battery & motor

[jbarkhouse]

hello, my girlfriend got me an rc10t4 rs for my b-day. i want to upgrade the motor and battery, more speed, longer run time. there are no hobbie shops anywhere near me closest is probably 3-4 hours away, so advice is hard to come by! any ideas would be greatly apprieciated! not too worried about cost tho i dont need top of the line either!
thanx
jimbo

[stang444]

Just order from on line. It will be shipped straight to your door.

[jbarkhouse]

thanks, i know that much thats how i got the truck in the first place, i was asking for some opinions on some decent upgrades for the battery and motor, other upgrade i can figure out there is just alot of options for batteries and motors and some insight would be great.

[OldSchoolRC]

well, what are you looking to spend? ballpark?

if money is not an object, i recommend an ESC and brushless motor combo. Castle and Novak both make great systems... pick something that will give you the best balance of speed and run time, a higher KV rating is faster, but will drain the battery quicker, and vice versa. A castle 5700 is always a good pic.

Battery-wise, a 3000mah or higher nimh would be a good place to start.

[pedeboi364]

^^^ also, what vehicle is this going into?? my word of advice, first get a nice batt., then a nice ESC, then a nice motor, so u can upgrade as time goes without having to spend more on newer, better parts

[jbarkhouse]

RC10T4-RS is my rc, all stock at the moment, reedy radon 17 turn motor, LRP Ai digital esc, just some plane jane battery i got from tower 1500. thats the set up so far. i was thinking about a Lipo battery but i have no idea about that stuff, been outta the loop for close to 20 years!
thanks for the advice too. oh and money isnt realy a concern but i dont need to "break the bank"!!! i just want to go faster for longer!

[OldSchoolRC]

brushless is really the way to go - more power and much more efficient! Check out the new sidewinder sets from Castle - very well priced. I believe Novak has a lower price set out as well, and the Velineon system is well priced too (and works really well!)

before buying a battery, make sure your charger can handle it also. hooking up a battery to a charger that cannot accomdate it is bad news! Most new chargers should be able to handle a nimh battery though, but better safe than sorry. a 3300 pack can be found fairly cheap and will nearly double your run-times.

li-po's seem to be the battery of the future, i cannot comment on them as i have my first one on order, but properly charged and maintained, they seem have a ton of performance advantages.

[Daveo]

I concur with oldschool. I upgraded my old rustler with the novak system and it is great. The speed is amazing and the run times are great. i also like the fact that there is almost no maintanence on the brushless systems. But be warned, the I have had to upgrade my batteries for my brushless systems because there was so much current draw on start up that the voltage cutoff was kicking in.

[pedeboi364]

^^^^ amen, novak ESC with 8.5 turn LRP vector motor runs like a dream, just make sure the tranny can handle it!!