Here's a closer look, and antenna tube mounted on the side with a ziptie. Just used the small slot where the ESC cable run across under the battery to the other side.

So I just picked up an SC10RS in RTR form. I had it out on the track for the first time yesterday. I had a couple breaks that we're fixable (hinge pin on the front caster block/a-arm came out, lost the spacer, and rear upper shock tower nut came off).

But, I have one problem I have yet to figure out. Occasionally the car will lose all power to the rear wheels momentarily, about 2-3 seconds, then it comes back. I can still turn the wheels but there is 0 throttle response for those couple seconds. This usually happens when landing hard after some doubles, but it also happened on smaller bumps. I doubled checked all the electrical connections as I thought something was being knocked loose on the landings, but found nothing wrong. I am using all the stock electronics that came with the RTR kit. Any ideas what could be causing this?

Thanks.

I have the same issue with my 4x4 usually after a hard crash. Thinking it is just a glitch in the ESC.. No other issues with it.

Here is my version of JConcepts Carbon fiber body mount supports. Its a Titanium strip mounted... Also attached is a couple pics of my T4.1 that has been cut down with Titanium sides, I also added a titanium shelf for my ESC and RX. I also fabricated Titanium servo mounts too. I guess u can say I have been bored at work over the holidays... Its pretty nice to run a machine shop with a bunch of exotic metals...

What are the effects of having the front caster blocks on backwards?

Hmm, that is not good, especially on the track I'm always stopping dead in my tracks as others are making the jump behind me and have to avoid my suddenly stopped truck or smash into me

Also, anyone know where to get the caster block spacers that fit between the block and a-arm on the hinge pin?? I see they come with caster blocks on some websites and my LHS didn't have them.

Less steering, makes the truck less darty.

I had the same problem with the electronics that came stock on the SC10 RS. I initially fixed it by setting the speed control to forward + brake with no reverse. A buddy on mine got a SC10 RS a few months after I got mine. He had the same cutout problem and thus we had to disable his reverse as well. When I got the RTR SC10 4x4 I didn't wait around long enough to see if the same things would happen - I immediately set the stock speed control to forward + brake.

I eventually burned out both of the stock Reedy (3300kv and 3500kv 550 ) motors and subsequently switched over to sensored motors and speed controllers. I need not tell you that I didn't bother with setting reverse on my Tekin RS or Hobbywing SCT Pro. I make myself suffer by doing the walk of shame from the driver's stand when I make certain types of errors!

Thanks, I'll try that out to see if the problem goes away. I'm used to having reverse anyways, never had it when I raced older cars years ago.

Hey guys! Was browsing the forum and kinda chuckled when I saw this. I just bought my SC10 about a month ago, and had the exact same problem with it right out of the box. After buying it, I got home, took it out of the box, charged the battery and within 5 minutes of playing with it I started having the exact same problem that you're talking about. But it didn't even have to be a big jump or anything. It would just cut out whenever it felt like it. I was playing with it on the street right in front of my house. I actually took it back to where I bought it from the very next day. ( Hobbytown USA). They tried a new radio, that didn't work. They tried a new receiver, and that didn't work either. So they put a new esc in it and that didn't work. They tried many different combinations of things to try and get it work, but it just kept having the same issue. The only thing they didn't try was putting a new motor in it. They actually just wound up giving me a whole new boxed up truck. That was about a month ago and I haven't had a single issue with it, with the exception of the normal wear and tear and abuse that we put these things through. I know this probably doesn't help you much, but at least it lets you know that you're not the only one having that type of issue. By the way, mine is the 2wd version. And it was RTR. Hope that helps shed a little light on the subject. Good luck, hope you get it figured out.

I just got a new FT kit what if any upgrades would you guys do to this truck?

IMO the only thing that was really a drastic improvement was the Avid 12mm spring kit. Getting the springs up off the shock body made a huge difference. The Triad slipper is nice too, but the stock one is fine.

I would do big bore springs, glue the rack and most important, get the right tires for your track.

I was planing on big bores eventually and getting some good tires asap. What you mean by glueing the rack?

Steering rack. That's more important than everything except the right tires of course. If you don't either glue it or replace it, it deflects when going into a turn and makes your truck feel like it has a 8 foot snow plow on the front of it.