Hello All,

I am new to this rctech forum thing and I am not sure where and how to post things so do forgive me if this is the wrong place for my question.

It has come down to this my SC10 needs a very big repair I made a cart of all my parts on AMainHobbies.com and the price is the same price as getting a whole new Truck! so I am thinking of getting a Slash more expensive but seems to me these things are way more bullet prooth than an SC10, if I do get one can I race it at the Track up at Blenheim Park?

Wow, first of all what are you repairing that's going to cost you that much? Secondly, and this is only my opinion so take it for what its worth, you don't want to race a Slash against SC10's. They're great in their own spec class and some have said they are pretty durable (Traxxas stuff is pretty lame IMO) but they are gonna get stomped by SC10's and the like. From an engineering standpoint, Traxxas designs are pretty poor. Too many stress concentration points and not enough thought put into speed.

The slash is junk compared to the SC10. If your bashing with it, maybe try replacing with RPM products for extra durability.

For the price and you want focus mainly on racing. Get a factory team sc10.

If you want durability out of your SC10 put front and rear RPM a-arms on it, and their front bumper/chassis brace. Also you may want to try their rear hubs. I have not broke any of the RPM stuff, and even if I do, I will send it back to RPM and it's replaced for free.

In the past 3 years of racing the sc10 I've only broke 1 suspension arm and I use the carbon arms. I don't think the rpm arms are really nessesary Unless your that bad of a driver and wreck every lap.

If you are that good of a driver then why did you feel the need to put carbon fiber arms on it?

What repair/repairs does it need? You could probably replace like 75% of the whole truck (buying individual parts) for the same price as a new truck. Are you sure you are looking at stock replacement parts and not upgrades?

However, if you have decided that would just like to purchase a new truck, I would say that how you plan on using it should determine which one to buy. If you plan on doing bashing only, I would say go with the Slash. It is a very durable truck (mostly all Traxxas stuff is), but they were not designed for competitive racing. If you plan on doing some bashing and some racing, I'd say go with something like the SC10 RTR RS brushless model and possibly beef up some of the parts like the a-arms and bumper with RPM parts. Lastly, if you are going to do strictly racing, definitely go the SC10 Factory Team route. The F.T. model is an excellent truck that is veryyyy competitive right out of the box (it is a kit, so technically after you put it together and install electronics ) and with the stock setup. There's a guy at my local track who has a Slash and has put nearly $500 of aftermarket parts on it. And I bought my F.T. put it together, and ran it with a 95% stock setup, and the difference between our trucks is night and day. When it comes to a Slash, money doesn't buy everything. You could buy a Slash and put 1k into it, and a bet a stock SC10 would still spank it.

Also, I would say that another truck decent for racing is the Losi XXX-SCT ( I can hear everyone on here yelling at me already ) but honestly, its a decent truck, and they are quite popular at my local track. IMO the SC10 and the XXX-SCT are the two best options as far as short course go. But if it were me buying it, I'd buy a Factory Team SC10 again and again. But, remember, it doesn't come with any electronics at all and can be a bit pricey to complete. You should expect to pay about $550-$900 total for the finished F.T. truck (obviously depends on the electronics you install). However, if you are on a strict budget, look at the SC10 RTR RS (brushless). It is an excellent beginner truck, and have seen plenty of people place at my local track using an all or near stock SC10 RS. Good luck, let us know what you decide on doing

I'm pretty sure this is the one: http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXBKEC&P=M

I'm thinking about putting one on my F.T. truck. I don't care about the waterproof part, but just think it would help to make the truck look a bit neater and clean

That box came on my SC10 RS. I wish it wasn't there. Every time I need to unplug the ESC to program it or remove the servo I have to remove the cover. It is also hard to plug in the ESC and servo to the rx due to the cramped space in the box. I would like to eliminate it, but the antenna mounts to the cover. Unless you absolute need the cover, I would pass.

Carbon arms are not stronger. They are actually more rigid and weigh slightly less. Plastic arms flex more and therefore are less likely to break. Flex characteristics of suspension components have a lot to do with how the car is going to handle. Slightly more flex is going to generate more traction, so the standard plastic components work better on low to medium grip tracks (what the majority of people race on) and therefore that is what most kits come with. The carbon pieces are more rigid, and help take some of the twitchyness out of the car on high grip surfaces

I have 2 of them I pulled from my kids sc10 RS's
If anyone wants one PM me

Carbon is stiffer and makes the car handle a bit tighter. On the racetrack, RPM's arm is known to be A LOT looser and tends to have a lot of play. Saying that, they're great when your on the streets and those arms barely break!

I was disappointed in the RPM bumper. It caused me to DNF since it put too much stress on the 4 bottom screws and mine backed out. Mostly my fault because I did the metric conversion and had different threads, but still don't like the design.

I got the T-bone now: http://t-bone-racing.net/Brand-A-M/Associated/SC10-c37/

i haven't raced with it yet but I like how it's smoother and had a brace. I like the rear bumper too since it sticks out past the body so the rear won't get torn up on the outer posts.

Thank you kuya. Yes carbon is stiffer and lighter but break easier. Btw thanks for the revtech its running great.