Slash 4X4 Upgrades That Changed My Life |
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| By Jeremy Hambly |
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| The slash is an amazing truck right out of the box and I am
so happy I bought it but after trying to compete with even
the most novice racers at the track I realized I had to step
my game up. I had purchased the RTR model so I didn’t have
any of the upgraded aluminum parts, not that those really
help you out at the track but I wanted you to know where I
was starting out. Impact:Medium New Servo: The next upgrade I did for my slash was to upgrade that laggy steering servo. There are two main advantages of upgrading this and they are response time and strength. I dumped the old stock servo and upgraded to the team associated steering servo that threw over 200 ounces of torque and never looked back. I noticed immediately that I was able to turn much better at much higher speeds. It took racing to a new level of competition for me and a new level of fun. Impact:High Center Differential: The third upgrade I did, all in the same day actually was to move up to the high performance center differential. This upgrade was around $70 or so but wow what a difference for a 4X4. In a way the upgrade was a little spoiled because I upgraded both the servo and the differential at the same time so I didn’t realize the upgrade individuially but as far as the transfer of power, and the overall acceleration improvement I would consider this almost a must for anyone looking to race their slash 4X4. Impact:High New Shocks: The second or third time I hit the track I decided to drop the $80 on the upgraded shocks for the slash, something that comes in the ultimate edition, the one I SHOULD of bought. I thought all the bottom outs I was having would go away with this pretty simple upgrade. The fact was I realized it was more to do with my driving style and the shock oil weight than anything else. Sure I liked the upgrade but I bet I wouldn’t of felt like I needed them if I had just upgraded the shock oil right away. Impact: Small New Shock Oil: A short sweet $5 upgrade that made an absolutely huge change. Going from the stock shock oil which is somewhere around 30WT up to 50WT in front and 60WT in rear changed the way I was able to race. I could be more aggressive with jumps and attack the triples with no fear. At one point it was bottoming out so bad it would flip. This was one of the things I should of done first thing. Huge impact for so little cash, it made racing a lot more fun too. RPM Bumper & Skid Plate: In an easy upgrade I went to the RPM front bumper and rear. Sure it looks neat but it was a huge upgrade from stock. Can’t say it really had much of an affect on the way I race though. It’s cool that they will last longer but that is about it for me. Impact: Small Spektrum Receiver & Radio: The last upgrade we did was going to the high end reciever and radio. I didn’t notice a huge difference in terms of the slash specifically. The 2.4Ghz system Traxxas gave was actually fine for me. That said from an expandability standpoint it was awesome. |
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| About The Author Jeremy got his first taste of e-commerce and Internet marketing working in the Milwaukee auto industry. But the more he learned about these subjects, the more he realized that car dealerships were "too far behind the curve." To really hone the skills he had been learning, he would have to take a different path. Jeremy joined the BizLab team in the spring of 2008 and quickly became the Director of Search Engine Optimization for our internal marketing agency Rocket Clicks. After proving |
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