Hi everyone,

I'd like to start my post by thanking everybody who already posted something helpful here before. It's incredible how much experience and knowledge you guys have of the ET48. I loved to read myself through this thread in the last couple of days (to the disadvantage of my wife who haven’t received much attention . In the past I just had a HPI 1:8 Ken Block GRC 2013 WR8 Nitro basher and like 20 years ago an electric Tamiya 1:10 AMG Mercedes Benz C-Class DTM D2 - to sum it up, I’m not pro like you guys . But I'd like to get back into the hobby a bit more serious now after I've discovered all the fine tuning options modern electric rc cars come with. I am a complete perfectionist and love how detail-oriented some of you guys are in terms of setting up your rc cars.

Next week I've planned to start building the ET48.3 kit which just arrived today. I plan to run 2x 2S LiPos connected in series (2x 2S LIPO HV Team Orion Carbon Pro V-Max 7600mAh 7.6V 110C Deans as well as 2x 2S LIPO Team Orion Carbon Pro 8000 mAh 7.4V 90C Deans) with it as I already have got them (originally ordered the HPI Vorza Flux which I’ve sent back today after discovering this thread/forum here . My ET48.3 should be race ready for our outdoor dirt track nearby. Currently I don’t plan to participate in any serious competitions (who knows what the future will bring) but love hot-lapping in order to get the best possible lap time for myself. Due to my perfectionism I’d like to get the top notch hardware but don’t like to exaggerate it i.e. I won’t blow away $800 for just a radio even though I don’t really have a budget.

Anyway, after all the blabla lets get to my actual questions: Could you please have a look at my list of planned purchases for the ET48.3 and let me know:

1) what could be optimised (i.e. newer top notch hardware which has been already tested and is proven to be better than the listed items)

2) if it all works well together, maybe known issues with the combination etc

3) any advise or valuable extra’s I should put into the car when I will build it?

Body: Leadfinger Racing Assassin Body ET48
ESC: Tekin RX8 GEN3 + Tekin Hotwire 3.0
Motor: Tekin T8 GEN2 Truggy 2000kV
Radio: Sanwa MT-44
Receiver: Sanwa RX-482
Servo: Futuba S9373SV
Pinion: 16t

I haven’t made myself familiar with the various diff oils, shocks and tires/wheels yet. If anybody can give me a recommendation that would go together I would highly appreciate it. If not, no problem as I will start to make myself familiar with this topic in the next couple of days as well. Thanks a lot in advance in case anyone makes the effort to reply .