Upgrade with purpose
The Bottom Line: Test it stock. Understand its capabilities. Identify its weaknesses. Upgrade with purpose.
It’s easy as I’ve done with my Yokomo YD2 Drift chassis to get grabbed into the rabbit hole of buying upgrade parts for the sake of buying something because it’s an ‘upgrade’ or because aluminum is better looking. I found reverting the chassis back to stock form and running and testing upgrading it with parts that actually made a difference to my style of driving is for me the way forward rather than using the ‘what should I upgrade’ and firing the parts cannon at any given vehicle as I have done in the past.
Back to the SCX10 III:
I’ll be running this first few pack in stock form and no doubt there will be changes I want to make but I want to start with maybe suspension shock oil tuning or trying to setup the suspension with more droop which historically has been my preferred setup. There’s always something small you can tinker with which is the part of the hobby I enjoy.
I’m really excited to be trying out DIG for the first time in years since my Axial XR10 Build days with Novak Roosters etc. I’m way behind the times with RC Crawling but going to enjoy getting back into it.
Upgrades for me will probably be if a Hobbywing Fusion 2in1 system as testing it in another vehicle I do like the overall smoother performance it offers but yet to test a Holmes Hobbies motor which I see so much good feedback. The first out the box feel it does seem rather stiff and high centered but will get a good feel for it when out on the trails.
There will be modification I feel the chassis would benefit from just on the bench looking at it maybe relocating the battery tray to the front and centre but again this will be tested down the line as maybe theres a little bias from my original SCX10.