loadingpleasewait

I am going to race the hyper 8 this year. What breaks the most or what spare parts should i get to make sure i will keep running?

bentgear

Have not needed many spares except the eccentric bushing (wear), but I would suggest you do the wing mount mod that you will find on the OFNA site.


Ed M.

Keith-OH

The only thing I have broke on mine is the rear shock shaft got bent from getting hit at the end of the straight from another buggy going at WOT.

46u

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I have broken VERY few parts but do keep a lot of spares in my pit box do to racing the Georgia Championship Series which is a points race. This is a GOOD size series and I placed 7th Saturday in the third round in the A main.

loadingpleasewait

That is why I asked. I will be running in the RCPro Series Midwest Round One on Apr. 28th. Just needed some ideas on what to order. I saw that there is a Hobby Town USA close but I don't know if they stock any parts.
The wing fix is done already but was there another fix?

Thanks for all the input and keep it coming.

JamieKerr

Where on the link is the wing mod i cant see it on there only the suspension one and the turnbuckle one thx.

JK

46u

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You must have not looked to hard as it is tech tip 2!
http://www.nitrohouse.com/Tech_Tips_for_the_Hyper8.htm

JamieKerr

Ohhhh right that one i thought it would be more on the actuall wing mount part not down that low silly me lol
Thanks 46U

JK

46u

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Even thaw I rarely need it I take just about enough stuff to build another buggy including 2 back up engines. You never have to many parts! It takes my whole car just to carry what all I take and I do not have a small car. 90% of it is for my buggy and 10% for camping. Guess it all has to do with how much money you want to spend as anything can happen! When you are in a points race this can make the difference between 100 points or 200 points. The Georgia Championship series has 8 round at 3 different tracks. At each round we have around 90 racers. Has a cash payout for the 10 in each class at the end of the year.

adz06

ok i have a problem [:'(] i broke my main needle/ high speed needle valve on my novarossi p5 luckily the engine carb is nt damaged at all. but now i need a new needle valve by any chance r they unviersal like oculd i just use a sts .21 needle valve onstead?
thansk adam

adz06

ok i have just been informed by an engine dude i know that novarossi and rb are the same but not to try any others so now i have to try and find somwer in uk to get one [>:]

46u

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Any one have trouble keep oil in there differentials?

Keith-OH

Mine have been fine each time I change them.

46u

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How often do you change the oil? I have about 6 gallons on my Hyper 8 and yet been able to keep oil in them for a race weekend! I do not even see evidence of leaking but after about half a gallon I take them apart and only have about 1/3 the oil I put in. Before some one asked yes when filling I spin the gears to fill the air pockets. I have changed the O-rings even gone as far as to buy new diff off ebay and still same thing.

Keith-OH

I only change mine about every 5 weekend of racing. I would say I still have about 90% of my oil left. I have noticed my truggy also used a little oil but never to the point where I would think it is leaking.

46u

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All 3 of mine will not even make one race weekend of about ½ gallon of fuel. When I check I am lucky to have 1/3 the oil I put in. Like I said even tried NEW diffs out of a new kit off ebay same thing. I even put a little RTV on the setscrew and the screws holding the ring or spur gear.
Thanks for the input.

Keith-OH

Mabey try a different brand oil. Mabey the oil you are using is braking down to fast. I have been using ofna oil and slowly switching over to Mugen diff oil.

46u

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The only thing I have used is Mugen.

bentgear

46u, as you know all my diffs leaked out of the box on my new one. After rebuilding them all is well. You might want to fill one like you normally do and then run it one tank. Take it out and see if it is low, my bet is that it will be. After filling I have found that rotating the gears and then setting them to the side for a while requires that I top it off again to get it back up to the crosspin.

Ed M.

46u

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Thanks but that is pretty much how I fill mine. Being my next race will only be a club race I just added oil to see what they look like after that race and will do a major service before round 4 of the series.
Thanks.

Codeblack

Sorry to interrupt, i got a quick question. Do most top end Ofna 1/8scale buggies have compatible parts? and what is the top 3 best Ofna buggies with best upgradeable potential?

46u

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Being Ofna is an importer and not a manufactory and they import both Hobao and Hong Nor I would say very few parts are interchangeable. The newest most up dated buggy they carry is the Hyper 8.

Do to my best round this past weekend in Savannah in the Georgia Championship Series right now I am in 8th place in the points. Moved up from 11th.

Codeblack

could anyone name a few top end Ofna buggies ( or top end buggies they import)?


edit: would you say that hyper 8 and hyper 8 pro are compatible?

nabanta

The highest-end buggies that OFNA imports is the Hyper 8 and Jammin' X1 CR Factory Team Edition.

I'm not completey sure about compatability between the Hyper 8 and Hyper 8 Pro, but they are pretty much the same buggy. The differences I can think of off the top of my head is the shock towers, radio tray, and shock springs.

Codeblack

I am sorry to ask this... Would you say CEN Matrix KIT is better than Jammin/Hyper8? or is it the other way around?