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Need a little help with a list of stuff to get..

Como4076

Junior Member
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8
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Nantucket
Hi all my name is Steve and I was suppose to get a RedCat 1/5 truck last year but my wife got laid off from her job but in a nut shell all is good and she is employed again :) Now with that being said I have narrowed it down on getting the MT Pro , but I would like to know for a short list of things to upgrade asap ! I know about the servos but which ones ? How about the radio? is the stock one any good or should I get " Fly sky gt3b " ?? I red on here about the tires/foams blow out ok fine but what should I replace them with ?? I also saw on here about the carb should I just upgrade it now or should I just go with the stock one for now ?? Sorry for so many questions but I have to pick the GREAT minds on here !! :D


Thanks for all the help in advance !!! :)


Steve
 

GTS 666

Senior Member
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1,091
Location
AUSTRALIA New South Wales.
Welcome Steve I'll try to answer some of your questions that I might have answers for. First is to get a kill switch in case of a runaway. The radio that comes with the new trucks is a 2.4ghz radio system and should be fine. The steering servos should be ok for a while too I would only replace them if they die. The throttle servo should replace with a hitech 645 mg. The tyre foams in the MT aren't a problem they should last ages. The carb should replace with a walbro 668 or 990 only if your having tuning problems as the stock carb is a bit hit or miss I believe. IMO I would go with the MT not Pro and save on the weight and buy a tuned pipe and proline wheels and Tyres with gearing to suit. Hope this helps other members will chime in with things I have missed.
 

Deluge

Senior Member
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Tucson, Arizona
I'd upgrade the carb now. Like GTS said, you're better off getting the standard MT. All that aluminum adds weight and it will bend in a wreck. Plastic flexes and is cheap to replace.
 
G

Guest

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+1 all good advice. The stock carbs are a crap shoot. They are ok but a bit quirky to tune. It's a good to replace the carb, air filter and intake all at the same time. The MT tire and foams are great. There just heavy. It is the X series tire foams that you might have read that fall apart. Again there are no tire issues with the MT. A lot of guys go to a smaller lighter tire for performance reasons. The stock radio works fine. The gt3b is nice. 3 channels and a 10 car memory. The most important upgrade is a kill switch. The killer bee is available for either a two or three channel radio. A good tuned pipe makes such a huge difference that I also think it should be done first. Jetpro, Dominator, and the CPI all make a good pipe for the MT.

Use the savings from just buying the MT and make it run like a beast! You can add some of that pretty aluminum later. I have learned the hard way that staying with some plastic is better. If you like do drive hard. I've gone through a few aluminum lower front suspension arms and front bearings holders. Keep those plastic, you need some flex.
 

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