Nice video. I had a feeling that the driveshaft was going to break. In fact couple days ago I broke the front left driveshaft on my slash. But I managed to fix it.
Nice, if you can get it to jumps like bigger scale rig with out a lot of breakage, I will definitely buy one and try it out later, can't wait to see you mod this to be compatible for jumps.😉👍
That is the plan😁 I think the shafts would've eventually failed on brushed anyway especially with my driving🤪 Not sure it'll need too many more upgrades, the diffs I'm not sure about yet but sounding good still👌 Thanks👍
Great question! No programming needed for the radio specifically but you may have to calibrate a new/brushless esc to the original controller, calibrating is very simple with good escs like hobbywing👍
I believe I was using a 1500mah 2s wltoys lipo. I think most 1500mah 2s should fit as long as you get long and skinny packs not stumpy/tall pack packs👌
Oh wow 7000kv🤯 I was thinking of dropping down to 3900kv but so I could run 3s if needed. Yes they are awesome! There are cheaper out there but far from Teton quality👌
@@rccrazy I've never even tryed 3s. It will back flip on 2s and is plenty fast enough with the 14t pinion. Got a surpass hobby motor/esc for like $30. Been ripping it ever since. Its has exploded a tire on 2 s so definitely don't need 3s lol
Oh yeah a 7000kv motor would be insane on 2s, 3s would not be necessary and it would probably get super hot on 3s anyway. Personally I much rather lower kv motors and higher voltage, i find it to be more efficient and a lot less lipo sag running higher voltage.
Iv only ever broken 1 swing arm and the plastic driveshafts, upgrading is quite expensive but if you get the correct upgrades it only make the car stronger.
They are just the stock wheels but they weren't glued so I installed some race foam in them, seems to help a bit with rebound. I'll have to glue them now I know I like the foam👍
Your probably smart thinking that😆 Yeah man brushed is fine for just bashing around the yard or on the road👌 I think a 3500kv brushless on 2s would be more than enough, anything above that is just madness🤣🤘
@@rccrazy I love this small Hobbywing setup you got, it really does fit like stock. Looks a lot faster and way more fun lol One thing with the stock brushed motor it runs very hot. I could feel the heat thru the plastic chassis lol. i touched the motor and it was hot.. After some google searching i found this is actually unfortunately normal for a stock teton. I heard you need to cut some air vents in the body for the motor to get some cooling and/or possibly a mounting a fan and motor heatsink if possible.. I know the brushless motors can actually run pretty cool in certain cases. How were your motor temps with the new Brushless Setup? I have a Teton that i got like a year ago and it was 120$, traxxas raised the price to 150-160$ now and took out the LaTrax name part out as far as i know too which i kinda miss. The controller says traxxas with the red sticker now too like the bigger cars My motor ans ESC both died awhile back.. Now i run a Traxxas XL5 ESC. Its the same size as the XL2.5 just slightly taller because of the raised heatsink under the plastic. So now i can run 2S-3S Traxxas Lipo's from my 1/16 Mini E-Revo. Ive only ever ran the 2S 2200MaH pack, never tried 3S because im still running a stock motor and i dont think it would last lol. Its definitely a LOT more punchy and just a lot more fun with the 2S in there even with the stock motor. The battery fits in there alittle tight but it doesnt pop out on landings, I had to remove the battery clip pin piece for it to work without any trimming of the chassis. This might be my next step just for some extra top speed though lol!! You said you recommended maybe getting the 3500Kv motor instead of the 4800kv? What would be the difference between them exactly?
Yes it's a great little set-up for the Teton. Temps are fine on 2s but I'm sure 4800kv would heat up a fair bit on 3s. I mainly prefer lower KV motors because they are a bit more efficient and something like 3500kv would stay much cooler and still plenty fast.
The only problem they have is the drivetrain has no slipper or anything I found out that if you glue the tires it will destroy your drivetrain do not glue the tires on these cars they do not put any grease in the diffs at all make sure you take it apart and grease them I did the upgraded hot racing drive shafts and hot racing shocks and I glued my tires that was a big mistake the drive shafts ate the cups up Stanley strip pinion gears the tire slipping on the rim act like a slipper clutch
Well it all depends how you drive and what upgrades you do. I've not had any issues except snapping 2 steel shafts since this video even after gluing the tyres because 1. I got the ball differential for the front end 2. greased and shimmed the stock rear diff 3. Got the upgraded driveshafts, as mentioned snapped 2 already 4. Upgraded pinion and spur 5. Traxxas upgrade shocks(chassis MUST bottom out to restrict damage to everything else) But most importantly, understand how to drive in a way that prevents damage like NO full throttle pulls from zero throttle, land jumps with no throttle whenever possible, know the cars limits even after the right upgrades!
