Welcome to Serpent
You are now part of the worldwide network
of Serpent drivers, which gives you superior
technical support and access to many
benefits that only Serpent drivers can
enjoy.
The Serpent Spyder offers state of the art
specifications and leads the way in 1/10
buggy design, using all the knowledge we
have gathered since 1980. Continuously
pushing the performance envelope,
Serpent’s engineers have added many new
and innovative features that can help take
your Serpent Spyder into the winner’s
circle.
INSTRUCTIONS
Serpent’s long tradition of excellence
extends to their instruction manuals, and
this instruction manual is no exception. The
easy-to-follow layout is richly illustrated
with 3D-rendered full-color images to make
your building experience quick and easy.
A default set-up sheet is added to have a
good base set-up. Following the instructions
will result in a well-built, high-performance
racecar that will soon be able to unleash its
full potential at the racetrack.
This instruction manual has been divided
into sections that will logically lead you
through the assembly process of your
Serpent Spyder. Follow the assembly steps
in the order presented to ensure that no
problems occur during assembly. Each
step indicates all the fasteners and small
parts used. Bag numbers identify the kit
bag(s) that contains the appropriate parts.
EXPLODED VIEWS AND PARTS LIST
In the back of this manual it is possible to
find the exploded views for the Serpent
Spyder. These exploded views show the
standard parts of a particular assembly step
along with the Serpent part number.
The parts list include the optionals,
hardware and merchandising. It indicates
the part number and name of each part for
easy reference when ordering.
A full partslist in excel can be downloaded
from the car-page on www.serpent.com.
Below you will find some information on
safety; read those well before using the car.
Also some info on how to use the manual
best.
The worldwide network of Serpent drivers,
dealers and distributors will help you to get
the maximum out of your Serpent Spyder.
Join the free Serpent forum for support,
use our social media like Twitter and
Facebook to follow all info and meet other
Serpent drivers, watch the Serpent Youtube
channel for video’s, the Serpent Teamblog
for racereports around the globe and the
Serpent website for all other info and news.
Enjoy racing !
Team Serpent
CONTENTS
FRONT DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY 4
REAR DIFFERENTIAL ASSEMBLY
5
REAR TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY
6
MID TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY 7
REAR ASSEMBLY
11
FRONT ASSEMBLY
14
SHOCKS ASSEMBLY 19
FINAL ASSEMBLY
23
REFERENCE GUIDE
25
OPTIONALS AND MERCHANDISING 32
SAFETY
Read and take note of the ‘Read this First
section’ before proceeding to assemble
the car-kit. This car-kit is intended for
persons aged 16 or older.
CUSTOMER SERVICE
Serpent has made a strong effort to make
this manual as complete and clear as
possible.
Additional info may be published in our
website:
www.serpent.com
or you may
ask your dealer or the Serpent distributor
for advice, or email Serpent direct:
info@
serpent.com
The Serpent Facebook, Twitter and
Youtube pages give additional means of
support and communications.
INSTRUCTIONS, HOW TO USE
The kit includes bags, with bagnumbers,
which refer to the same step in the
manual. Open only the indicated bag(s)
per step and finish that part of the
assembly.
Remaining parts will be needed lateron in the
assembly process.
SETUP
In many assembly steps you mount specific
parts that suit the default set-up. We advice to
keep the seperate default set-up sheet alongside
the manual, during all assembly.
Other finetuning of the set-up, must be done at
the track.