Watching the video I cringed HARD when you started talking about cutting bits of the chassis away… but then I remembered the way I used to drill out RC10 chassis back in the 90’s when they were all aluminum tub chassis… I swear they’d look like Swiss cheese!
Can’t wait to see that Baja pro X video! Those tires look like they can eat! I just hope you throw some different foams in for comparison, see what they can really do! Let’s be honest, stock foams usually only give maybe 80% of the tires potential, and I hear they’re particularly important in the bajas
What i did with mine was peel up the foam in the battery tray and glue it back down in the back, shifts the weight of the battery forward and it gave me a little extra steering. I also have some extra foam to stuff a shorty pack in the front for even less weight! Oh, the weakest part of the chassis is the narrow part right in front of the servo...ask me how i know lol.
I took some inspiration from this vid but went a slightly different route. I went with a shorty pack and took the foam out up front and moved the esc and receiver (out of the cover) in the middle to keep the weight centered and low. Upped to a 23 pinion, rebuilt shocks with traxxas seals and 32.5k in front, removed servo saver, and put 7k diff fluid. Ran proline holeshots at chickasaw track. I think the truck did ok... I'm terrible but the truck did ok lol.
Hey so totally unrelated question based on the topic of the video but … how is that building set up to ventilate nitro cars or is it an issue? With a full race going what’s the noise level like?
hey troy,love your channel man,but it seems like you have more fun saving a tenth of a gram at a time or drifting,kind miss you reviewing cheap chinese and finding gems or like when your chasing down buggies in a real car for speed runs!still love ya man. but im just sayin
Thanks for the feedback! Two cheaper RC options are sitting on the workbench right now - more of that to come! Yes, the speed runs shenanigans was fun, but didn't really end up being what excited me the most.