outspoken

Hey everyone, I've been out of RC for nearly 20 years and wanted to start racing again. Here is a list of what I'd like to get, let me know if it's decent:

I decided to jump right into mod with this setup. Nothing has been purchased yet, looking for advise.

Thanks!

ThunderbirdJunkie

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ITBJHO the SCTE is a bit of a terd. The Havoc PRo and 17.5t combo won't power the truck with any authority.

You'd be better off with a Tekin 4 pole motor and an RX8 speed control...the Ten SCTE NEEDS a 1/8 scale speedo.

Alternatively, check out the SC10 4x4 which is a far better truck out of the box. Everything else you listed would be fine, but replace the Ballistic 17.5t with a Ballistic 6.5t with a 12.5mm rotor.

ThunderbirdJunkie would recommend getting an XXX-SCT, the TLR tuning kit, Thunder Power 5300 65c batteries, the same charger, a Tekin 10.5 combo...if you need a setup, ThunderbirdJunkie can provide it.

Do you really want to race 4w SCT, or do you really want to race 2w SCT?

wanna_be_racer

ThunderBirdJunkie pretty much nailed it. A 550 size brushless is deff needed to give any kind of serious power to a SC truck. I also agree with the 1/8 speedo. Good luck to ya, mate.

outspoken

I found out that the local tracks mainly run xxx-sct and sc10 trucks with 17.5, which suites me fine.

Any new recommendations based on that? I appreciate the help.

ThunderbirdJunkie

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XXX-SCT race roller ($180?) and the TLR tuning kit (comes with the EA3, which replaced graphite, arms ball diff and some other goodies), Spektrum 6040 servo, Tekin RS with a Trinity 17.5 (more expensive ESC than the Novak, but 1,000x better), run the stock tires till they're bald if you're running outdoors.

Mysterious

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