MRC will have our shipment of GV2 Pros in about 3 weeks... :o

OK ok ok, so I was a little off with my ETA. It looks like the GV2 Pros will be here on MONDAY, if not sooner here in the US. Does the UK have them yet??

Attached is the starting team setup that a few of us have been messing around with on the prototype buggies with much success.

Hey all. I've only had the car a whort time and have done really well at races here in the Missouri/Kansas Areas. We had a large regional race, had a chance to win coming down to the final main but ended up finishing 3rd. Ran the fall classic which saw serveral AE and Losi Drivers. Won the brushed stock class, finished 9th in the modified class. 5 in 4wd. Here are some pic of my car. I think I have tried every adjustment possible, so any questions I'd be happy to help.

Hi everyone, this is my first post here but I have followed oOple's reviews and event coverage for the last couple of years and it's been a great resource. I saw some conversation about the kit quality and plastic quality (shock mount screws threading directly into shock towers) and wanted to throw my experience into the hat. I have been running the SBv2 Pro for the last couple of weeks and I can tell you that this is the single best quality kit I have ever assembled (20+ years of racing beginning with the . All parts fit perfectly with ZERO need for fitting and sanding and the car practically fell together. I was concerned about the screws threading directly into the molded shock towers as well but it has been a non-issue. The track I am running on right now has been an arm, hub and shock tower eater (a jump of "high consequence") and while my Losi 2wd car has been through a couple sets of front arms in the last few weeks my SBv2 has not bent or broken a single part despite having been through the same types of crash. It has been very refreshing to know my 4wd car is the most durable in my stable.

The plastics quality and engineering of these kits are excellent .There are many shared parts, front and rear diff cases are the same, left and right arms are the same, slipper can be easliy adjusted without any disassembly and the car handles extremely well.

Now Dave G., get us USA drivers that GV2! :p

Here is my kit which I have had for just over a week now, it went really well for the first meeting.

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o...hoto-0001a.jpg

cool pics, This looks like a really good car ?????:confused:

Our kits here in the USA will be in stock next week.... I have been eagerly awaiting the boat to land for along time, I have two kits on order. I wil post info and pics when I get mine together

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Ijust received and built my new gv2 great design,great fit of parts a plus that option parts were included in the kit Academy is the only company that sends option tunning parts with there kits that is a plus;) .I think the car is going to do very well from the looks of it it has alot more ground clearence then it's competitors.The car looks to be very durable and sound IT WILL BE A FORCE



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what about the plastic ? is it like the losi graphite stuff or rather like the losi EA3.
other academy cars where never equal to the asso / kyosho palstic. so i m a bit sceptical.
do we allready know how much the car will be? all academy cars were pretty cheap as far as i know

im seeing this price " Price: $219.98 " im thinking this aint bad......... whats that in sterling......... tempting :o

219.98 USD

=

106.919 GBP



where do you get these from in the UK ?

The plastic is very similar to the Losi EA3 composite and so for I have been impressed with the strenght of the car.

still not bad... im gonna have one :)

i hoped it would be graphite plastic (similar to losi graphite and kyosho tuning parts)
220 usd isn t that good. thats round 30 less than the asso. and with shipping and duty the difference isn t that big.
but thats the first price ... guess it will be possible to get it cheaper

would it be the advertised price at $220 direct from MRC ? surley they cant say that and ask for more. In all fairness soon as it hits britain its gonna shoot up a little...

brian where did you buy youres from ?

I think Brian's car came from Horizon so he can trial it and get it out in the public eye as he drives for them .... might be wrong though

For once Roger's right:D;)

My car is the test pilot if you like, and so far iv'e been really impressed with it.
It's been run 4 times now (once a kiddy and the rest during the week) i'm becoming alot more settled with it now, and the handling is very predictable now, so far on back to back run's it's starting to come together, and produce compairable lap times to my XXXcr.

The cars next outing will be at Eden Park Raceway on Sunday, a stern test for any car.

not bad ! :D

ive found one on ebay for under £100 free shipping, theres 6 available right now.. hopfully they will be there on payday ! :rolleyes:

Look again free shipping to the US only

:D
** embarrast face ** :rolleyes:

a little off note but do you know if you need a PT for belgium GP ? or do they have handouts ? ... i know its a long shot :D

:eh?::confused::confused::confused::confused::conf used::confused:

lol i knew this would happen, i mis read the shipping part on ebay about the academy...

as for the belgium question i asked you because i thought maybe you have been and raced there before in this event and may possibly know ?

hope that helps

Sorry mate but iv'e never raced in Belgium.

I spoke to Horizon today and they are going to order the kits in the next few days.

great news mate :D

I just assembled my GV2 kit last night. The kit went together perfectly with no snags whatsoever. The screws are better than what I am accustomed to with AE and Losi and just about the whole car uses all the same 2mm allen wrench (nice!).

