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Intro & Background Hello everyone - I'm new here (as you can probably tell) so forgive me if I commit any infractions to unspoken rules. I read the forum rules and I think I've got everything down correctly. The background to this is that my dad gave me his RC10 buggy that we had last ran about...

For drag racing diff lockers are an upgrade. You'll lose performance when you need to turn, but it's not like anything will explode. 3000kv at 10v seems about right. Older RTR cars came with 30,000 rpm brushed motors so that doesn't seem out of line. Glad to hear that I can run without the diff. I'...

Another update for everyone - I've continued to have success with tapping different parts for mounting. The nose arrived so it's starting to actually look like it could be an RC car now. I noticed that the shocks that I got seem to be too long for the car. The eBay listing specifically said that the...

It's been a bit since I updated but I think you all deserve to see what progress has been made. Since my last post, I installed all of the tie rods on the front and back. That went pretty well! The front steering has a little bit more slop than I'd like, but that can be attributed to the imprecision...

Updates for everyone: 1) The 3D-printed spacers worked wonderfully for the shocks. There certainly is less travel than before but the car still has enough range in the suspension for me to be happy. 2) I've gotten a start on figuring out what to do for some traditionally metal parts on the car. The ...

Big update for everyone - she runs!!! I ended up doing the same thing for the rear that I did for the front because it was pretty expensive to get things from the UK. That turned out to be blessing because then I was able to just order adjustable rear axles off of amazon and throw them in (photo of ...