Never thought I'd see a thread on dogs on here..... lol

I am looking at Malamute pups at the moment to keep my current boy company.

Have to say, trying to get back on topic, I still have a huge soft spot for the Preds. I ran one from about 1994 till about 2002 and had all my best results with one. If only there had been a little more feedback late last year I might have been running one over the K' car .......

Now there are 400 reasons not to change from the ZX5-SP

I think the pred is an awesome car and it can only get better as long as someone has the commitment to push it forward - which Xtreme seem to want to do. I'm a bit tired of the sarcasm in this sub forum - banter is one thing but this is a small company and whatever you might think of them they are doing a good job and helping push the sport - which benefits all of us no matter what you choose to race.

Well Said!

Any car that "different" looking with the inboard suspension etc is cool in my book!!

Please remember we set up the 'playground' forum for those of you who want to chat a little bit 'off-topic'. Let's keep this forum freed up for those who are genuinely interested in learning more about the Pred and who want to discuss the cars seriously.

No-one is expecting the forum to be 100% serious all of the time, but like boss said, some of the comments being made can be damaging to smaller companies who are trying to keep it real in the world of RC.


We're not all about being oppressive and suchlike, just trying to provide a fair service for all, which is of course why we're free :woot:

If they were cheaper I'd have bought one.... I love the appearance and stance of the car, and while looks aren't the primary concern, the preds have that down pat by a clear mile over any other 1/10 off roader.

Cheers!

Has anyone ever tried a front shock tower on a pred and some shocks from a losi/ae car? i would be interested to see what difference it made.

I talked to someone a while ago who was thinking of doing it for a project but I've yet to see it - would be interesting to see

I think it would solve a lot of the issues that the pred has, a bigger volume shock, and bypassing the rockers etc can only be good, i think staggering the cells would also make the car feel better on track.

Yanina, you are Ace, my mrs wouldn`t even know what a shock is!!! The only volume she is worried about is the girth of my wallet :lol:

Sorry Mrs Oo, guess we did get a bit off topic for here!

Hope noone thinks I've dissed the car tho, think its great they're out there and its obvious the guys are supporting the drivers really well, always see the van about!! Do think the vans wheels should be painted Orange though! :thumbsup:

pmsl :woot: having watched the new shocks on the 2 team cars at epr on sunday they are a massive improvment over the bumps and jumps and the car looks a lot more planted now and has minimal slapdown after the big jumps (no worse than any other car on the day dispite lewis's best efforts :woot:)

Were they running with shock towers too (upright) or larger volume shocks in the original position?

They would of still been inboard, i cant see xtreme taking the inboard option off the preds, its sort of like a trademark

Was going to say, wouldn't be the same with upright shocks!! I've used a tourer with pred style front suspension, and if I could remove the slop (on the tourer, can't speak for the pred!) it works just as well as uprights!

nice to read that kind of information on a forum, shouldn't you tell your team drivers this stuff alot more in advance ? :(

:woot:bigger volume shock would be great make sure they have gold shafts and super slick orings and teflon coating in side.. make them blue anodized on te out side or hard anodize them..

pretty sure ive got some of these shocks on route!! :thumbsup:

:confused:hows that?