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Review of the LRP S8 Rebel BX 2.4Ghz / Part 3

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Published on Friday, 12 August 2011 12:00

Review of the LRP S8 Rebel BX 2.4Ghz

Part 1: Basics
Part 2: Checking the buggy
Part 3: On the track
Part 4: Roundup
 

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Review of the LRP S8 Rebel BX 2.4Ghz

Part 1: Basics
Part 2: Checking the buggy
Part 3: On the track
Part 4: Roundup

3. On the track

As the Rebel BX is basically a fun buggy, we decided not to travel to a racetrack. Instead, an open area with different ground conditions was chosen to give the Rebel the chance to prove his qualities. We started with the break-in procedure of the Z.25R. It took some pulls of the handle until the engine was willing to work, but once started, it kept the idle quite well. After some fuel tanks of rather rich settings, the carburetors needles were turned to the lean side. Now, the Z.25R showed his impressive potential and pushed the buggy strongly across the area.

Driving into rougher sections, it became obvious that the suspension had no problems with small and medium-sized bumps as they all were swallowed by the shocks with ease. The only negative point was the fact that the offroader showed quite excessive heeling while driving through curves. This is a consequence of the fact that S8 Rebel BX offers no sway bars out of the box. Those parts should be the first extra investment and will increase the handling drastically. Besides that, there was nothing to argue. The engine found its advantages mostly on the torque side while the tires acted very nice on grass, concrete and hard clay.

After a period of about two hours, the test drives were finished and it was time for a last checkup. Besides some scratches at the underside of the chassis, we didn’t find excessive wear at any part. Okay, the tires and the body suffered a little and some of the wheel’s chrome started to flake, but there is no way to avoid things like that under offroad conditions.

4. Roundup

The LRP S8 Rebel BX offers a quite simple, but very solid construction. To keep the price low, LRP hat to integrate things like a nylon pipe and simple turnbuckles, but this shouldn’t affect you too much as they do a quite nice job. Rather annoying is the fact that we didn’t find CVDs at the front axle and, most of all, no rubber shock boots as both of those features belong even to a buggy of the budget-class. Those missing parts are our two points of criticism.

On the opposite, the Rebel offers a really strong and reliable engine, a well balanced suspension, above-average electronics and – not to forget – a really exiting look. The fact that there appeared no unplanned stops during the complete test sessions is absolutely convincing as a beginner in this hobby most of all wants to drive instead of spending his rare leisure into maintenance and expensive repairs. To improve the performance of your Rebel, just use the supplied differential oils and buy a set of sway bars. After that, there should be almost nothing left to do – just drive and have fun.

LRP S8 Rebel BX 2.4 GHz
1/8-scale nitro offroad RTR-buggy

Dimensions
Length: 503 mm
Width: 300 mm
Wheelbase: 320-325 mm
Weight: 3385 g

 

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