OK, I did something tonight that appears as if it had to help the steering. I ground off some lower steering knuckle. There is a flat piece of the knuckle that sticks out and when turning it hits the suspension arm where the pillow ball screws in. I may find out this weekend if I race. I'll let you know.

Giles - what did you have to do to get the Mugen body to fit?

Also, does anyone know what kind of difference it makes to switch to a JP-1 pipe on the Pro w/.21, from the Sportwerks pipe?

Thanks

Giles layout of our mayhems are almost identical :

the fuel lead comes into the carburator now also from below
I have also a jp-1 as back up

http://upl.silentwhisper.net/uplfold..._cmpl_0422.jpg

gdc02 have you bought your mayhem in Europe?

no at "Victoria Hobby shop"
Texas
http://h1072028.hobbyshopnow.com/
very nice people, call janet
did you get my personal message?

Well, I got my Mayhem RTR last night - the car is beautiful, plushest suspension, and...

I think Sportwerks is updating their kits for sure; the front shock tower is nearly twice as thick as the rear shock tower.

Yes I did get it.
Thanks.

Does anyone know if the Mayhem is going to be sold in Europe?

That is the factory MBX4 or 5 body?

IMPORT EU:


not for the moment
I noticed one is racing in Italy
in Belgium the importer of LST trucks for belgium and france
is having one in the showroom but he isn't importing for the moment
but in EU, due to stupied customs regulations and cost of living
the Mayhem would have to be sold too expensive I think
the pro kit for around 500-525 euro or 665-700.00
the RTR even 625 euro or 799.00
the LST is being sold in the shops for 799 euro or 1225.00 !
the JR radio must be a 40.000 Mhz too

drive shafts :
I found this in my archives

"One of the guys at the track I race at also needed to replace his front drive axles and found that the offna 9.5 ones will work.I found that gs storm outdrive cups will interchange(for the center drive shafts) and also found that a kyosho outdrive will work in place of a stock one if necessary. The guy I was talking about used offna 9.5 front universals in place of the cvds because he was in the same situation as you.and it worked great for him."

and one guy said LST truck mid diff driveshafts are a fit at half the price ?

The body was an mbx5 body the crowd pleazer version. Basically what I had to do was trim a little more off the front where the steering comes through the body. The front body mount hole was drilled a little infront of the factory marked one. The hole for the engine head to come through was cut a little further back then what was outlined from the factory. Also when cutting the body out at the bottom. Try and leave as much matterial at the back as possible. I also had to flip the rear boddy mount upside down. This allowed the back of the body to cover the whole chassie. All I do is put the back of the body on first and then pull it down over the front. I don't even have to use a pin on the back being as how it is puside down. It is kindof hard to explain. but the body looks awsome and didn't take alot of work. The jp-1 made a huge diff in my .26. I don't know if it will help the .21 as much or not but I imagine it would. Also just by switching to O'donnel fuel I was able to lean the engine out 1.5 turns and it still runs about 20 or 30 degrees cooler. I was running trinity 30% before now I am running O'donnel 20%.

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up, the Agitatir body is iin stock and shipping.

sure would be nice if they would have put it in stock a week ago when I bought the mugen body! haha

I saw that yesterday. In order to buy the Agitator body, I would need better/close-up photos of the body.

I forgot to mention that Sportwerks is shipping their RTR with the front Pro shock tower, I wasn't the only one to receive one with it.

I wonder why they didn't go ahead and through the back one in too?!? [:@]

Perf, thanks for the quote. Actually, that was my post. On other days, I'm Candyman, a mod at www.rcnitrotalk.com. And a new Mayhem owner. I've been reading along with this thread for a while because it contains a lot of good info. I'm just a buggy basher for now, but I've been hearing a few questions about the steering on both sites. This seems to have helped the symmetry and snappiness of my steering. Doesn't really increase the sharpness a whole lot. I'm still waiting to see how the other guys make out with their suspension arm mods.

Thank you for contributing. I have been posting any new information not already posted about the Mayhem.

Yea it is great that we are starting to get alot of interest in the mayhem. It is a great buggy and a steal of a deal. If everybody saw how good this thing is then all the other companies would be out of buisness. There is no reason why the other buggies are so expensive if we can get a buggy of this quality and performance for less than 400 bucks. Lets keep the good info coming. Something else I have noticed is the people that own a myahem aren't as coocky and self centerd as the rest! Lets keep the good attitude and lets keep this forum as bash clean as it is now!

I called www.tfbraceway.com today, asked the man that picked up a few questions and didn't mention I had a Mayhem until the end of the conversation... the man perked up talking about how great the car is. He said that most of the racers in his area use the Mayhem and that he has a few parts in stock; not because of availability, but because the car is so reliable. Pointless, but I thought I would share because these guys get drilled the same questions everyday. This is the first time I got such a great response about a car/truck.

I do not know if anyone has heard of Toys for Boys - they have three race tracks on site. Very cool place.

Anybody who is interested I'm selling a mayhem:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MESE%3AIT&rd=1

too may toys and far too little time to use them, besides, I want to get an FG monster beetle.

Anyone know where there are any setup sheets for the Mayhem?

i have a quick question. ive narrowed my choices down to two. its the hyper 7 pbs rtr with jr radio or the new mayhem. which would you choose and why? i have a local lhs that sells parts for both. which would be best for bashing and entry level racing?m who has the best prices online for the mayhem and the hyper 7 pbs? tim

how do you prevent breaking the lower front arms when taking big jumps? any info?

Go to horizonhobby.com and open the link for the manual for your type of mayhem. In the pdf file their will be a setup sheet for the factory setup as well as blank setup sheets that you can print out.