Originally Posted by cwoods34

I have only added aluminum screws (all over) to mine.... with 2 gear diffs, a fan, standard electronics, and a 6000mAh battery it weighed at 1340. Team Associated's aluminum screw packs from Tower Hobbies are priced decently.... that can knock up to 30 off the car.

The nylon spool weighs 10g or so less than the stock steel piece. Aluminum rear shafts would shave 5-10 more, and replace all 7 turnbuckles with aluminum ones (about 2g a piece).