Originally Posted by
RS4 Guy
I called HPI. From what I explained they said it sounds like a bad motor. So they're sending me a new one instead of having me send the whole car in (considering I just bought it not even a week ago it's appreciated). However, he said they're currently out of stock so he's sending me another motor that he says is the exact same Castle Creations motor but with a different label. They're also sending me upgraded dog bones for the front end. Said it should be here in 5 days.
All in all they were actually very helpful and they sounded like they were well informed of the issues that have been posted on this forum. If you are having problems I'd say give them a call and see what they'll do to help you out.
That is a good sign. HPI may be responding positively to customer's feedback. As for the upgrades, I would give it a bit more time for the car to "gel" in the market. I won't be surprised if there will be third parties who will come out with upgrade parts for the Sport 3 later on.
My basis for that is the sprint 2. 3Racing, Yeah Racing, and even Exotek came out with upgrade parts for the car.
Here are examples:
http://www.tqrcracing.com/shop/produ...asp?p_id=10052
http://www.tqrcracing.com/shop/produ....asp?p_id=8754
http://www.tqrcracing.com/shop/produ...asp?p_id=10054
http://www.tqrcracing.com/shop/produ...asp?p_id=10385
If the Sprint 2 and Sport 3 have the same arms, then it would be nice to have the arms on the sport 3.
I hope that Exotek comes out with a CF chassis in the future.
On a personal note, I think that the Savox servo would look good on the Sport 3. It will match the color scheme. Imagine it installed on the chassis with the pic I attached.
Regards!