I have been eying the DEX408 as my next kit. How do you like yours override?
I really like it a lot, setup stock with 45wt in the front and 30wt in the rear shocks, base fluids in the diffs (can't remember off the top) all I did was set the ride height and threw it on the track. It drives really well in stock form, the only thing is the rear slides quite a bit and at slower speeds it tends to roll to much. So I think the only things that really needs a little tweaking is the fluid in the rear diff, shock springs and droop. I also added Lunsford titanium turnbuckles all the way around and shock boots!
I bought it used and drove it once the way the previous owner had it setup. It drove like ass, handling was very poor, it wanted to nose dive in the air on almost every jump.
Here is what she turned out like
Oh and for anyone interested the DEX weight's in at 8lbs 1oz fully loaded
First impressions on the Viper ESC were "Very Impressive", after messing with the ProGauge and getting some drive time in I can say the ESC has lived up to everything I have read about it. That day at RCHQ I was catching some HUGE air, if I had to guess I would say about 15feet or so. The big jump is right smack dab in front of the drivers podium and I was catching enough air to be head level standing up there. Anyways a few of the landings were really hard, I had one nose dive from to much brake and two rear hits from to much throttle. It never even tried to burp, once I was back on the wheels it was spinning those tires and asking for more.
The motor is a Tekin 1900, everyone knows this is a great performing motor so I'll just leave it at that.
Steering seems to lack a little but once on the track it almost seems to much when turning rack to rack. Ofcourse that also depends on your servo setup and how much travel you want.
Diffs are beefy, very easy to work on and I love the easy access. For the rear you pull one small plate and two plastic retainer braces and it slides right out. For the front you pull a full plastic cover and it slides right out
I will admit the hing pin carriers seem to be a little weaker than they should but its also nice for them to have some give so you dont jack up to many other things in the case you rip an arm off.
The chassis's are expensive coming in at around $90, which is another downfall in my opinon, unlike say a VE8 chassis which you can pick up for about $20-$30. The chassis although does seem very sturdy and I don't see myself bending one anytime soon.
Last but not least the tuning options are ridiculous....Between your shock mounting positions, to the turnbuckle mounting positions, different degree c-hubs, different hinge pin angles (toe in/out, kick up/down) and the +2mm roll center mod you will have plenty of options to tune things the way you want them.
