jbrobertsonjr

can anyone give me so info on weak points on the the truck and what upgrades thanks.

eighth8ter_2

readin about all kinds of hop ups but I am leavin mine stock other than I went with the gold springs..

a chain is only as strong as its weakest link.. Drive it like you stole it !! haha

jbrobertsonjr

ordered a buku muffler for the 8.0 mgt , and new header from tower hobbies ,third one i have a small block, big block ,buku outlaw.

DanMN

There are no weak points. Probably the rear bumper assembly, but I just put a bunch a pull ties on it and it's held for a year. I beat the tar out of this thing. I added a nova cooling head too. Thats really the only thing i've done to mine.

eighth8ter_2

Is the Nova cooling head all it's hopped up to be.? My MGT runs hot and was wondering if the Nova is worth it

geepfreek

I can keep the temps down at around 220f. But the truck acts like it's pulling lead weights Around but if I run a consistant 256-265f(I know pushing the temp range) it runs like a champ. So far I haven't had to do a lot of tuning. I cut out the windsheild but it'll run all day at 256-265f.

I've tried to richen it up an hour and the temp dropped back to 230f and wouldn't shift consistantly.Took FOREVER to hit second, and really didn't want to clear out.

eighth8ter_2

seems to be the normal range.. I haven't heard anyone say they run at the recomended 220 mark.

geepfreek

Well I thought it was just me. ALL of my engines run high temps. doesn't matter if its an os 30, hyper 28, hpi 25 which I cooked at a whopping 350+(thats as high as my temp gauge goes) opps, or any of my mach engines(26,26ss,28) or the old wasp 28 I had.

The hpi 25 didn't finally die til 8 months later, and was run almost every day. And the one Mach26ss I was able to keep at 220ish range died at the early life if 5 gals.[&:] The rest where like 10-15 gals.

jbrobertsonjr

i just bought the nova cooling head,, waiting on head gasket to install also got in buku outlaw and manifold , fixing to install shock tower and will post picture

del1969

I had a 8.0 for some time, I ran mine mostly stock.
Some of the weak points for me where the pins kept falling out of the drivecups, so I used some red lock-tight.
Body post broke alot.
The transmission took a crap so I sold it.
I would go with the foward only conversion.

jbrobertsonjr

thanks for the info i have a broke shock tower fixing to replace and install buku outlaw pipe

jbrobertsonjr

here is a picture of my mgt 8.0, with nova cooling head and buku outlaw pipe ,with this combo i had real good power with low temp ran real well pulls the front wheels anytime u want, as u can see exhaust runs out the bottom no more oiled up rear wheel,awsome power.

jbrobertsonjr

i just installed a vgracing.com roll cage on my mgt 8.0 and it fits like a glove looks good here is a picture

Barber420

My Feedback: (1)

I put one red spring on each corner, Nova head, RPM a-arms, Titanium turnbuckles(not mandatory), and aluminium shock caps. Everything I did is necessary if you REALLY want to have a bullet proof MGT 8.0. Now, NOTHING ever breaks. The springs make it handle MUCH better, along with thicker shock oil. I also added a second fuel tank for extended run times. The truck handles great, drives great, and is virtually indestructible. Body mounts, rear bumpers, and shock towers are other weak links, but last I checked no one makes any upgraded parts for them. I would LOVE if RPM came out with shock towers.

buttdud1122

255-265 is a great run temp range! its 280-300 thats pushing it...