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The year was 1992, and I was 15 and obsessed over that magazine article about the new Associated team truck. I got one and raced quite a bit in stock class and even brought home a few ribbons using my wicked fast (for the time) Dr Von Quick Pocket Rocket stock motor. What a great truck. I still have...

One complaint I have about vintage nicad battery packs is the short run time. Would this old ESC be able to handle newer NIMH packs and would it increase my run time very much? I think I can get about 4 min max off the old cells. If I were to get a low voltage cutoff could I potentially run this old...

Thanks for the response, I think you may be right on being better off leaving it vintage. I wonder if the old nylon parts may not hold up well to the power of the modern motors and the increased speeds would certainly be less forgiving on the steering and suspension linkages.

Hey Associated fans, Back in 1992 as a 15 year old I lusted over the magazine article touting the new team truck and eventually got one. As a 40 year old I still have it. It has been sitting in my garage with its Futaba Attack-R 75mhz AM 2-stick controller and 6-cell Nicad battery packs which still ...