I swapped my over to the hobbywing fusion pro 2300kv and it was the best upgrade I’ve done so far . With all the brass and cut xl boggers it is a phenomenal crawler for what I have in it . The fusion pro is so quiet and has insane power at very very slow speeds.
Bought one a couple years ago, finally finished it this week with everything you did. Havent weighed it but I also did the heavy brass outer portal housings in the rear and the brass diff covers. Picked up all of the aluminum shock towers and braces as well. Its running a droop setup on desert lizard shocks with the hobbywing fusion SE motor, thing is an absolute beast.... also did a body swap to a ford raptor that was meant for a trx4. That made a world of difference on the top heavy aspect of this truck. There was 1 boulder in my front yard that i could get 75% of the way up with the scout body and it would always end up on its top. When I did the body swap it crawled right up over it and the suspension didnt even try to unload.
I have the Redcat aluminum axle housings, that 3 piece design sucks so bad. I had to JB weld them together to keep them from wobbling apart. Now the JB weld has failed I need to braze them together. I scrapped the Redcat axles for now and went with some straight axle AR44s.
I got my Gen 8 V2 on that great sale as well. I upgraded to a Fusion Pro 2300Kv motor, brass weights and Pitbull Crawler tires. It climbs much better than I could've hoped for and as long as I pay attention, I can keep from rolling over. Well done, enjoy the future climbing adventures.
Great video! I have a set of those aluminum axle housings and have a tip (on my V1 I have another V1 custom comp build, an AXE, and V2 also). They rarely stay solidly put together. I found that using DAP RapidFuse all purpose glue ($5-6ish at hardware stores) on the joint areas clamped together then letting sit for an hour before putting the set screws in fill gaps and makes the axles not loosen up, jiggle and shake during driving. Unlike other CA based glues the DAP stays ever so slightly flexible and doesn't seem to crack. all of my next aluminum housings are going to be the one piece Treal design, but this seems to fix the issue for what we already own. Also, remember your truck has to really work to pull all that weigh up inclines and it is going to pull your truck down on decents. I personally have found some weight up front and maybe the outer brass portal boxes on the rear to work well without too much of a loss of general performance. I would recommend removing the stick on weights. And again from personal experience the weight in the wheels can shred the top gear in the portals. If you really like it then I recommend the Hardened steel front axle shafts with the hardened steel top portal gears (the V2 comes with the redesigned heavy duty one ($25) but they will give out too with too much weight). They are a bit pricey at $42ish but needed with wheel weights as the front of the truck will at times have lots of wheels speed that can get slammed to a stop with all the weight of the truck slamming into them and the top gear shatters.. I went through 3 until buying the hardened steel ones and have not had an issue since. I like the mini indoor test course!
Me gustaria poner mi gen 8 tal cual, podreis mandarme los links de todos los componentes...gracias...les escribo desde Republica Dominicana ...excelente modificacion.
Buy once cry once rc parts has the axle servo mount if it's still in stock, 4 link is a little tricky but mine is perfectly inline with the other one if you do it right!🤪💯
At the time it was a 100mm shock that was solid (locked un-compressed) that I used as a control. Letter on I use a 100mm link, but inevitably I do go back to 3-link. Check out the more recent videos of my gen8
Pros and cons to both. Bottom arm reduces off axis load with a more linear movement, top arm reduces chances of the servo arm getting bashed into rocks. If you look at 16:16 there would be a clearance issue with the tie rod if the arm was oriented downward, so it looks like the kit was designed to work with the arm up.
Yea I did a high-steer conversion, so there was a clearance issue. It has been revised now, check out the new Gen8 video I uploaded. Changed the setup entirely.
So instead of offering a budding rock crawler enthusiast advice on how to better spend his money on upgrades, you choose to degrade his efforts in a one word retort. This is what pushes people away from our hobby.
I'm just now seeing this comment. I appreciate that sir. When i made this video, i knew half as much as i do now, and i'll keep learning with every build. I'm an avid enthusiast and i do alot of research, and i do my best to my current skill level. In the past year the crawling content has gotten much more..... advanced.... than some of the videos from this time period for the gen8. Im currently uploading my first overview and crawl of the gen9. check it out!
