 good qualifiers 2nd in first , 1st in the 2nd up to 4 mins in then lost a place but came a happy second . And 3rd heat I came in 3rd

Was really happy . For finals I swapped over

To my dreaded rally blocks , my hate

!!!!!

I opted god yellows over whites as my whites are really tired ,,,,,,,, i was amazed in thd difference ..... They Improved my times and driving incredibly .

So that was a result

In regards to set up , pretty much the same,

Droop was adjusted to flush rear at thd end and 2 full turns in on the front .

2nd in the final to may I add ;)

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Right , swing we have a national micro in home town club in feb the car needs done Tlc

Purely cosmetic but I wrapped my chassis

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This was So easy

Just s case of removing all screws basically and wrapping , cutting all over hang with a craft knife

Sexy if I do say so myself

Next I fitted my long awaited rpm. Turnbuckle ends , ball caps

I'm forever poping them

In the finals causing me a killer lap time , overaul drowning my average Lap result

These bad boys will not pop off

, afer this I redone my cambers

Front neg 2deg

Rear neg 3 deg

Hope you like , they add bling

Can also be dyed, so let's See what the future holds

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Straight swap

I took about two monthms to get hold of a set

They wer on back order

There's 1 pack left in my local model store , I'll pm you the number

He had 20 packs in yest and 1 left at 4pm today lol

As there prone to pop

These will not pop for sure

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i like the look of those wheels and tyres wouldn't mind a set of them myself!! got any part numbers for the rpm ends and a link to the rims would be killer cheers Pearce looking good mate

I'll get the part number tommor for the rpms

I've binned the packet sorry and and it's chucking down and don't fancy a trip out the back lol

In regards to tyres the Schumacher rally blocks

There excellent tyres , really hard wearing ( unless you get the soft) really good grip to

The wheels are just old wheels I had kicking round sorry , no idea what they are , had them when I had my shark

Thanks for the comments

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Cheers mate,

A friend custom made his and to be honest he's not really commented on them

With the car being so new there's do much you can dining set ups

Even though it's s crackin car out of the the box!

I'll prob invest in some..... Spending way tonmuch recently

Can't decide what to run in summer out doors see

So built both a Losi 8 1/8 electric and all the kit, 4 batts etc

Aswell as rebuilt mine and my sons Losi 8 Nitros and still want another engine lol besides having 3 allready ha ha

The mini 8 will be going into storage in two months after the club championship round has finished no doubt

Ohh and last leg of wrca and Also brca in Swansea on feb

Some you guys should come to that by the way

Then youl see what micro Is all about , just to watch... There's some awsome drivers belive me.. Youl be well impressed with tack and the day

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Right then

Today's changes were

Rear top shock position moved to out and lower wish bone to ins

Some tweaking of rear suspension to lower the arse end and soften

As a result a lot tigther rear on track , still not were it needs to be thou but going well

Had some glitches along the day that cost me some valuable time but hay , nevermind

Ive put some mini pins brand new up for sale in the sales section if anyone's interested

Cheers again dan

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Today I've dropped the tension in rear again

I've softens it again and lowered it

I have also put up for sale 3 sets of tyres , 2 rally blocks including the set on the car and the pins , all new

So look in sales section

I've also been very lucky to inherit a set if alloy hexs of a race mate so I'm chuffed

I'm loving the car at present at transformed it over last few weeks , I used to despise rally blocks and preached mini pins , I used heavy oil now im on thin etc , this cars really exciting and works so well with little mods ...

Only thing I'm lacking is my straights top end on big tracks , it's So punchy around track , and rapid but needs a bit mote top end on occasions

Hmmmmmmmm

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