Motor got here a day early. Anyone have any suggestions on pinion. I've heard they have a lot more torque and don't know how talk to gear it or how the too end is.
Thanks

keep the 13

Thanks, will top end be that much better with the 4600 over the scx 4.5

What about aftermarket diffs?

~When things are set up properly, I've never had a diff issue, or a Idler.

I've bent topshafts, the only "metal" part of the diff before I tore plastic gears 'in a good running enviroment'
I've rounded inner diff gears, shimmed them and fixed
I've broke idlers, running pinned and slipper too tight. loosened it up, never a problem again.

When something's not right, bad stuff tends to happen though. no doubt.


ALL OF WHICH ISN'T THAT BIG OF A DEAL COMPARED TO YESTERDAY'S STEERING SERVO SAVER CATASTROPHE.

well if your going to say my slipper is to tight, then im gunna say your servo saver is too tight

What about the play the outdrives have?

The fix for that is to machine down the diff case and use a bearing to help support it. Slop is next to zero when done. Testing my machine work and bearings before offering my services.

sounds to me like you just have the slipper set too tight. You can allow the Garodisc to slip and still get full power to the ground.
The Hot idler gears are not very good and wear out quickly......

When is the FT kit available?

I have been driving my SC10 for a lil over a month. I bought it as the RTR model. Today, I was at the local shop, which has a track, and ended up frying my ESC. I thought it was worse and checked out the motor and all since the wheels were dragging. End result was that the belt somehow flipped over and was causing so much drag that it fried the ESC. Right now, I have been asking people that come to the track frequently and those drivers with their own SC10's and they all gave me mixed information as to setting up mine. I've seen lots of videos of a Castle set up and heard great things of the Mamba kits. I would like to know what is a great set up for the buck. Speed, Durability (waterproof), & Power.

PS: As of now (and the available parts at the shop) I've looked into a Castle ESC and a Tekin Pro4 4600KV set-up.

Difference there is, mine mechanically could not have been any looser, Or the Truck wouldn't go back together.
I only tease~

In all seriousness, Not saying it's anyone's "fault" Only that through this 1200 pages, we've always fixed these breaks by setting things correctly for said "modification" or "change". I blew two idlers before I made my truck harmonize with the Pinned mod. Then I drove 6 months with the pin before going to Mantis' center diff.

I AM S O PISSED RIGHT NOW......... So i get on to Amain and order the Orion Vortexr10

http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...s-ESC-90A-2-3S

It came in last week so tonight i decide to install it and go to the track tomorrow to test the idler gear. I picked this model because it has reverse rotation (so i thought...) and boost capabilities. Well after i soldered it up (luckily i cut no wires) i go to program it only to discover that this one F*&^ing model has no timing or boost and will not do reverse rotation WTF????? why in the hell would anyone pay 175.00 for and ESC that has fixed timing? DAMMIT....
As much as i spend with Amain i hope they will take it back or something, nowhere on the description does it state this. UUUUUUUGH

yea, i was kidding with that comment, but ive been here from the start, and have read all 1200 pages, and the ones from the original thread. The slipper was set correctly with and without the clutch basket (was to loose for my liking) and it still was stripping the idler. The truck is un pinned aswell!

Im not sure if its my driving style thats doing this, or that something in the rear tranny isnt correctly seated (I did put a new diff case on aswell thinking that may help).

Oh yea, i was putting 4900-5050mah back into my battery in 6 mins with no warm up laps with a 4000kv pro 4, and moderate esc settings. Im on the throttle alot, which im thinking might have something to do with it

Definitely not your style in my opinion. I go from very fine quick driving at PRCR to downright "abuse" at my native Track, Throttle abuse, landing under power, etc. And i've never had my trigger finger being the result. /myopinion