Upgrades?
07-08-2011, 04:56 AM
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Upgrades?
Yeah, hi. Its been awhile since ive been on here but i got a HPI racing rs4 3 evo a few months ago and it is still stock. its still fairly new cond but i wanna do some upgrades. What are some upgrades i should get for it? Any links will be greatly appreciated.
07-09-2011, 06:02 AM
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RE: Upgrades?
There is a massive thread, hundreds of pages about this car. At the time of posting it is only 8 lines below this thread on the first page. Your question is very generic, perhaps if you told folks what you were planning on doing with, some better targeted advice would be forthcoming.
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RE: Upgrades?
Here are 3 things i recommend you change/upgrade for sure.
1. Battery pack... get rid of the 4 AA holder and get a 6v NiMh pack, at least 1200mah, or you can also go with 2S LiPo w/ voltage regulator, as well as A123 6.6 pack.
2. Servos. The factory HPI servos have terrible centering quality. I prefer Hitec servos myself.. 645MG on throttle/brake, 625MG on steering.
3. Adjustable tie-rod's. For this, you dont HAVE to buy the kits that IMO are overpriced. I used factory ones from Traxxas 4-Tec on mine.
Other then that, IMO nothing else really NEEDS to be changed. I got the carbon/graphite upper deck & front/rear shock towers.. but to me its mainly just a looks kind of thing. So it really just depends on how much money you want to spend. I dont race, so i did bigblock conversion on mine.
1. Battery pack... get rid of the 4 AA holder and get a 6v NiMh pack, at least 1200mah, or you can also go with 2S LiPo w/ voltage regulator, as well as A123 6.6 pack.
2. Servos. The factory HPI servos have terrible centering quality. I prefer Hitec servos myself.. 645MG on throttle/brake, 625MG on steering.
3. Adjustable tie-rod's. For this, you dont HAVE to buy the kits that IMO are overpriced. I used factory ones from Traxxas 4-Tec on mine.
Other then that, IMO nothing else really NEEDS to be changed. I got the carbon/graphite upper deck & front/rear shock towers.. but to me its mainly just a looks kind of thing. So it really just depends on how much money you want to spend. I dont race, so i did bigblock conversion on mine.
