Received my Orange sways today! Thanks Chris!

Hey guys, I'm new to this thread I've been racing an SCTE but I ran across an SC10 4x4 RTR that I think is a good deal. Most of the 4x4 trucks at our local track are SCTE's and I'm considering throwing an AE 4x4 into the mix just to stir things up a little.

My question is what upgrades would the RTR need to be able to compete successfully against a field of SCTE's? I also read on here about a center diff for this truck and an updated version. Would you guys recommend to just get the updated kit versus upgrading a RTR and what are the differences? Thanks for the info.

cool how where they mailed out . iam got them comeing to nice thank you ae

USPS Padded envelope. First class

ordered my saddles, can't wait to get them here.

thanks i need to go get the mail now later

Me too!

my lhs has a set of checkpoint saddles that are only 4200 mah for like 60 bucks. dont think those will last too long so I ordered the gens ace 6000 mah's.

maybe I'll have to take a trip over to tampa to borrow some of rickybobby's saddles over there.

they came today thanks ae for the bars. now i need to get my truck done and no lhs here to help me out with motor and esc . i will try a cc 3800 motor with my mmp esc .

If you're going to do all the Factory Team upgrades, then the Factory Team kit is a better value than buying the upgraded parts (not available yet....supposedly will be available in another month or so).

To be competitive, the RTR really should get:

One of either a centre diff, clutch basket, or a set of Garodiscs to replace the squishy stock slipper/slipper pads (centre diff probably being the best for most tracks).
Sway bars
Chassis Brace

There are lots of other things to get, but with those three things you can get a good start. (Obviously tires, shock oil and springs, and diff oil to help you tune the truck to your track, but you'd need those with any truck....)


The center diff and the upgraded version of the center diff are likely the best slipper/diff options. I'm pretty sure that once Marcus has the upgraded version ready, you won't be able to get the older version (why would you want to!)

If you are referring to the upgraded version of the truck, that would likely be the factory team kit that will be available soon. My personal opinion - if you are a national caliber driver, then sure...go for the factory team kit... but if you're like 99% of the rest of us, and you got a good deal on the RTR, get the three upgrades I mentioned above and save the extra cash for track fees. All the factory team bling won't really do you any good until you can pull lap times that are within 1 second of each other for an entire main. Aside from the 3 upgrades mentioned, the factory team kit has blue screws and the ability to use either saddle packs or stick pack batteries....some people say that saddle packs are the way to go in order to get better weight distribution....again, most of the people saying that are capable of drriving a whole main with laser precision consistency. They are almost certianly right...but for most of us, we likely won't notice the difference while we wait for a marshal to pick up our truck....

But that's just my 2 cents....

did Chris give you guys a confirmation? Or did the sway bars just show up? I sent him a pm .... but he never responded

They just showed up.

i gave him a pm with my name and addy. they got here to day in the mail. he di not pm me back

Sorry, I had about a hundred requests so I never had a chance to reply. Your bars went out with everyone else's.

awesome. thank you