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My Upgrade Philosophy

I am not a professional track racer, I'm just a guy that loves to terrorize the neighborhood, parks, friends and family get togethers, etc. with my Stampede. I am the kind of person that would rather wait until something breaks before replacing it, however I will make upgrades to prevent cascading breakages or cascading maintenance (i.e. blowing off a shock cap and having to deal with the clean-up or adding a bumper to prevent breakage.)  I am also all for no-cost upgrades.. hey why not, its free.

I tend to focus my upgrades on strength and long-term durability rather than reducing weight and  increasing performance to a point that you spend more time maintaining the RC instead of playing/using it. Some of these guys will hop-up there RC to a point where they burn through an idler gear and a motor every other run...fast but not fun for long.  I prefer something that will always work rather than something I always have to work on. That said, I have a very quick and lively Stampede with outstanding durability and performance.

Take a look at the Upgrades section to the left for some of my recommendations.

Handy gear ratio sheet

Lower ratio = Faster but lower torque and hotter electronics
Higher ration = Slower but more torque and cooler electronics