I had so many TEU-101 and 540 silvercans lying around that I decided for a Lipoexperiment:
I inserted a cheap 7805 (5V, 1A, $1) regulator in the receiver output wire of the non-BEC'ed TEU-101 and put a 11,1V 30C Lipo battery in my DT02 (use 17Tsprocket and ball bearings, at least in the gearbox). And holy crap, doesit go now. I've run 5-6 charges now, and no sign of breaking down. Just keep an eye on motor temp :-)
The Lipo battery is also so much lighter that it helps thesoft springs of theDT02 and the handling is improved.
I can only recommend this to others. In fact, any receiver feeding of a TEU-101 will benefit from the 7805 modification.
Mike
PS: I can confirm that the silvercans have a performance spread. And some tolerance on axle length. Make sure the pinion screw sits right - I sacrificed a 100% sprocket alignment to get a decent bite of the screw.
PPS: Came to think of it: The DT02 is 2WD. The 4WD Dark Impact may be too heavy a load on the suggested 11,1V set-up.
ORIGINAL: 860Crawler
I installed my TEU-101BK and silvercan from the Grasshopper for ****s and giggles. Well, there wasn't much of either. It was so slow after having used the Ballistic that I felt like I was driving a Nikko from 1989. It barely caught air on any bump and there wasn't much braking to speak of. I wonder if I just have a tired silvercan because there's no way this could be the stock set up for a DI, KH or Avante. Also it went like a bat out of hell in the Grasshopper. I'm pretty sure the battery was well charged. It only lasted about 5-6 minutes before the pinion came loose. The motor doesn't have quite enough shaft to fully grab the grub screw so I knew it would happen eventually I guess I could have flipped the pinion but it looked like would have sat halfway on the spur gear.
Back in the Grasshopper it goes. That experiment is over.