Is the EA3 Material really stronger ?

[stefke]

Having just broken my XXX-CR EA3 chassis today, I'm starting to wonder wether the EA3 material really is stronger as Losi claims it should be.

I've seen other CR's breaking shocktowers, A-arms, chassis, etc in crashes and jumps where a bk2 would have held up just fine.

I'm starting to believe Losi took a cheaper material for the CR to cut costs and gave it the a fancy name.

Anyway, does anyone knows if a bk2 chassis fits a CR ?

[Cannabum420]

Originally Posted by stefke

Having just broken my XXX-CR EA3 chassis today, I'm starting to wonder wether the EA3 material really is stronger as Losi claims it should be.

I've seen other CR's breaking shocktowers, A-arms, chassis, etc in crashes and jumps where a bk2 would have held up just fine.

I'm starting to believe Losi took a cheaper material for the CR to cut costs and gave it the a fancy name.

Anyway, does anyone knows if a bk2 chassis fits a CR ?

Yea the bk2 chassis is the same and will fit perfectly. I too have had problems with the new EA3 stuff, I went back to graphite except for the chassis which is the original plastic(or stifzel) for better traction. Infact majority of the pro guys i race with dumped the ea3 shortly after its debut.

[barnyard]

all the plastic parts are the same as the bk2 apart from the rear arm, hubs and rear pivot

[bigred5765]

and gearbox and front shock mount and rear shock mount and the front arms and the rear toe plate all differ, oops thats almost the whole car

[cabbynate]

Originally Posted by bigred5765

and gearbox and front shock mount and rear shock mount and the front arms and the rear toe plate all differ, oops thats almost the whole car

Don't forget the steering rack and ball cups.

[Mr X]

i run a xxx bk2 with the original xxx gearbox so in the end its a xxxcr with everything in graphite except the chassis, its a regular plastic one. although i have never tried ea3 parts my car never broke i had crashes where people were sure that i broke something but that wasnt the case. i do have a problem with the car though i have bent all my titanium turnbuckles except the steering ones. i did not only bend all the losi ones but i got a set of Lunsford ones and i bent those too, the rear ones bent twice.

[bigred5765]

in case someone didnt get my little dig before,
the bk2 and the xxxcr are two completly differnet cars,
you cant compare them,shocks are similar thats about it.
ea3 is fine had nps