Also do not charge them separately

And I agree I only balance charge mine as well

That's 100% unnecessary. I promise.

every 5-10 times. And even then, it's only helping/hurting your run times, never the battery. It's in the technology.

I use saddle is that fine? Can you elaborate more?

Balancing two saddle packs is wise only because you'll get the absolute max time out of the pack, one won't drag the other back. But every time is seriously lackofotherwords: pointless. If you're racing every time, do it once every 3. If they are quality packs, they will hold their cell amps the same and drain the same for a very long time.

For Saddles, I'll agree it's more of a concern only because they are physically different packs, but I run two 2s on my 1/8 and Balance then once a week. This will result in only 'maybe' 1 or 2 minutes of loss because one was drained a hair lower than the other battery/cell.

I'm gonna try that and see how it goes. Thanks

Yeah, I promise ya' you won't notice a difference unless
1. they are poor packs
2. you time the runs to the second.
(Will only possibly noticeable after charge and run number 5+)

If that makes sense.

Reedy,thunder power and protek

First full run with the new FT kit this afternoon - a few observations:

- Pink really stands out from the crowd. The kids cheer for it
- Shocks are nice, smooth, very absorbing through the whoops
- Saddles definitely an improvement to the balance of this truck
- Overall, chassis feels more rigid than std kit, provides good forward bite
- +8mm rear camber link mod definitely keeps the rear in check. Big, big improvement
- New slipper assembly seems to work well. No visible glazing, tune-able but was still pulling wheelies down the straight
- Chassis acts as a sink for dirt
- heard an ominous clicking noise almost immediately.. turned out to be a leaf stem caught up in the wheel.


Overall, very happy. Fast, driveable, very fun straight out of the box with only a few set-up changes (mostly from this thread).

Yeah. You're running my stuff.

Yeah I finally figured out to make a pdf. file a jpg. Keeping them on photobucket now.

I actually tried that spring setup in practice before racing this Saturday and found it to be too soft for my liking, running indoor medium to high traction clay. Went back to front yellows on front, front blues on rear. I don't run the exotech chassis, but I'm guessing my rig is still heavier than Cameron's by a bit since I really haven't done any major weight saving surgery like he has.

Wow, I can't believe how stiff everyone is running their springs. What's your guy's running weight? Right now I'm like 3 oz underweight so that could have something to do about it. I'm running white fronts in the front and white rears in the rear.

So ready to run body and all you are at 85oz? If you are racing you should not be under 88oz.

One question about raising the ball studs by 8 mm in the rear.. I ordered the 12mm ones, but they'll take a while to get here. Right now, I have them stock with a 5mm raise, and the end of the ball stud is just barely screwed into the steel inlay, no more than 2 or 3 turns into it. Adding even just one 0.75mm washer caused it to no longer grip the threads. Now adding the 12mm ball stud, that will give me 2mm more to work with, so in theory I can go to 7 mm to again just barely have the threads in the inlay.. how are you guys getting 8?