I hear you man I used to race I have a lot of Minis don't get me wrong it's a great little truck but that's why they don't glue the tires I didn't even do a brushless upgrade that was with stock brushed motor did that I have ball diff swapped a couple of my Losi Minis how's that doing in that I was debating on getting a set
No mate they don't glue the tyres to save time and probably save money, it's 1/18 scale so the tyres don't really need to be glued. But like I said it's still doing fantastic in the way of wear and tear since this video so over 2 years. No problems with a brushless system. Ball diff, I mainly got one for the front so I could tighten it to about the same feel as about 50k oil as the stock diffs are open and don't hold oil. There are many more affordable and sometime just as capable cars on the market these days though yes.
now its a self destructive power house lol....... LOVE IT ....
Yeah man one flip😭
Nah I was kinda expecting the shafts to fail at some point anyway, better sooner rather than later😅
Cheers man🤘
lol fun. perfect for winter
If you mean for inside then maybe not in our little unit, even brushed is too fast😅
For around the house its great.
It might aquaplane on 3s actually🤣
Really impressive now, especially doing the backflips. And getting some great airtime. 👍🏼🚗
Cheers man😁
Yeah the first couple jumps proper surprised me!
Being so light weight it's kinda nuts with that much power👌😆
Good video. That brushless setup sure livened it up.
Yes it's definitely a little speed demon now😅
Thanks Tim👍
mine broke in two places just from hitting the throttle. that was with the smoothest accelleration and breaking i could set on the ESC
Very odd!
Nice video. I had a feeling that the driveshaft was going to break. In fact couple days ago I broke the front left driveshaft on my slash. But I managed to fix it.
Yeah mate being super skinny and plastic they weren't going to last too long.
Glad you got the Slash fixed👌
Thanks Li👍
Nice, if you can get it to jumps like bigger scale rig with out a lot of breakage, I will definitely buy one and try it out later, can't wait to see you mod this to be compatible for jumps.😉👍
That is the plan😁
I think the shafts would've eventually failed on brushed anyway especially with my driving🤪
Not sure it'll need too many more upgrades, the diffs I'm not sure about yet but sounding good still👌
Thanks👍
Nice! Very cool little car. Great video
They are very cool indeed👌
Hopefully stronger with upgraded shafts.
Thanks🙂
christ that rips,love it👍😀😀
It surprised me aswell🤣
Can't wait to get some upgrade shafts💪
Thanks buddy✌
Tempted to get one now🤣
I don't blame you😅
Sweet little bashers👌
I’m new in the hobby, radio control needs programming after the upgrade?
Great question!
No programming needed for the radio specifically but you may have to calibrate a new/brushless esc to the original controller, calibrating is very simple with good escs like hobbywing👍
do you know if the traxxas 2s 2200mah lipo fit? It would be nice if I can keep traxxas connectors
I am not sure sorry, I don't buy traxxas lipos.
What battery you using my guy need help
I believe I was using a 1500mah 2s wltoys lipo.
I think most 1500mah 2s should fit as long as you get long and skinny packs not stumpy/tall pack packs👌
I got a 7000kv in my daughters and it's just silly fast lol they are a blast for the price
Oh wow 7000kv🤯
I was thinking of dropping down to 3900kv but so I could run 3s if needed.
Yes they are awesome!
There are cheaper out there but far from Teton quality👌
@@rccrazy I've never even tryed 3s. It will back flip on 2s and is plenty fast enough with the 14t pinion. Got a surpass hobby motor/esc for like $30. Been ripping it ever since. Its has exploded a tire on 2 s so definitely don't need 3s lol
Oh yeah a 7000kv motor would be insane on 2s, 3s would not be necessary and it would probably get super hot on 3s anyway.
Personally I much rather lower kv motors and higher voltage, i find it to be more efficient and a lot less lipo sag running higher voltage.
What pinion and pitch
Stock gearing
How often does stuff break on it and how much did all the upgrades cost? I heard these break all the time and is not worth buying 🤷♂️
Iv only ever broken 1 swing arm and the plastic driveshafts, upgrading is quite expensive but if you get the correct upgrades it only make the car stronger.
@@rccrazy Thanks, I will have to see how much it is for some upgrades and go from there on if I want to buy one or not lol
What tires are you running?
