RC8 body ready for painting!

This is the 1st body with my signature paint job that I have ever painted myself! My friend that usually paints them for me hasn't been able to paint my last few bodies, so I've decided to try and paint them myself.

It is alive!

My RC8.2e is basically finished! All I have left to do is glue and balance the tires then paint the body. Then I hit the track!

Shocks finished and mounted!

Turns out I didn't need those washers after all. They aren't included with the .2 kits anymore, but the instructions weren't updated. So I finished the rear shocks and mounted them on the car.

Electronics install!

Worked on the electronics tray tonight. Was almost done with installing the rx8 when I realized the servo lead was a few inches short! Now I need to pick up an extension to finish wiring it in.

I also went with 2-2s shorty packs in series to make a 4s pack for the battery. This setup is about the same weight as the Reedy Wolfpack 3700mah 35c pack the team guys use, but I get 4100mah and 70c! Two MurfDogg full size packs would've been 180g heavier!

Shocks missing parts!

My kit is missing 4 washers that I need to finish building the shocks :( I also need a thin wall 5.5mm nut driver to install the shocks onto the car. So, I'm stopping the shock build until I get the things I need. At least I can continue the build by installing the electronics for now.

Chassis done!

On to building the shocks!

Rear Suspension!

Almost done with the rear suspension, but my driver battery died during the last few screws to tighten. So I guess I'll get some sleep while the driver charges back up and finish it later.

Front suspension!

Got the front suspension on finally. It's a bit different from any other car I've put together, so I had to reassemble things a couple of times.

Diffs and front gearbox !

Finished building the diffs and front gearbox.

Diff Assembly!

Sorted all the parts out for each diff to get them ready for assembly.

The RC8 build finally begins!

I finally got around to building my RC8 that I bought at the end of July! I have everything I need to get it running except a 4s battery. But, I may try using 2 shorty packs in series.

Stock 4wd!

Trying to get the Stock 4wd class going at SDRC today.

Managed to qualify 2nd in Mod 4wd, but broke in the main. At least I won Stock Truck :)

Back out racing

After not racing for over a month, we headed over to our local track, SDRC, for some stock truck racing. I was testing some ghea tapered pistons with the same hole sizes that usually worked well for me in the past. #2 with 30wt in the front and # 1 with 30wt in the rear.

I qualified 5th for the main, but the times for the top 6 were pretty close. I took advantage of some crashes early and moved up to 2nd and had a good battle with the leader. He didn't make any mistakes and I couldn't find a place to pass so I finished in 2nd.

Practice Day!

Picked up some breakfast and got to track a little before about 9:30am. It's not very crowded so I got 2 good runs in so far. Hopefully the crowd stays away. On the other hand, I'm over driving the car. Need to tone it down a bit.

OMG! Going to the track

Due to bad weather, no flying this weekend. So, I spent the afternoon getting my 4x4 SC10 ready for a rare practice only day at SDRC. Who knows maybe next weekend I'll race Saturday and fly Sunday :)