I picked up an ecto and loving it. Thank you for bringing this rig to my attention. This rig is awesome out of the box, and will be even better. Much appreciation.
The Ecto was my favorite release in 21. I buy them all. I've been doing small scale car stuff all my life. I started with nitro tether cars in the 70's. Your take on what this truck needed first was interesting. Not far off the mark. My first thing. FIRST ! disassemble the entire truck. And then rebuild it a lot lighter and lower with about 30% od. It only hurts side hilling on smoother stuff, or smooth vertical climbs. I comp mainly on sharp rocks. But this isn't one of my actual comp rigs. It's my fave backyard crawler. Cool vid, I'll have to put you on my list. Have fun. Be well and have fun.
Super glad I picked up an Ecto as well! Noticing myself that it can use a more powerful servo and possibly a BEC for that servo, I've had limited testing, but have a lot of trouble steering in rocks. This ESC seems much better than the enduros ESC, so i'm not 100% sure it needs to be replaced yet. I also had a hub cap sitting in the bottom of the box, love the videos as always!
Thanks for the feedback! Yes - I have since swapped out the servo. The stock is 15kg, which is not bad for a RTR. Still, I typically go with the ZOSKAY 35kg servos, and the difference is noticeable for sure!
Super informative ive had my eyes on this truck doing some research. Been interested in the trx4 Chevy as well. But the ecto seems to be more performance savvy.
Thanks for the tips. Managed to nab a new green Ecto via a "scratch and dent" deal. Looking forward to seeing it up close, but I'm going to wait until September(b'day) to open it. 😝
My Ecto Black should be arriving to my home sometime Friday! I can't wait! I got the combo & I do plan on upgrading it, but money wise I have to wait! Looking forward to my first 1/10 scale crawler! I have an SCX24 Deadbolt all modded out with upgrades & a Komodo brushless motor!
@@RoadsideRC Thank you! I'm glad I stumbled onto your video. Great video & very helpful! It'll be raining here in california again tomorrow, perfect weather to run it hoping no floods happen! Man I can't wait!
@@mxsty8829 Yes you can with the right parts. The Ecto is basicly a Gatekeeper with a lexan body. Check both manuals for what parts you need and what you need to change.
Honestly, I think the dielectric grease will not last long in that application. I would suggest getting a small bottle of conformal coating. It isn't expensive.
Good tips. I like the fact that these won’t cost a fortune unlike other channels that promote “upgrades” that cost more than the truck itself. It seems like more and more channels are just advertising for expensive aftermarket parts.
That does happen for sure! And I put a bunch of parts on my trucks also - but it doesn't always have to be about that. It is interesting how often you can get away with just some creativity!
Just got mine today… any chance you have/or could do a video on the conformal coating of the receiver ? I am one of those guys that need to see it done to understand how to go about it. I certainly don’t want to ruin a brand new box. Thanks and God bless
Inspired by big sung but I pushed his mod even more, I have a free battery mod. I flipped the tray brace left to right and also upside down. I had to shave and file the sides a little to fit the rails but this achieved 2 things. Lower down the tray a little bit more and make it flush with the rails. So it lowers the cg some more. Free easy mod!
Thanks for those inexpensive ideas ! I did them, thank you ! As a noob (with a brain), I’m wondering what are those 2 free connectors coming from the ESC ? Is it for accessory stuff like winches, lights ...?
I'd like to know what you are seeing in doing overdrive on the front axle? I think I'm missing it because I can't see how that will help at all. THanks!
Happy to help! Over driving the front axles helps with: - smaller turning radius - easier uphill climbing as the front wheels help pull more - slight improvement in downhill rolling over. Typically in my other trucks, I run more than the 12% Element gives you. I have around 25% in my TRX4, and even higher in my SCX10iii. Many people have concerns on trailing with these setups, but I don't have any issues in my experience.
I'm curious to see how the extra amount of O/D works on that rig. I had a 27/8t overdrive and a 33/8t under-drive in my Wraith 1.9. (30/8t is stock gearing) I found it was too much for that particular build. Too much binding and the rig fought itself. Went back to the stock gear up front, keeping the under-drive in the rear. Now it's a beast
I've never seen a class 2 or 3 win without something over 25% od. I've been doing this a long time. Ive got a cheater that runs over 40% and it will just outright go anywhere.
