[jhautz]

Yea Linc. All 3 diffs come with grease in them from the factory. I put 3-3-2 in mine and it worked pretty good for the track. (thats what the guys who were racing these at OCRC found to be a good setup.) Wont be pulling any wheelies with that diff setup, but it makes it more controllable on the track. These little guys can get pretty squirley with the tiny wheelbase. You could probably go up a little in the center. I think you are going to be running a little more power than I am with the 1509 vs the Medusa 50mm I have and the OCRC guys were running them with Novak GTB systems from what I read.

Metalman. The shocks actually work pretty well. I think they are better than the CRT.5 shocks. I ran it on a pretty rough track and it handled pretty well. The biggest challenge was actually ground clearance. I bottomed out pretty easy with the factory oils I'm not sure what they are but I read somewhere that they come with 30wt from the factory. I might try changing the oil to something like 35-40 weight to help with landing jumps. Durability is very good from the driving I did. I drove it on a rough 1/8 track, very rutted and some good size jumps. Did quite a few cartwheels and lawn darts sending it tumbling end over end and it took all of the beating and didn't break anything yet. The only thing that happened was I tagged the tube with the front wheel on a nose down landing and I popped a pillow ball out of the socket. This happened in like the 2nd lap I was running with it, but I went right back together in like 5 minutes and never popped out again. Like I said earlier... most fun Ive had in RC for $160 in a long time. Its a pretty cool little truck.

Only real complaint is the stock tires are pretty much crap. I have a set of bowties that came with my CRT.5 I am going to try next time out. They certainly cant be worse.