the truth about the earthquake 8E .... This will be a review of quality. and recommendation.
A review by a technician and aviation helicopter and airplane and car specialist

before you read everything it is fun to drive, as you will see below it just won't last

1) first in the 8E line of cars, three of them the earthquake 8E was an afterthought. It's a modified backdraft ,it was never meant to be a truck. It was never designed as a truck.so it doesn't work well in this design. The Tmaxx ,Savage flux .. and a few others.. these had a background and were actual trucks. The quality of these other products is much higher. if you're expecting mileage from your earthquake 8E.. you know down the road miles.. no.. it never happened you will be replacing worn-out stripped bent and broken parts. And it will be very sloppy continually. It was just never meant to be a truck. So it's very cool but the worst of the three. The others will be a little bit better.

I own one soooo ... oh well

I will make the best of mine no choice.. and here's my advice part.. don't upgrade it.. don't try to keep improving it.. just run it until it won't run anymore with minor maintenance you know usual light maintenance.. and only replaced the parts only when absolutely gone. To modify this thing , you'd be better off with something else.. oh but there's the problem. Have you seen the price of a fully loaded decent car.. watch how fast a thousand dollars will go. And even so all cars are in a constant state of crashing just to use them so expect a money pit.. take this with a grain of salt and enjoy the price of driving. If you enjoy it a lot then spend $1000. If you're just a casual driver keep your earthquake and take my advice. Don't upgrade anything.. oh no funny crashes ..Remember the pros can always make it look strong... they know how to fly the car and make good landings.. and believe it they also know how to crash it without damage.. especially for videos. Their expert drivers were not.

Just drive it replace whatever wares to dust.. and don't worry it will happen sooner than you think.. you might even want to set a goal for how much money and then just stop. Try for $500 maybe.. and don't go over, then.. try to sell the car and get $100 back if you're lucky. Then you've had your car fun,, .. and,,,if you want move up to the big money pits for tons of money,at least you'll have better product.. or put car days behind you and you had your experience.

Personally I think I'm going to put in $100 for parts run my earthquake till its dead.. and say goodbye.this will already be lots of maintenance with short running time.but it is fun watching the power it has .I have airplanes flying after 18 years. .. lucky to get a car to run 18 months. The earthquake will never make this. I predict at four runs per day... it will be heavily worn especially in the front where the dog bone turns the differential, bad in about 10 days.there will be lots of slop and missing metal. just keep replacing parts and keep doing maintenance. $75 for the parts are even hundred dollars for the parts should keep you going for a few months hopefully.this is four runs per day.

and oh yeah the tires keep rubbing on the body nothing you can do. Also the tires flare up and become really annoying. You're going to hear a lot of body grinding noise from the tires hitting it,so just get used to it or get rid of the body.

conclusion for me. I'm going to quit after years because I don't think they're worth over $1000 just to bash them into the ground... and you will easily go way over this trying to succeed. Just a personal preference. I think you should be able to get a good product for $500 but it doesn't seem so easy getting one brand-new.. they seem to be over this amount I'm including batteries.. at least one set. so this car is a great deal.. just not going to get any longevity.. so they will make their money on parts until you give up.

It's like buying a printer for your computer.. they're dirt cheap to buy.. but then you pay for cheap Ink through your wallet.. they know what they're doing.


thanks everyone and my opinions are only my own after pay close attention to the where on metal to metal parts and to the quality of the metal, screws .plastic .. and how they interact . and overall design.