---OFFICIAL CASTER RACING K8T TRUGGY THREAD---
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Well finally I got my Caster Racing K8T truggy in and all I can say is WOW! The quality of this thing is on par if not better than my Hyper ST Pro and Kyosho ST-RR. This is NOT a cheap imitation truggy by any means at all from the looks of it. From what I have heard this truggy has been doing pretty good in and around texas and stuff. This is the Pro Team kit which comes 80% assembled for you already. It comes with all of the aluminum upgrades for the shock towers, braces and hinge pin holders. Also comes with full CVD's for driveshafts and axles. Cannot wait to put it all together. Only negatives I can see is the tires which IMO SUCK! They are about as thin as a piece of paper and tall as hell but everybody upgrades anyways and I have a set of crimefighters to put on. Even though this truggy is assembled it comes with 2 sets of extra diff gaskets and shims and extra hinge pin holders for different degrees. Also comes with wheels, clutch bell, clutch and springs and fuel line. I have a bunch of pics so you guys can see it real good since there are no real good pics of this truggy anywhere. So here ya go! will be a couple of posts of pics probably.
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Mugen should be proud. 
Just joking.
It does remind of a OCM though. Otherwise, looks like a well built kit. Gotta give a report on how she runs.

Just joking.
It does remind of a OCM though. Otherwise, looks like a well built kit. Gotta give a report on how she runs.
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ORIGINAL: annie_himself
Mugen should be proud.
Just joking.
It does remind of a OCM though. Otherwise, looks like a well built kit. Gotta give a report on how she runs.
Mugen should be proud.

Just joking.
It does remind of a OCM though. Otherwise, looks like a well built kit. Gotta give a report on how she runs.

Only thing so far in the build that has to be addressed is when you assemble the shocks and install the small clip that holds the o-rings in, you have to bend the tab on it down flatter or it will rub the shock shaft.
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ORIGINAL: madmax22
looks perrty nice! where did you get it from? $300 shipped dosent sound bad!
looks perrty nice! where did you get it from? $300 shipped dosent sound bad!
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Here are some pics of my Picco .28 with my Jammin JP-3 pipe. Still got a little more to do on the build. Waiting on my Hitec 5955 333oz servo and a hitec 645 for throttle.
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That MG-645 is going to be SLOW.
That MG-645 is going to be SLOW.
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[sm=thumbs_up.gif] Nice!! We will see how she holds up on the track and go from there..I will show no mercy to the caster[sm=punching.gif]... If ya cant run with the big dogs stay on the porch..
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ORIGINAL: BIGAIRBEN
[sm=thumbs_up.gif] Nice!! We will see how she holds up on the track and go from there..I will show no mercy to the caster[sm=punching.gif]... If ya cant run with the big dogs stay on the porch..
[sm=thumbs_up.gif] Nice!! We will see how she holds up on the track and go from there..I will show no mercy to the caster[sm=punching.gif]... If ya cant run with the big dogs stay on the porch..

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I just got mine this week too. The truggy is very well built, its has a little shorter chassis than the mugen. The shock towers are a little different as well. They are a little shorter for lower ceter of gravity. Its pretty much identical to the mbx5t. The new diff gears shimmed out good and it has no problems at all. Very solid truggyand definitly a podium contender. Ill upload photos later. shootz.
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Looks good my only whine is it looks like just another generic truggy design (hey it works right?), other than Losi no one else is really bothering to try new things...
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I just got mine this week too. The truggy is very well built, its has a little shorter chassis than the mugen. The shock towers are a little different as well. They are a little shorter for lower ceter of gravity. Its pretty much identical to the mbx5t. The new diff gears shimmed out good and it has no problems at all. Very solid truggyand definitly a podium contender. Ill upload photos later. shootz.
I just got mine this week too. The truggy is very well built, its has a little shorter chassis than the mugen. The shock towers are a little different as well. They are a little shorter for lower ceter of gravity. Its pretty much identical to the mbx5t. The new diff gears shimmed out good and it has no problems at all. Very solid truggyand definitly a podium contender. Ill upload photos later. shootz.






Looks good my only whine is it looks like just another generic truggy design (hey it works right?), other than Losi no one else is really bothering to try new things...
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Looks great!! Much better than I expected. However, I do have a couple of minor gripes myself:
The front body mounts... it looks like they limit you on your upper shock mounting position since they use they same holes. That just seems weird to me. Maybe they had the parts machined before they remembered they needed body mounts up front.... lol, who knows. Is it the same in the rear?
Does the steering ackerman really need to be that thick? However minute, just looks like extra weight to me.
-Howard
The front body mounts... it looks like they limit you on your upper shock mounting position since they use they same holes. That just seems weird to me. Maybe they had the parts machined before they remembered they needed body mounts up front.... lol, who knows. Is it the same in the rear?
Does the steering ackerman really need to be that thick? However minute, just looks like extra weight to me.

-Howard
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Looks great!! Much better than I expected. However, I do have a couple of minor gripes myself:
The front body mounts... it looks like they limit you on your upper shock mounting position since they use they same holes. That just seems weird to me. Maybe they had the parts machined before they remembered they needed body mounts up front.... lol, who knows. Is it the same in the rear?
Does the steering ackerman really need to be that thick? However minute, just looks like extra weight to me.
-Howard
Looks great!! Much better than I expected. However, I do have a couple of minor gripes myself:
The front body mounts... it looks like they limit you on your upper shock mounting position since they use they same holes. That just seems weird to me. Maybe they had the parts machined before they remembered they needed body mounts up front.... lol, who knows. Is it the same in the rear?
Does the steering ackerman really need to be that thick? However minute, just looks like extra weight to me.

-Howard
wow 300 bucks? for that truck?
pretty nice no engine and electronics though?
nice table cloth
pretty nice no engine and electronics though?
nice table cloth
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ORIGINAL: slayerphonics
pretty nice no engine and electronics though?
nice table cloth
pretty nice no engine and electronics though?
nice table cloth
Which is good, 90% of the time RTR engines and electronics are garbage.
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Just bought a JConcepts body for a mugen for my caster!! Trying to decide what color to paint it. Think I am going to keep it simple.
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I LIKE THE PINK IDEA..YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO BACK UP THE PINK COLOR[sm=punching.gif]..PLUS I LIKE THE BRIGHT COLORS THERE EASY TO SEE ON THE TRACK..