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Losi mini 8ight race build


Pearce

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This Losi is metric ;)

12 mm wheels , use 5.5 m driver on nut

Screws are 1.5 and 2.0

Happy days ;)

Yeah there cool cars

Prob a barrel of laughs to bash but mine only sees am indoor track

However the Jumps we do are prob bigger than you imagine

Driving on a track it's diff ball game

Really inspiring to get into

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Yeah, I often use them

Postage was 5 days to over Xmas week :)

There really good,

Anyhow ......... Question is do I race tommor or not ? Weather depending ledebury looks possible ;) however I am

Picking up a carisma gt14b up for my son tonight , all stock .... 2 sets of tyres spare ( rally blocks , mini pinis) aswell as kit tyres and spare wheels

Standard 2.4 radio gear

2 nimh saddle packs ,

Undertray

Fully rtr 70 quid ;) only thing is carisma is the darrrrrrrrkkkkkkk siiddddddeeeeeee

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Just to let you all know, one of my fav ebay shops Special-RC now have a good range of mini 8ight parts including hop ups

http://stores.ebay.c...h&_sid=99203328

postage times is normally 6-10 days :thumbsup:

ah thanks mate =]

Driving on a track it's diff ball game

Really inspiring to get into

I might do a bit of racing when I have the time, playing baseball takes up a lot of my time.

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Right ,

Collected the carisma

Very impressed at the condition ;)

Super clean......

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It needs a new wing in time but have one so no rush ;)

Tested in thd living room on nimhs.... It's a smooth car to drive mind ,,,,,, shhh bloke it. Don't tell anyone. Lol

I have pinched the shocks of it though and put on my Losi for today as they feel so much better

So let's get on track Inman hour and see how It rocks.. Before I change my mind and take the nitro out lol

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Sooooo

I decided to race the micro indoors as the bitter conditions got thd better of me ;)

And boy am I glad I did

The car was awsome

Finally all the niggles come together and I put it down to the shocks

They changed the car so well I won the 2 b finals on the day and qualified 1st in 3 rounds. And last in the 4 th ( I killed a lipo one lap in !!!!)

One cell transformed to 6v the other to 0.2 v

Luckily the lipo was still in tact and a screwdriver through thd hart and dispossed safely

Any how , 2 lipos died in the day meaning I had to make do with 2 remaining I had last charge after charge

Anyhow I got some turnigy 2s but slightly bigger

Do I had to quickly modify the battery tray

All I did is put a bar of carbon , made via my dremel. And run the reciever and Batt underneath giving me just enough clearance

No point in getting new batts as only few more weeks till it gets packed away for summer

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2 Sweet looking buggys, The losi looks alitter shorter in the wheel base? or is it just the way I am looking at the pics...

I started work on my losi will have a topic with photos up tomorrow at some point...

Just the way the pics taken

There both the same ;)

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  • 2 weeks later...

Last update for a while

The mini 8s going but till next year :(

Ledbury last week, talywan next week

Lazy week this week

I'm all prepped for my 1/8 rally cross season

And skint may I add

Anyhow

My bumper is my biggest issue !

Fed up of breaking it , snapping etc

Not that it does anything

I could leave it? But that 1 awkward time it catches and causes me a tumble

Sooooo the result was

A ae b44 bumper

At 1.39 too ;)

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It's really flexible do will do the job nicely

Next up is put my lipos in storage voltage

Pitty , I will miss it butt it was only a stop gap for the winter

Good luck guys with all your guys up and coming projects

I'll still be looking at this section

Any questions feel free to ask

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Shame to hear that pearce :( but good luck with rallycross :) could you by any chance post up a spec list of the mini 8ight?

Cheers

Rich

Well inlet use it for one more blast lol , dependant on weather up and coming .

We stop all indoor racing for chsnge of venue at end of march see

Right from the top

Currently

Neg 2 front camber

Neg 3 rear camber

Slipper on 2 x 1/8 turns tightend

Running the 58t spur

Paired up with 18t pinion

Ezrun esc 25a

4880 kv motor if I remember correct

Inolab servo , a must !!!

Exotex servo alloy mounts same as on tto1 etc

Carisma gt14b shocks

25wt front

20wt rear

Suspension dropped in rear to eliminate lose tail

Also front lowered as far as the dog bones are horizontal

Using carbon shock towers front and rear

Carbon top deck , didn't notice any difference

No droop at preset

Alloy hinge pin holders on the front

Goblin shell

Phat wing

Rhino 1050 mah 2s lipos , 40c burst ... Highly recomended

Spektrum rx

Mrt pt

100000 wt silicone diff oil , Durango stuff packed tight

Use anything from

Yellow mini pins

Yellow rally blocks

White rally blocks (curent) set up

Carbon skin on chassis and b44 bumper

Home made carbon fibre battey strap

Home made rear skid plate from a s10b bumper

Can't remeber my shock positions, think there

Top in , bottom out on front

Top out bottom in on rear , look at the pics thou . As I fiddled about last time I used it . I'm sure it's I'm my history on this thread

I'll be honest there excellent cars , just we don't race this scale all year around :(

It's taken me ages to get to grips with it and been doing really well recently , actually ranking 4th up till 2 weeks ago in club ranking and it's my first year at micro to

hope this helps ;) if you think of anything just ask ;)

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Thanks buddy lots of help :) i have just found a club local to me called WORM Racing so hopfully start up soob just want to get the car ready for it.

Where can i purchase hop ups from? Like the tie rod ends and carbon bits?

Thanks alot

Rich

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Thanks buddy lots of help :) i have just found a club local to me called WORM Racing so hopfully start up soob just want to get the car ready for it.

Where can i purchase hop ups from? Like the tie rod ends and carbon bits?

Thanks alot

Rich

Hi, I've got set of stiff progressive springs for front and rear and an SR racing 3mm front carbon shock tower here if you want them. The SR tower is thicker and has more mounts than the losi ones too.

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  • 4 weeks later...

stockports miles away mate,i live in wakefield near leeds so its a gud 45-60 mins drive,jut wanted something local that i can just got to

I run my mini 8 at yorkshire mardave racing club, if your still looking you should come along. Theres seperate heats for the micro buggies and SC's

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  • 4 weeks later...

Oh well, gone back on my word

With the pants weather I dug the 1/10 hauler bag out and found my lonely mini 8

Dusted off the dead carpet , cob webs

Checked her over ..... Gave a blip round the living room

AND.......... Got set to race this week end

Woop woop

The weathers to bad to run the rally cross and I'm itching to race , so the micros making a come back .

I wish tbh my club run electric all year and also the nitro track , that way we'd have a choice lol

Anyone fancy heading down to Swanseas club as we are specially opening to run this weekend only

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Oh well, gone back on my word

With the pants weather I dug the 1/10 hauler bag out and found my lonely mini 8

Dusted off the dead carpet , cob webs

Checked her over ..... Gave a blip round the living room

AND.......... Got set to race this week end

Woop woop

The weathers to bad to run the rally cross and I'm itching to race , so the micros making a come back .

I wish tbh my club run electric all year and also the nitro track , that way we'd have a choice lol

Anyone fancy heading down to Swanseas club as we are specially opening to run this weekend only

Yeah i'll come and make the numbers up as long as you pick me up !!!!!!! i'm only down the road a couple or 3 mile

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