The kit includes two sets of front axles so AE wheels can be used in addition to the kit wheels and the rear will take Academy wheels or Losi/AE standard wheels.

The chassis is more narrow than the other cars on the market and a Novak GTB is a very tight fit but it does fit. You must space the speedo off the chassis about 2mm so the smaller contact board clears the outer edge of the chassis. I also use Lipo and the battery tray is good and wide so I can space my battery over a touch for speedo comfort. Those using LRP/Nosram or just about any conventional speed control will have no problem fitting their gear in it.

So Far I am VERY impressed with the car, just as I am with the SBv2. This Academy stuff is the real deal.

thats fantastic ! :D

Also includes a full set of spur gears, and both 25/30 and 27.5 deg castor block

im sold ! 2twice over !! :p GIMMIE GIMMIE GIMME !!

Me too
 

I just had an email from Amain hobbies, my GV is on it's way to me, YAY.
Is there work to be done on the bellcranks like on the SB?
This is the first time I will not have a losi 2wd buggy in my line up, gulp...LoL.

Some have dremeled a little (tiny) bit off the chassis walls to allow the bell cranks to travel further. I feel that I have plenty of throw as it is but I'll see how I like it once it's running. I did have to use a small file to make for some clearance in the front bulkhead. The heads of the rack screws grazed it as they passed. Took 30 seconds to fix.

i put mine together yesterday and i noticed that when the VLA is in the narrow position and the front knuckle is in the low position with the spacer on top the knuckle hits the arm on the part where the little screw goes in to hold the hingle pin. so im just wondering if anyone else has this?

also the steering bell cranks seemed to have alot of play going up and down, i shimmed them even though the manual didnt mention anything.

and one more thing, how do i set the slipper? do i just tighten the screw all the way in? if yes how do i adjust it?


other then those things i got to run it on a carpet track with stiffer springs and everything else being exactly like the manual and it was pretty good seemed stable on jumps and bumps and it was faster then my old xxx cr. also it wheeled alot.

As long as you know your diff is tight enough you want to set the slipper to slip before the diff. One way to do a bench setting is to have a friend hold the rear wheels while you apply throttle. The front wheels should come off the table while the slipper slips to prevent them from coming up violently. This will guarantee good drive off corners and jumps but protection for your diff.

I noticed the up and down play in the steering linkage too. I haven't done anything about it yet.

i figured out what to do about the steering. they include 4 shims that are the perfect size to go behind the bearings. so you dont space the shafts you space the bearings from the plastic.

and what pistons can i use? associated or kyosho? and which are the same as the ones that come with the car.

Yes, they have handouts :cool:

Mr X, Associated pistons work in the Academy shocks. They fit tighter than they do on the Associated shock bodies so you may need to sand the edge of your pistons slightly to get them to move freely (I needed to do one of mine in my 4wd). I don't know the piston hole sizes of the stockers but I'd say they are about like AE #2s based on the oil weights I'm running.

Well after 2 full dyas of testing I have come up with the following setup for med-high bite clay tracks, we have very tight technical sections mixed with a triple that spreads about 25'. This is the best setup so far with the fastest lap timed and great consistentcy.

Front

camber 3 - C 2 #4 AE washers under the ballstud
steering - stock rack with one #4 washer on the spindle
MLP - narrow
Shocks - 3-hole pistons 57's 30wt losi black academy springs
shock at middle hole in arm, middle in tower
27.5 aluminum caster kickup, stock droop (just below level)

Rear

3 degree's of anti-squat (AE .030 washer under front holder)
camber 2 - B no washers
shocks unscrewed 1 turn, 3-hole 56's 20wt losi white academy springs
shocks mounted outside in arm and #3 in tower
MLP narrow

Novak 7.5 'lite' geared 80/23 GTB 4-coast brake stock rest
Protek 4000 lipo + 1mm stainlessplate for weight (weighs 4.5oz.)
Run the slipper as tight as traction will allow, tons of forward bite
AE wheels F/R- Pink Tapers, Pink 3 rib prescrubs bomb 1 foams...flame and sauce with zip free

Jumps excellent!!!!, very predictable on/off throttle. Lovin it

new Academy 2wd
 

i just purchased a GV2 over the week end and im in need of some information on the shocks im a old losi guy im not sure what shock top they want you to use 7mm or 9mm and what is the over all length of the front & rear shocks. any help would be greatly app. :confused:

they want you to use the long shock tops and the longer bottoms as well.


also i was wondering about the VLA on the car. i run narrow position and if i go to wide will that change the camber gain as well as making the suspension softer? so having it in the wide position would make the car have less grip at that end? i would like to prevent traction roll on a carpet track.

It will cause the car to have more side bite, and yes you will have more camber gain since the difference between the lower and uper arms is greater with a long MLP...assuming the link length doesnt change

do you like those novak ''lights''