2017 xb2 carpet edition
 

Anyone got any specs or pics yet? I can't find anything online.

Thanks

Si

:D:D:D:D

Thanks bomber.

Here you go:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?sto...00000887562618

nice looking yz2!! :p

Exactly as per my photo :D

might be a stupid question but what have they changed?

they changed the gearbox would that need a new car to do that?

Its X-ray - so yes. absolute joke if you ask me, has to be something else substantial to justify it.

Pretty much every carpet edition/version 2wd car looks the same now. Same as the yoke that is...

think they got this wrong xray as 2017 car got new gearbox doesnt make any sense to me.....

i bought a xb2 as soon as they came out but i regert selling my carbon RB6
setup up took bit of work because the base setup in the manual was quite far out. once setup was very good car but would i have then bought a 2017 no way because i spent my money on a all round car Rb6.6 every gearbox one car prob cost me more than 2 cars but i have the wear on one chassis and my 2 shiny shells... think the whole 2 car thing maybe getting out of hand as people are being priced out which doesnt effect me i am lucky but its a ture fact

It does make sense, because it looks like the new car has a 3 gear laydown to give more forward traction and less rear grip. I don't know about your Xb2 but I have had to work hard to get the car to turn in as fast as I want it to. I had to buy the brass kick up, optional Ackerman, and change setup quite a bit, i.e. completely remove rear toe, take out the elevation in the front casters. To be honest it still doesn't turn in as fast as I'd like it to, that said I do love it. Is it worth spending £300 on another kit, I think so just because I love building kits! :)

my point is why not just buy a gearbox?

For sure, you can just buy a new gearbox and retro fit to the '16 car. This is what I will do. If there are more changes (which there is not in this case to my understanding) then I welcome new cars - this is innovation so then we as racers have the choice to buy the new cars and innovation or stick with our older cars. Not sure why people get bent out of shape over innovation, this really baffles me.

Simon

I think I'll get the 17 model when it's released. My 2016 XB2 has been the best car I've ever owned and I'll be keeping it as my lower traction car. Doesn't the 2017 car have a new diff? Potentially you may need to buy the gear cases, idler, diff and anything else that's needed to make it work. Not sure if anything else has changed??

Diffs were still exploding at EOS, ask Paul Cropton. the 2017 car is the same as the 2016 car except that the rear gearbox is 3 gear, not 4 gear.
The new dirt car is some time off.

Going to be honest I never had any issue with my Geardiff or ball diff I did get my hand in my pocket for steel gears & pins though reacher than kit plastic

Mines still on the same /orignal gears , been used pretty much every weekend all year, mine had leaked a bit out of the case , but i think i've over tightened the screws and warped the case.

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