They are just the stock wheels but they weren't glued so I installed some race foam in them, seems to help a bit with rebound.
I'll have to glue them now I know I like the foam👍
Dude it’s a wild animal now 😱 I was gonna go brushless on mine too but might not after seeing this. 🤔
Your probably smart thinking that😆
Yeah man brushed is fine for just bashing around the yard or on the road👌
I think a 3500kv brushless on 2s would be more than enough, anything above that is just madness🤣🤘
@@rccrazy I love this small Hobbywing setup you got, it really does fit like stock. Looks a lot faster and way more fun lol
One thing with the stock brushed motor it runs very hot. I could feel the heat thru the plastic chassis lol. i touched the motor and it was hot.. After some google searching i found this is actually unfortunately normal for a stock teton. I heard you need to cut some air vents in the body for the motor to get some cooling and/or possibly a mounting a fan and motor heatsink if possible..
I know the brushless motors can actually run pretty cool in certain cases. How were your motor temps with the new Brushless Setup?
I have a Teton that i got like a year ago and it was 120$, traxxas raised the price to 150-160$ now and took out the LaTrax name part out as far as i know too which i kinda miss. The controller says traxxas with the red sticker now too like the bigger cars
My motor ans ESC both died awhile back..
Now i run a Traxxas XL5 ESC. Its the same size as the XL2.5 just slightly taller because of the raised heatsink under the plastic. So now i can run 2S-3S Traxxas Lipo's from my 1/16 Mini E-Revo. Ive only ever ran the 2S 2200MaH pack, never tried 3S because im still running a stock motor and i dont think it would last lol.
Its definitely a LOT more punchy and just a lot more fun with the 2S in there even with the stock motor. The battery fits in there alittle tight but it doesnt pop out on landings, I had to remove the battery clip pin piece for it to work without any trimming of the chassis.
This might be my next step just for some extra top speed though lol!!
You said you recommended maybe getting the 3500Kv motor instead of the 4800kv? What would be the difference between them exactly?
Yes it's a great little set-up for the Teton.
Temps are fine on 2s but I'm sure 4800kv would heat up a fair bit on 3s.
I mainly prefer lower KV motors because they are a bit more efficient and something like 3500kv would stay much cooler and still plenty fast.
Nice. Subscribed.
Thank you very much👍
The only problem they have is the drivetrain has no slipper or anything I found out that if you glue the tires it will destroy your drivetrain do not glue the tires on these cars they do not put any grease in the diffs at all make sure you take it apart and grease them I did the upgraded hot racing drive shafts and hot racing shocks and I glued my tires that was a big mistake the drive shafts ate the cups up Stanley strip pinion gears the tire slipping on the rim act like a slipper clutch
Well it all depends how you drive and what upgrades you do.
I've not had any issues except snapping 2 steel shafts since this video even after gluing the tyres because
1. I got the ball differential for the front end
2. greased and shimmed the stock rear diff
3. Got the upgraded driveshafts, as mentioned snapped 2 already
4. Upgraded pinion and spur
5. Traxxas upgrade shocks(chassis MUST bottom out to restrict damage to everything else)
But most importantly, understand how to drive in a way that prevents damage like NO full throttle pulls from zero throttle, land jumps with no throttle whenever possible, know the cars limits even after the right upgrades!
I hear you man I used to race I have a lot of Minis don't get me wrong it's a great little truck but that's why they don't glue the tires I didn't even do a brushless upgrade that was with stock brushed motor did that I have ball diff swapped a couple of my Losi Minis how's that doing in that I was debating on getting a set
No mate they don't glue the tyres to save time and probably save money, it's 1/18 scale so the tyres don't really need to be glued.
But like I said it's still doing fantastic in the way of wear and tear since this video so over 2 years.
No problems with a brushless system.
Ball diff, I mainly got one for the front so I could tighten it to about the same feel as about 50k oil as the stock diffs are open and don't hold oil.
There are many more affordable and sometime just as capable cars on the market these days though yes.
Whats the Name of the Lipo?
It's just a wltoys 1500mah 2s lipo
What size gear did you put in the motor
That is with the stock 9 tooth pinion, I am going to try 12 tooth on this motor eventually.
N how r u gonna charge the car bud if u chance the Plug
Adaptors mate, VERY easy to make or buy😁
Hey can you help me set mine up like yours pls
Bagus sekali kawan 👍
Thank you😁👍
Figure it out for free thanks anyway