hot bodies lightning stadium sport

[rockrc355]

So I have a hotbodies lightning stadium sport and im looking for some hop up ideas for future reference, does anyone own one or any of the lightning stadium truggys? Can anyone reccomend some good hop up ideas for me? anything like engines, exhaust systems, shocks, radio, wheels/tires... im looking to race mine but want to improve it a little before doing so .. thanks for the help

[OldSchoolRC]

Hear this question a lot, and it's such a broad question. What's your budget? What do you like about the truck? What do you not like? It's such a personal question it's almost impossible to answer.

Having said that, if you are planning on racing the only thing you truly need is a good set of tires. Talk to the people at your track and get an idea of what they are running.

Grab a set of the rules as well, and make sure your engine fits in the truggy class.

Possibly, upgrade to a 2.4ghz radio so you don't have to worry about frequency conflicts.

Other than that, the sky's the limit as far as what you can change. It's a solid truck right out of the box, and you don't have change everything around to go race.

[rockrc355]

Thanks for the advice i might try to post a picture of it at some point. right now i have a set of imex wheels and flamw tread tires. they work for bashing which is what i do now but i dont know how they would perform on the track. It has the stock .26 engine but im thinking about getting the new os .25 to put in it. I dont want to spend a lot of money on the radio system so i might just get a 2 channel futaba system..

[OldSchoolRC]

You don't have to get a 2.4ghz radio to race it, certainly. Helps when you go to the track though. Not many people run AM anymore (assuming you currently have an AM radio) so usually I would imagine frequencies are not much of a problem anymore.

There are some great, affordable 2.4 radios on the market. the Tactic is a great basic 2.4 at a good price.
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXWRP3&P=ML

[rockrc355]

thanks ill definitely have to look into it because i dont think the track i want to race at allows am/fm 27 mhz radios because of the airfield thats near by and the tactic isnt that expensive.