There are plenty of free/cheap performance upgrades you can do for the racing Revo.
1) Brake mod-take the spring out of a clicker pen and cut it half. Then put each half on the screws that hold the brakes on. This will prevent brake drag and allow you to more accurately adjust your brakes.
2) Lose the pillow ball covers that only bind up the suspension and drill the holes 1/4" deeper. This will narrow you trucks width and helps a bit with achieving a tighter turning radius.
3) Get the P2 rocker arms
4) Put the #2 shock piston in front and #3 in back with 50 wt oil (I use 40 wt in back)
5) Bump up to Orange/Gold springs (front/back)
6) Lose the optidrive and reverse servo when getting the Forward only Conversion (FOC)
7) The single sterring servo has been mentioned and is a must IMO. Make sure you then relocate the throttle return spring using a spacer under the extra gas tank mounting post that comes with the tank rebuild kit.
8) Get a Motorsaver airfilter or drill holes around the perimeter of the stock one on the sides near the screen to increase airflow. The stock one is overkill for idiots who don't clean their filter like they should.
9) To help save your diffs from blowing, take the yokes off and put a used glow plug washer as a shim to get the slop out of the input gears. Proper gear mesh helps prevent broken gears when you land on throttle like you're not supposed to.
10) After going to the single throttle servo, you an dremel the box to lighten it up.
11) Make sure you have about 12" of fuel line and a fuel filter. The extra line helps supply the engine with fuel when it's on its' lid waiting for some out of shape marshall like me to get over there and flip it over.
12) Aluminum/Titanium pushrods & toe links aren't really cheap but get rid of a massive a mount of weight.
13) The single best value for weight reduction is the new Vantage carbon fiber Revo chassis for $89. This reduces weight by a whopping 4.3 ounces!! I will be debuting mine on June 5th at THE ROCKPILE in Madison.
14) If you find the TQ3 radio steering or throttle too lose for your tastes you can take it apart and change the spring. I just put 2 pieces of fuel tube over the little pins and then put a #019 spring from True Value over them and glued it in. Worked great.
15) You can use fiberglass mesh drywall tape covered with Marine Grade Goop to reinforce stress points of the stock chassis to help it last longer.
16) Balance the tires/rims with adhesive backed lead tape you can buy at golf stores.
Hope this helps.
1) Brake mod-take the spring out of a clicker pen and cut it half. Then put each half on the screws that hold the brakes on. This will prevent brake drag and allow you to more accurately adjust your brakes.
2) Lose the pillow ball covers that only bind up the suspension and drill the holes 1/4" deeper. This will narrow you trucks width and helps a bit with achieving a tighter turning radius.
3) Get the P2 rocker arms
4) Put the #2 shock piston in front and #3 in back with 50 wt oil (I use 40 wt in back)
5) Bump up to Orange/Gold springs (front/back)
6) Lose the optidrive and reverse servo when getting the Forward only Conversion (FOC)
7) The single sterring servo has been mentioned and is a must IMO. Make sure you then relocate the throttle return spring using a spacer under the extra gas tank mounting post that comes with the tank rebuild kit.
8) Get a Motorsaver airfilter or drill holes around the perimeter of the stock one on the sides near the screen to increase airflow. The stock one is overkill for idiots who don't clean their filter like they should.
9) To help save your diffs from blowing, take the yokes off and put a used glow plug washer as a shim to get the slop out of the input gears. Proper gear mesh helps prevent broken gears when you land on throttle like you're not supposed to.
10) After going to the single throttle servo, you an dremel the box to lighten it up.
11) Make sure you have about 12" of fuel line and a fuel filter. The extra line helps supply the engine with fuel when it's on its' lid waiting for some out of shape marshall like me to get over there and flip it over.
12) Aluminum/Titanium pushrods & toe links aren't really cheap but get rid of a massive a mount of weight.
13) The single best value for weight reduction is the new Vantage carbon fiber Revo chassis for $89. This reduces weight by a whopping 4.3 ounces!! I will be debuting mine on June 5th at THE ROCKPILE in Madison.
14) If you find the TQ3 radio steering or throttle too lose for your tastes you can take it apart and change the spring. I just put 2 pieces of fuel tube over the little pins and then put a #019 spring from True Value over them and glued it in. Worked great.
15) You can use fiberglass mesh drywall tape covered with Marine Grade Goop to reinforce stress points of the stock chassis to help it last longer.
16) Balance the tires/rims with adhesive backed lead tape you can buy at golf stores.
Hope this helps.