A few weeks back I was trying to decide on a new paint scheme for the Summer Series, in the end I went with my regular yellow/red/blue with white accents scheme, just a little different design, this is the sketch I made of it: Well, I then went ahead and got me a Aztek A470…
Tag: 8T
Sponsored A-Class Driver
About a week ago, I was talking to my rep for Horizon Hobby when the subject of “sponsored” drivers came up, he felt that in lieu of RC NUT growth it was time to have a proper sponsored driver, and they would back us up. I immediately tough of Sham, he’s an amazing driver at…
New Paint Scheme for Summer Series
The time has come for a new Shell, and with that, a new paint scheme. I was debating going with a different color scheme, but decided .. if it aint broke, dont change it, I will use the same colors as last year (Rally Blue, Camel Yellow, Glow Orange, Red & White) .. but on…
8IGHT-T Clean & Rebuild .. Day 1
Now that the winter season is off, I figure it was time for a much needed rebuild before the summer season starts, the 8T was still all muddy from the last race at NNRC Today I basically just started taking it all apart, I will replace all the oils (socks / diffs) as well as…
New Fioroni Parts
We received a shipment of new Fioroni parts today, and some of them really surprised me 🙂 My first pleasant surprise was the new Losi 8/8T engine mount, granted its not cheap, but gosh is it lite .. but my real suprise was when i notice .. it SLIDES !! The way the screws for…
Losi 8T & SMD Box (OFNA 10244)
On March of last year, Ash from BMM posted a howto on modifying the SMD box to work with the Losi 8IGHT-T Since then, it’s been countless times that I have had to dig for it to help somebody on the various forums that ask how to do it, so I decided to just post…
Fioroni Update
While cleaning my workbench, I found 3 shims that looked to be the exact size of a shaft … I have no clue where I got them :p So I try it on the CB screw .. and sure enough … it fits !!! I ended up by only using 2 .. but now it’s…
Fioroni Turbo Sliding Clutch on the 8T
For some reason my 8T keeps on eating bearings, I setup the mesh properly and by the book, but still, it’s a new bearing every meeting or two. Also the CB temperatures go quite high, so I was logging for a vented CB instead. After allot of reading, I decided to try the Fioroni Turbo…