Box stock minus the center/rear braces worked for me. Just had to pick the right tires and it was good.

well that track looks loose. Some people wanted to see the truck on a loose surface. Several of the other trucks were sliding pretty bad. The tekno looked a little loose, but not to bad, had nice rotation in the sharper turns

+1 . I was really drawn to trying the Tekno produced vehicles as they were fixing problems with other manufacturers vehicles with their upgrades. They are also highly responsive to their customers and its a very nice touch to see them active on the forums. To me, you can have all the top name drivers in the world wheeling your product, but it doesn't do me much good if I can't get any help at my level, which Tekno has been giving in a lot of.

If not a front page item already, may be worth putting on there. Heck, maybe an official how-to video on building the shocks correctly for the o-ring portion in particular?

That is what drew me to the Tekno. I really liked the layout of the Hyper 9E back in the day. Then Tekno came out with a pretty sweet V4 conversion for the D8 when I decided to get back into 1/8 electric and it was my warhorse, loved that car. Then the EB48 came along and just had to have it lol.

And after word got out about the SCT they were making, I was going to hold on to my SC10 4x4 and compare the two for a bit before making a full switch like you are thinking. However, with the state of the, ahem *market* for the SC10 4x4 being not the best in the world, a good enough deal came on so I moved the car. Heck, figured if things weren't good with the Tekno could easily and quite cheaply go back to the SC10 4x4.

Initial impressions, I don't think i will need to do that ;) :sweat:

Got some on the way too. If they are similar to the EXI ones that Shark mentioned on his build, should be good to go. From what I have read about them, they seem to do the job sufficient enough to warrant a try. Only place I was hesitant to pickup a turnigy item was for my hex drivers, went with some AE ones to replace the set of Integy gold tips I had been using for maybe 10 years with no issues other than the slick handles being a pain. I also like the pass thru on AE's ones where yo could run another driver or some item to get more torque.

Heck, if Tekno looks into tools, I know that is something I would really like to see is a pass thru on the handle so you can really get some torque if needed. Long tips as well.

Good info. Maybe add to the first page if not already there?


Looks like the next indoor carpet event will be Feb 23rd for me. I am toying with trying out the 10-10-5 setup as well as the other changes I made. This would be on a 50 x 50 track were offpower turns are prevalent from 90 degrees to 180s, especially right after a few big distance jumps.

Going with better tires too, more grip versus the stock AE ones I was using, Schumachers yellow mini pins. I am thinking with the stiffer setup I am running, should work better and may still avoid traction roll.

If anyone has any tips they want to share for me to consider please do. Want to get my setup on the vehicle this weekend to have it ready to go for next.

Hey dude how much of a difference did it make for you when you removed the rear and center braces? I'm going to run one of mine strictly indoors and the other strictly outdoors.

wondering about that too for high traction carpet if I would see a benefit without. Ran it last time with them all on and had a smile :)

I totally agree. Tekno should be very proud of their kits so far. They are just above and beyond when it comes to quality and design. I've built them all and I honestly think the Tekno went together the smoothest and is the most thought out kit I've ever built...:)

My guess is the ideal conditions to where you want to remove those braces would be on low traction tracks. On a high bite clay indoor or carpet track I think the truck would perform better with all the braces intact.

Truck and extras from tekno are arriving today, so I am gonna start the build.

My question is, what are some of you guys gaining from changing your diff fluids from stock.

I know what changing diff fluid does, just wondering to this kit specifically . I know also, people have different driving styles, different tracks...etc... however most of the time if 8 out of 10 people report a characteristic of a kit in its stock form than the feedback is probably correct

For ex. stock SCTE is nose heavy.... not saying it's good or bad, just a characteristic of the kit

Dear Daniel, will let you know asap on how's the truck is doing on the far east. Congratulation once again on a great product!

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UPS says monday delivery can't wait!!!!!!:tire::smile::tire:

need to change my profile pic to real sct!!!

When I built my kit, one front arm and one rear arm had no issues with the inner hinge pin fitting freely. The other arms I had to ream to get the pin to slide through freely. Examining the arms showed that the hinge pin hole through the arm was curved, from warpage during molding. The hole was the correct size, but the pin would hang up just before passing all the way through, due to the curvature. A reamer didn't fix that easily, as the hole was the proper size. I had to pull the reamer out, against the curve, and shave away some material until the pin passed through freely.

The box stock setup calls for 7/5/3 and 450cs/350cs oils. If anything I would run 7/7/3 to gain a little more even pull and not have the fronts balloon so bad under hard acceleration. If your a smooth guy on the throttle the box stock setup will serve you well. I had even thought of trying a 7/10/3 setup for high bite tracks.

Another tip is be sure to pick up a Hot Bodies aluminum servo horn. And place a couple washers on top of the bellcrank to raise the servo steering link up to even with the height of the HB horn. A lot of people are using the HB horn and saying it's being stressed. All you have to do is use a slightly longer screw with a couple washers and you get a perfectly straight level pull on the servo. Along with the HB servo horn I recommend using the Tekno TKR1654X aluminum clamping wheel hexes. The plastic stock hexes are a little too thin for my liking and a few have stripped out wheels and they attribute it to the stock hexes.

The one characteristic I've noticed is a slightly light rear end. I just moved my hubs from all the way back(stock setup) to hubs all the way forward and it planted the rear really nicely. Lastly make sure you have the hot tires for whatever track your at and you will have the best handling sct available...:nod:

UPS delivers on Presidents day?

UPS Will deliver on Presidents' Day if its an air package, but not UPS ground

Dude you just might have made this guy cry now. Good job Debby Downer lmao j/k!:lol::lol::lol::lol: