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I replaced the old motor with a 20 turn HPI motor. Performance is quite nice. I was about to try an 8.4v nimh battery when I lost an axle.

Thanks a lot! I ordered the JC Racing wheel set from EBay. Now, to find some tires! I guess this whole process would go a lot easier if I had previous experience with RC cars and knew my way around them better. But, I don't.

I'm really stressing about the wheels/tires. The surface I'm running on is mixed, there's some grass but it shouldn't be a serious issue. But, my front tires are about gone and many knobs on the rear tires are worn or broken off. I have not been able to find any replacements (wheels or tires). Nothi...

My ESC says 18 turns or more, so 19 sounds good. Any suggestions as to a decent one? Once I can find some upgrade wheels and tires that fit, I'll probably switch to brushless. But, until or unless that happens, I'd just like to run brushed. I don't want to sink a lot of money in it if I can't get de...

The brush springs are good. I'm going to the LHS tomorrow and see if I can compare it to some other brushed motors. Update: Rather than waiting, I ran some tests of the motor myself. I found that it arcs badly under full throttle and overheats very quickly. On closer inspection I found the brushes a...

The battery is brand new, about 5 cycles through it. The ESC is also new, a 60 - 75 amp LRP AI Quantum Runner with reverse. The motor looks to be in very good condition with no serious brush wear or build-up on the commutator. I would guess it's top speed is less than 15mph. Maybe that was normal in...

My RC10 buggy has this motor: Trinity Monster Horse Power 1987 Word Champion. It doesn't seem to make much power with a 3000 mah, 7.2 V nimh battery. I'm wondering if there's a good replacement motor?

I just bought a Traxxas Stampede 4 x 4 with lipos and I'd like the RC10 to be able to keep up with it. Brushless and lipos seemed to be the only way. I've had a number of people say to keep it original. But, I figure I can always put the original parts back on if I'm ever so inclined. I even have th...

Well sort of new, it was given to me by my brother-in-law 3 years ago, after sitting in a box in his garage for 20 years. I didn't have any interest in it, so it sat on a shelf in my basement until now. From what I can tell, it's the Cadillac version with steering upgrades from around 1989. I'm gett...