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ktm11rider 11-17-2011 08:40 PM

Just installed blue aluminum screw kit and the shiny cva's. Hope to be able to feel the difference of the lighter screws when i drive it. (Never realized how heavy the steel ones where till i help them next to each other) I tore into the diffs aswell and noticed my red gaskets were shot. I cant find anywhere you can buy just the gaskets i guess you have to buy the whole diff rebuild kit. Also, I was thinking about dremeling out the arms where they hit the outdrives at full compression. Or putting some shock spacers in. I saw that you guys are talking about shimming the sun gears as well. Mine are really loose now im guessing the brass inserts are bad. Anyone else do that?
Sorry if this was talked about before.

CoyoteSlash 11-17-2011 08:43 PM


Originally Posted by T-BirdJunkie (Post 9926011)
Orion is ThunderbirdJunkie's favorite battery seller because they are the only LiPos not made in China.

Venoms are good budget packs with great service based in the US.

Maxamps...

Intellect ThunderbirdJunkie has heard good things about.

Venoms are good batteries for the price for sure. I've had a couple. They are even blowing up on me and melting the bullet points but still holding their 4800/5000mah like champs.

My HobbyPeople batteries are my favorites as far as economy goes.

I'd have a box full of T/P and Orion batteries if I was rich. Till then, Only my Airplanes receive the T/P care.

BlueGlowBoy 11-17-2011 08:47 PM


Originally Posted by T-BirdJunkie (Post 9926011)
Orion is ThunderbirdJunkie's favorite battery seller because they are the only LiPos not made in China.

Where do you think they get their cells from? No country outside of east asia has human rights standards low enough to allow people near the manufacture of raw Lithium technology cells on a daily basis....especially when you consider that they probably work 18 hour days....

Watch out....they've already started restricting Neodymium, next is Lipo....

ktm11rider 11-17-2011 08:48 PM

I run these. Great runtime and awesome power and they are pretty light. Not cheap though. http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...5C-74V-5300mAh

I have also had pretty good luck with venoms. Not the performance of my TP's though.

fastrc64 11-17-2011 08:54 PM


Originally Posted by ktm11rider (Post 9926073)
Just installed blue aluminum screw kit and the shiny cva's. Hope to be able to feel the difference of the lighter screws when i drive it. (Never realized how heavy the steel ones where till i help them next to each other) I tore into the diffs aswell and noticed my red gaskets were shot. I cant find anywhere you can buy just the gaskets i guess you have to buy the whole diff rebuild kit. Also, I was thinking about dremeling out the arms where they hit the outdrives at full compression. Or putting some shock spacers in. I saw that you guys are talking about shimming the sun gears as well. Mine are really loose now im guessing the brass inserts are bad. Anyone else do that?
Sorry if this was talked about before.

FYI the sc10 gear diff bushings fit and they are steel . when mine got loose and wobbly all i did was remove the bushings from the sc10 gear diff half's and installed them and they work really well

ktm11rider 11-17-2011 08:56 PM


Originally Posted by fastrc64 (Post 9926134)
FYI the sc10 gear diff bushings fit and they are steel . when mine got loose and wobbly all i did was remove the bushings from the sc10 gear diff half's and installed them and they work really well

Cool Thanks. I even have a sc10 gear diff to steal from. I would assume the red gaskets fit too?

Dano628 11-17-2011 08:57 PM


Originally Posted by dougwalter911 (Post 9925699)
I need some suggestions on battery brands, sizes, single or dual packs, mah, ext....

I run promatch 5800 60c stick packs great power and incredible run time for an awesome price .

CoyoteSlash 11-17-2011 10:00 PM


Originally Posted by BlueGlowBoy (Post 9926107)
Where do you think they get their cells from? No country outside of east asia has human rights standards low enough to allow people near the manufacture of raw Lithium technology cells on a daily basis....especially when you consider that they probably work 18 hour days....

Watch out....they've already started restricting Neodymium, next is Lipo....

They are built in America, thus whoever you speak to is in America, and there is usually a human being Local Dealer.

T-BirdJunkie 11-17-2011 10:03 PM


Originally Posted by BlueGlowBoy (Post 9926107)
Where do you think they get their cells from? No country outside of east asia has human rights standards low enough to allow people near the manufacture of raw Lithium technology cells on a daily basis....especially when you consider that they probably work 18 hour days....

Watch out....they've already started restricting Neodymium, next is Lipo....

BGB, their cells are made by Kokam in South Korea.

Got any other questions?

Jstall7543 11-17-2011 10:24 PM


Originally Posted by BlueGlowBoy (Post 9926043)
really? I'd hate to race a truck meant for bashing! ;)

I've hit my SC104x4 HARD at the track and it keeps coming back for more.... the back triple we had for the first half of the season was a good 25 feet from the top of the first jump to the face of the third, and I kept nosediving into that at top speed....no problems!

Then when you go to sell it you can say never bashed! Lol! Track driven only!

lodhammerdin 11-18-2011 06:44 AM


Originally Posted by dougwalter911 (Post 9925699)
I need some suggestions on battery brands, sizes, single or dual packs, mah, ext....

I run reedy 60c 5500 mAh stick packs and love them. Great power and almost 20 minutes of run time when dully charged. I also ran one of my brothers rev-techs a few weekends ago and it was just as good, if not better. Sorry, can't remember what battery it was though.

BlueGlowBoy 11-18-2011 07:05 AM


Originally Posted by Jstall7543 (Post 9926399)
Then when you go to sell it you can say never bashed! Lol! Track driven only!

You sell your trucks? I've never had an associated product I wanted to get rid of.... :D

cjtamu 11-18-2011 07:35 AM

+1 on the Promatch packs. Have been running their stuff since NiMH was cutting edge, and that was a long time ago. Several guys around here have purchased after trying my packs. I would recommend the saddle packs for SC44, that way you can run stick or saddle chassis config, whichever works best for you. The pack will come with jumper wires, connectors, and balance tap all bundled together. IMO, the best thing to do for SC44 is to solder up a jumper wire, and then just solder bullet connectors to the power wires on your speedo. Then, just put battery with jumper wire connected into truck, and plug speedo control into battery. Just be sure you have the correct polarity. You only need the balance tap assembly for charging/discharging.

BlueGlowBoy 11-18-2011 09:20 AM


Originally Posted by CentralCoaster (Post 9925128)
Left one is better in theory, but probably not by any significant amount.

Better than both would be a single shim of proper thickness. A single thicker shim won't flex as easily when side loaded by the pin.

AXIA1091

5mmx10mmx0.5mm aluminum spacers. Good?

jamr1130 11-18-2011 10:46 AM

Ran my truck for the first time at the track with the pin mod and shimmed sun gear. It's been about a month since I last ran this truck because of the sun gear clicking so I don't have a fresh memory to compare pinned and unpinned. But I can say that I like how it ran pinned. The truck felt more consistent on acceleration and braking. It launched quick out of turns and over jumps. No hesitation just took off like a bat outta hell when I mashed on the trigger. I am also able to control my truck better in the air with the throttle and brake.
I shimmed only the sun gear side of my diff and that seemed to fix my clicking issue for about 2 batteries. But the clicking on acceleration started to slowly come back. By the end of the night it was fully back. I bought a new diff rebuild kit and will install that and this time shim both side maybe doubling each. We'll see.


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