CHARLIEO: I agree a racer kit is all you need to go fast, my TC3 started as a racer kit. I will however say, the TC3 can be faster with some work. It isnt about making up for bad driving. I do know people that buy things (hop ups) thinking it can make up for bad (unskilled) driving, but i myself can turn consistent laps to the hundredths, so it isnt bad driving. There are people out there that do have skill, and can seem to drive the crap, out of a piece of crap. A former friend of mine, now sponsored by Losi is like that. You can give him a Traxxas and he would prolly beat 90% of the people at the track, and he doesnt even run TC. But when he isnt in "the mood" to race, he does very poorly, his double F main results at the Nats shows this. Its honestly in "your" head. Those of us that can "feel" every slight change in the car are handicapped in a way. Instead of dropping it down and driving the sh@t out of it, we always think of a way to make it handle better. We are driving it around the track, thinking, "damn it pushes right there, i knew i should have swapped the caster". The facts are, though, there is some change to a stock TC3 that will make the car more efficient, in result, faster. If you are telling us there is no need for anything other than a racer kit to beat persay, Barry Baker, or Atsushi Hara, then tell me, have you actually raced against them? Those guys are blistering fast, and lemme tell ya, they DO changes to their car, to make them faster.

SCWERTA: Do you have the standard hex on your TC3? Like a black block of plastic? Or are yours upgraded? I know you said FT TC3, but you never know what you get off of ebay.

- DaveW