RC8 or MBX5R
03-31-2008, 05:20 PM
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RE: RC8 or MBX5R
I would say it handles as well if not a little better,but set up has a LOT to do with that. The Mugen is heavier but a good amount more durable, but once you do a couple upgrades on the RC8 it is awsome. Get the one you like better,either one will be a top level buggy and one is not better than the other.
03-31-2008, 07:01 PM
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RE: RC8 or MBX5R
ORIGINAL: Mugen Mbx5
I would say it handles as well if not a little better,but set up has a LOT to do with that. The Mugen is heavier but a good amount more durable, but once you do a couple upgrades on the RC8 it is awsome. Get the one you like better,either one will be a top level buggy and one is not better than the other.
I would say it handles as well if not a little better,but set up has a LOT to do with that. The Mugen is heavier but a good amount more durable, but once you do a couple upgrades on the RC8 it is awsome. Get the one you like better,either one will be a top level buggy and one is not better than the other.
03-31-2008, 08:21 PM
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RE: RC8 or MBX5R
ORIGINAL: Dirt_hawg
If your a good driver it doesnt matter if its tough or not...Handling is my 90 percent choice..
If your a good driver it doesnt matter if its tough or not...Handling is my 90 percent choice..
Also, there is a lot of RC8's out at mu local track. No driver has won a race weekend yet.
03-31-2008, 10:16 PM
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RE: RC8 or MBX5R
ORIGINAL: Dirt_hawg
Set up???My rc8 is rock stock and it handles like a dream!!!!!!!Are you saying that from experence or just hear say.My guess is hear say cuz if you've driven one youd swear by it...
ORIGINAL: Mugen Mbx5
I would say it handles as well if not a little better,but set up has a LOT to do with that. The Mugen is heavier but a good amount more durable, but once you do a couple upgrades on the RC8 it is awsome. Get the one you like better,either one will be a top level buggy and one is not better than the other.
I would say it handles as well if not a little better,but set up has a LOT to do with that. The Mugen is heavier but a good amount more durable, but once you do a couple upgrades on the RC8 it is awsome. Get the one you like better,either one will be a top level buggy and one is not better than the other.
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RE: RC8 or MBX5R
ORIGINAL: Mugen Mbx5
It depends on driving style also, you might like the way the rc8 handles,but it might have to much steering or be to "twitchy" for some. The set-up comment was directed more twards the Mugen. I have owned many brands of 1/8 buggy and it comes down more to how good it is set to your driving style. I have wheeled an RC8 and it had a ton of steering,but it seemed to hop around in the choppy sections,it seemed unsettled compared to my Mugen but was lighter and turned like a ****.
ORIGINAL: Dirt_hawg
Set up???My rc8 is rock stock and it handles like a dream!!!!!!!Are you saying that from experence or just hear say.My guess is hear say cuz if you've driven one youd swear by it...
ORIGINAL: Mugen Mbx5
I would say it handles as well if not a little better,but set up has a LOT to do with that. The Mugen is heavier but a good amount more durable, but once you do a couple upgrades on the RC8 it is awsome. Get the one you like better,either one will be a top level buggy and one is not better than the other.
I would say it handles as well if not a little better,but set up has a LOT to do with that. The Mugen is heavier but a good amount more durable, but once you do a couple upgrades on the RC8 it is awsome. Get the one you like better,either one will be a top level buggy and one is not better than the other.
Im glad I have Futaba Fasst..
Hence the Expos and end-point adjusters...
03-31-2008, 11:29 PM
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RE: RC8 or MBX5R
ORIGINAL: Dirt_hawg
LOL they must suck!!!!Almost 60 percent or drivers at my track drive associated.....
LOL they must suck!!!!Almost 60 percent or drivers at my track drive associated.....
It sounds like your almost at a Pro level.......? Especialy when you drive "ROCK STOCK" LOL
They must build the track accordingly to your rock stock setup?
I guess when you drive stock it's because you can't feel the difference and your just learning to drive the car!
It's funny though that at my track 80% is associated and they have not been able to win a club race since they got them, but they use to win all the time with there mbx5.
04-01-2008, 01:52 AM
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It sounds like your almost at a Pro level.......? Especialy when you drive "ROCK STOCK" LOL
They must build the track accordingly to your rock stock setup?
I guess when you drive stock it's because you can't feel the difference and your just learning to drive the car!
It's funny though that at my track 80% is associated and they have not been able to win a club race since they got them, but they use to win all the time with there mbx5.
ORIGINAL: Dirt_hawg
LOL they must suck!!!!Almost 60 percent or drivers at my track drive associated.....
LOL they must suck!!!!Almost 60 percent or drivers at my track drive associated.....
It sounds like your almost at a Pro level.......? Especialy when you drive "ROCK STOCK" LOL
They must build the track accordingly to your rock stock setup?
I guess when you drive stock it's because you can't feel the difference and your just learning to drive the car!
It's funny though that at my track 80% is associated and they have not been able to win a club race since they got them, but they use to win all the time with there mbx5.
My other friend is trying to sort out rough handling issue. Car gets upset in the rough sections while everybody else is blazing through.
04-01-2008, 09:21 AM
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I had the same dilemma about 2 months ago,the rc8 or the mbx-5r. I've been racing 10th scale nitro on and off road for about 8 to 9 years and I take it very seriously. One of my
on road cars is an nitro ntc3 which at the time I thought was an pro racer,but later found out upon close inspection it was for begginers. I have an RC car action magazine dated
dec 1998 that featured an 1/8th scale 8 buggy shoot-out which the mugen mbx-4 won;the kyosho inferno mp-5 was also part of this shoot-out. Like I said I am a serious racer,
mugen to me is a very serious race company that has been winning 1/8th scale buggy championships for more than an decade,they don't even make an rtr or arr(rc8) unlike
Associated who caters more to the begginers/basher crowd. Raced my 5r last weekend for the first time and was running between second and third place for more than a third of
an 20 minute A-main until my servo arm came lose, was very impressed with the way the car handle box stock. Do the research.
on road cars is an nitro ntc3 which at the time I thought was an pro racer,but later found out upon close inspection it was for begginers. I have an RC car action magazine dated
dec 1998 that featured an 1/8th scale 8 buggy shoot-out which the mugen mbx-4 won;the kyosho inferno mp-5 was also part of this shoot-out. Like I said I am a serious racer,
mugen to me is a very serious race company that has been winning 1/8th scale buggy championships for more than an decade,they don't even make an rtr or arr(rc8) unlike
Associated who caters more to the begginers/basher crowd. Raced my 5r last weekend for the first time and was running between second and third place for more than a third of
an 20 minute A-main until my servo arm came lose, was very impressed with the way the car handle box stock. Do the research.
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ORIGINAL: arm2storm
It sounds like your almost at a Pro level.......? Especialy when you drive "ROCK STOCK" LOL
They must build the track accordingly to your rock stock setup?
I guess when you drive stock it's because you can't feel the difference and your just learning to drive the car!
It's funny though that at my track 80% is associated and they have not been able to win a club race since they got them, but they use to win all the time with there mbx5.
ORIGINAL: Dirt_hawg
LOL they must suck!!!!Almost 60 percent or drivers at my track drive associated.....
LOL they must suck!!!!Almost 60 percent or drivers at my track drive associated.....
It sounds like your almost at a Pro level.......? Especialy when you drive "ROCK STOCK" LOL
They must build the track accordingly to your rock stock setup?
I guess when you drive stock it's because you can't feel the difference and your just learning to drive the car!
It's funny though that at my track 80% is associated and they have not been able to win a club race since they got them, but they use to win all the time with there mbx5.
Its probably a good thing that you will never race me...
You would be the one saying HUH, mabey I should of kept my mouth SHUT!
04-01-2008, 08:47 PM
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Every one knows my Ofna Ultra LX1 beats all
This thread is pointless and there are many threads like this, deserves to be locked (and deleted with all the smack).
This thread is pointless and there are many threads like this, deserves to be locked (and deleted with all the smack).
04-01-2008, 09:30 PM
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You kiss your mother with that mouth.
Don't get your panties in a bunch.
Tell me "ROCK STOCK DRIVER" wheres your home track? You never know..............
P.S. Yes, I did think it was funny...... NUMB NUTS! LOL and you know whats even funnier? It took you two posts later to read what I had posted! LOL LOL LOL LOL
Don't get your panties in a bunch.
Tell me "ROCK STOCK DRIVER" wheres your home track? You never know..............
P.S. Yes, I did think it was funny...... NUMB NUTS! LOL and you know whats even funnier? It took you two posts later to read what I had posted! LOL LOL LOL LOL
