ORIGINAL: DirtyBird69

The first thing you absolutely must do is to swap out the rear shock for one of a Traxxas Revo(you can get em CHEAP on Ebay), next thing to do is swap out the tamiya style connector for a ''DEANS'' style...you would not believe the improvement you get all-around just by swapping out that dam little thing(Ricky is pretty heavy and draws a ton of juice on take-off )and that dam Tamiya connector is nothing but a dam resistor that bottle-necks your juice, and can melt if your not careful. The third thing you can do is swap the stock 550 motor for a 17-19(Double) motor/w a 13t (steel) 32p pinion that will give you a nice little boost in performance without frying your gyro or the factory radio gear out. And last you can build(or have built an 8.4v/3800mah or bigger battery pack) which will really make him scoot!...anything faster (like brushless motors,9.6v packs,etc) are just to dam fast and they fry out the gyro gears in the rear wheel....make sure you buy and old used ricky, you can still get used bikes cheap, so just buy one and strip it so it has to be used for parts lol....that'll do it..


p.s. forgot to mention to swap out all the bushings in both wheels and steering blocks, for bearings(makes a WORLD of difference)!

sizes you'll need: 6x13x5mm
5x10x4mm

just go to Ebay and buy a pack of ten for each size...cost you like $20 and you still have some extras for spares..