Hello, I found cool stuff on your channel. Now I think about buying ecto trail. Is there any option for steel transmission gears? I was looking on google but no luck. Im worried if the plastic gears are longlife. I would to like to slow crawl, offroad, no water. Thanks.
The gears in this transmission are strong. As long as you do not really bind the truck up, you will be OK. Still, I have also replaced some of the gears with metal doing an overdrive upgrade. Here is the video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OBN6GzdwCgQ.html I 100% recommend the ECTO. It is a GREAT truck.
Both my Trailrunner and Sendero HD exhibit that clunky axle sound, and mostly from the rear. I've read that placing a shim inside the lockout(?) will alleviate that issue. Haven't tried it yet, but plan to.
in my case, the screws inside the driveshaft turned loose on the second battery pack, so i put them back with loctite. and about the shocks, they were not correctly built and tight and were leaking. it was already soaking everything inside the box! so more than checking I had to rebuild and change oil on the 4 shocks before even using the car
If you are looking for performance, then it is the ECTO hands-down. If you want more scale looks - then you will have to go TRX4. My ECTO has a fraction of the mods done to it that my TRX4 has, and it walks all the same lines - plus some. Mine is even the TRX4 Sport, so compared to what you are considering, has even better performance.
When I move the pan hard bar to the top most holes on the panhard mount, the panhard bar will hit the servo arm when it is all the way down. Do you have that issue?
@@RoadsideRC Thanks for getting back to me really appreciate it your videos are alot of help!!! Love the look of the new ecto black with the weatherable paint!! Now just need to wait for next weeks paycheck!! 😩
Alot of the upgrades I'm looking at for my ecto like the ssd/treal stuff it is listed for the enduro sendero. Do these work for the ecto?? I think it's basically the same chassis right?? Thanks!!
That is a really tough one. Both are truly great. My son and I drove them side-by-side at a recent event. Both performed very similarly. With that said, the TRX4 has a lot more modifications done to it than the Ecto does. I might have to suggest the ECTO...but you can't go wrong with either.
Both are really good. There are more aftermarket parts available for the TRX4...but the ECTO doesn't need them. The ECTO is really good, with less $$$ invested.
I have both and the ecto crawls better out of the box hem and after doing a few free mods shown here and also recommend big sun hobbies videos. He's a crawler freak and provides very valuable advice. The trx4 sport is way heavier and doesn't really crawl as well as the ecto out of the box. After a few free mods and 3d prints and upgrades it's ok but I still see it as a trail that can crawl more than a true crawler. For the price of the trx 4 sport I can buy the ecto and upgrades like a 1080 , proline trenchers and beadlocks. I even got a power hd continuous servo to make myself a winch. I didn't buy foams but did the hair bun hack and it's so good it's genius witchcraft like just scalin describes it. My trx4 sport has cost me quite a bit more so far. Box stock Costs the same as ecto plus upgrades. And then on top of that, between the steering servo which broke at around the tenth battery pack, the swap of esc to 1080, changing wheels to beadlocks and proline hyrax predators and also the proline dual stage foams because the truck is so heavy... The light kit is ridiculously expensive and is not even controlable (on/off) (well you can if you hack an old servo and all, but it means you still add up to the tally). So yeah the Traxxas has lots of hop ups and all, but the ecto has so many more plus points in comparison, .... It's really a great rig and it won't deceive. And no matter how much you put in the trx4 sport it will never keep up with the cheap ecto. Like I said ecto + free mods + 1080 + wheels= big smile on your face and in your pocket leaving you with some extra money to buy another RC or a nice remote control to rule them all. It's only my point of view, and others might see it otherwise, but it's my experience and feeling about this. May the torque be with you all
With all the talk & worry about waterproofing by everyone. I guess I must be the only one that doesn’t run his r/c cars-trucks near water, ever!! I do run my boats in the water. Is there a problem with me? 😢 LOL
why worship this truck?its not that good.do we really need 24 different shock positions. if you have to fix 11 things just hang it on the fn wall and enjoy the beauty of it
