Aluminium Rear bracing for 1/8 nitro buggy racing

[mechanicos]

I'm a beginner in 1/8 nitro buggy racing, local track has lots of big jumps, which i mostly dont land properly therefore i hit the chassis hard. I have broken the engine mounts 3 times in a year, ordered an upgrade now but I'm not sure it will hold. I also stripped a couple of clutch bells.

I'm thinking of installing an aluminium rear chassis brace to avoid the above. My only concern now is, will i now bend the chassis? since i will remove almost all flex and pin point the stresses at where the alu. brace is fixed on the chassis?

Btw my buggy is the HB Racing D8 WS

 

[CertifiedMike]

Not sure if the brace will help your bad landings. That is what I would focus on.

Spend more time practicing.

Maybe your rear shocks could use rebuild, different springs might help.

Are you using locktite on your hardware? That is a must with nitro!!!
Are you using 12.9 hardware? Thats the toughest hardware you can (and should) install.

The upgraded engine mount sounds like a good idea.

The brace might help but it can effect handling too.

 

[mechanicos]

I know handling will be affected, i think i will give it a try and see, if i bend the chassis, i already jave an extra one, if it handles really bad i will try to balance it out with setup adjustments, i can always replace it with the plastic one.