Slash 4x4...while building up my rc crawler (1 Viewer)

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I wanted a traxxas slash because I needed a basher as I built up my crawler to the BEST possible setting

So far so good! Immediately put on 3s lipo battery pack after a day of bashing. I wanted more speed and power and wow! 3s is the way to go! Team losi has a new $30 adapter which allows nimh and nicd chargers to charge lipo packs, not a bad deal! I got a new spur gear and have yet to install it. Here are my pics so far!

So far the cost is

$400 for the traxxas slash 4x4 with brushless setup, $90 for the lipo battery pack, $30 for the adapter.

Anybody have any suggestion to a better motor? Or the next best upgrade besides RPM arms, because I have those coming soon

 

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So I got a dynamite 5000mah 3s Lipo battery pack on ebay for $50 shipped, along with a lipo charger for $22...returned the ones I got at the hobby store and invested in some other upgrades!

After some backyard bashing and an awkward landing, I bent and broke the front suspension arm and the front shock came apart, I will rebuild them so I can have a spare set in case my proline shocks break as well. For the front suspension arms, I got golden horizon aluminum suspension arms. The new front shocks are proline adjustable coilovers...so the equivalent of king racing shockshaha

Here is the new look along with the broken parts...I guess my blackeberry takes good pics

 

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I love my Slash 4x4

Got it from Tower for $304 bucks shipped last year (coupon special) and stepped up to a 3s pack from John the Battery Guy about a week after it arrived and never looked back

The stock Velineon is more than enough for my needs, so I can't really recommend another motor

Those that step up to the Castle motors usually do so because they're having problems with the LVC and overheating with the stock setup, but I have yet to run into these problems

I would suggest getting a proper charger to replace the adapter though

A Thunder or Sky can be had for about $60 bucks and will charge just about any battery out there