The 1:8 buggy racing world will wonder how they lived without the Factory Team RC8!
From the correctly balanced and optimized weight distribution, silky
smooth and reliable shocks featuring 4mm gold shafts, innovative clutch
design, to the machined chassis, every inch of the RC8 screams
performance and durability. From the proven drive train to the
ultimately adjustable wing, you will see why the Factory Team RC8 will
be the buggy chosen to dominate the competition.
The highly anticipated Associated Factory Team RC8 will raise the
performance bar for 1/8th off-road nitro buggies. The RC8 design
utilizes proven engineering yet incorporates design ingenuity and
industry leading concepts that will confirm Team Associated's number
one status which it has held for over 40 years.
Strength, durability, nimble handling and maximum corner speeds were
the key design elements Area 51 targeted. Drivers will experience
unparalleled and effortless "pop" as they launch from the jumps.
Landings will be plush beyond belief due to the enhanced suspension
that other buggies only dream of.
Features
- More suspension travel than any other buggy
- 4mm woven carbon fiber shock towers for maximum rigidity, strength and light weight
- Blue aluminum hexes and wheel nuts featuring nyloc providing the ultimate in security
- Factory
Team threaded, hard-coated shocks feature extra large bladders for full
volume compensation and 4mm gold shock shafts for durability
- Captured outer CVA pins
- Wing angle and position is fully adjustable and secure
- Unique low-profile elliptical high-flow, two-stage air filter
- Two-piece split-center diff mount allows quick and easy access to the center diff
- Newly designed high-torque capacity three-shoe aluminum clutch
- Lightened 43-tooth diff ring-gears make for the absolute minimum rotating-mass
- Metric hardware throughout
- Factory Team blue titanium turnbuckles
- Weighing
in at 7.4 lbs. makes the RC8 one of the lightest buggies in the class
(weight may vary depending on muffler, engine and electronics)
- The
4.30:1 ratio gear boxes produce maximum punch allowing the RC8 to
accelerate harder out of the corners and up the biggest jumps
- FFC Free-Float Caliper brake system eliminates the possibility of unwanted brake drag while on throttle
