[Adam Skelding]

Originally Posted by DaveTheRave

Morning

I've pre-ordered a DEX408 from JeSpares, a little Christmas present to myself..

Anyway I'm thinking about which components to stick in to the car, at the moment I'm thinking about using the following:

Motor / ESC - Tekin Rx8 Esc & T8 2050kv Motor
Radio Gear - Spektrum DX3S V2 3CH DSM
Batteries - 2 x Turnigy nano_tech 5000mah 2S 45-90C Lipo
Servo - Spektrum Digital High Torque Metal Geared Servo
Tyres - Don't know yet idea's welcome..

So I'm wondering if the components above are the right ones for the job? Or if theres anything I've forgotten?

I do a bit of racing with colleagues on a private work track at 1:10th scale so I'm totally new to 1:8th. I'm hoping that the class will pick up in the UK as theres lots of car's around now.

Hi,
Choice of equipment would seem to be pretty good.
I run the Tekin Set-up you are propsing in my car at the minute and it's bomb proof. I have it on a 21 pinion. Which is a little on the undergeared side, but it's good for short track indoor racing.

Radio should be fine, make sure the servo has 15+kg of torque and somewhere around 0.1s 0-60 degrees time and you'll be good to go.

Cells. I run 4600 saddles in mine. It actual makes the wiring neater than running sticks.. I'll post a nice install pic on here when I remember!

Tyres: Depends on surface. For bashing about dBoots Mulitbyte will give you a good level of grip on all sorts of surfaces... Another good all round tyre will be an angle spike or such like...