Originally Posted by
CoryRC
I am going to be buying a Tekno MT410. I have been looking at all the upgrades to buy before the build. I am wondering if the stock gearboxes break ever? I see ALL Racing makes the aluminum ones and wondering if they are the way to go? Tired of breaking the gearboxes on my 1/8scale ebuggy and need a real Basher that can handle big air and crashes that go with it when not landing perfect. If anybody can put together a parts list with all the great upgrades would be very helpful. Thank you.
Big air crashes will break stuff regardless of what brand you're running. That being said, the gearboxes hold up pretty well.
For large jumps you'll benefit from some M2C parts:
- Stiffen the center of the chassis: Center V2 solid brace 6905
- Stiffen/brace the rear end of the chassis and shock towers: Pick one
- Go big kit 6970 and the front shock tower brace 6760
- Horizontal Brace 6973 and 9mm thick shock towers 6967
It'd be a good idea to upgrade the shock caps. I like the tekno emulsion/vented/non-vented caps (TKR8702).
TBR bumpers are a great upgrade as well. XV4 front bumper is better than the basher bumper. The wheelie bar is flimsy since it uses the stock rear bumper brace. The rear basher bumper is much better.
Aluminum servo horn is required, stock will snap really quickly. Steel spur for gritty surfaces.
There's other things like the M2C wide chassis and the steel diff cups that are nice but not needed unless you're running larger motors and more power.