Tuning
Here you can find different ways to lower that weight from your Team Associated RC8:
Big-Racing RC8 lightweight chassis
Big-Racing
Big-Racing RC8 lightweight chassis
- 60g
Team Associated Stub Axle and input cup alu
Team Associated or PSM Racing or GHEA Racing
Stub Axle aluminium and input cup aluminium
Part #89284, FT Rear Stub Axle, aluminum
Part #89285, FT Front Stub Axle, aluminum
Part #89286, FT Gearbox Input Cup, aluminum
- 55g (all 6)
Lunsford Racing Turnbuckle Kit
Lunsford Racing
Turnbuckle Kit, Titanium
Part #2522, Associated RC8B Turnbuckle Kit
- 25g
Lunsford Racing Lower Shock Mount Pins
Lunsford Racing
Lower Shock Mount Pins, Titanium
Part #7400, Associated RC8 Lower Shock Mount Pins
- 6g
Titanium Screws from diffrent manufacturer
Titanium Screws from diffrent manufacturer
Screws
in M3 and M4, M3 alu locknuts
You have over 130 screws on your car!
- 30g up to - 80g
Kyosho MP9 Differential Shaft
Kyosho MP9 Differential Shaft
Grind in the o-ring groove a littel (~0.55mm) to fit the diff o-ring. Be careful! Instruction-image.
Only fits for the Rear.
Part #IF-412, Kyosho MP9 Differential Shaft
- 6g (Rear)
Self-made carbon battery bar
Self-made
Receiver box and forward battery box
Leave out the receiver box in the rear and/or the forward battery box in the front
- 52g and/or - 20g (Total - 72g)
Solution: Mount the battery (in a balloon) in the rear with a carbon-bar and the receiver below the transponder in a balloon!
Self-made holes in the side guards
Self-made
Side guards
Pierce both Side guards like a Swiss cheese.
(At wet-race and/or mud-race seal with duct tape!)
- 20g
A look inside Maifield's RC8.2
Inside Look: Maifield's Changing RC8.2
at ROAR 2012 [www.neobuggy.net]