My first Crawler, ACX10 Honcho

[chumpy1965]

Well I bought my first Honcho and I'm really disappointed. Not with the truck itself, but how it showed up. Guess this what i get for buying a used truck.

Box shows it was a kit, but its has everything that makes me believe it was a RTR. Everything is plastic, has all the Axial radio, rx, mtor, esc, and so forth. With the exception that the manual shows what bag parts were in, there is a bunch parts still attached to webbing.

Anyways I've been looking through, reading, and watching video's and your builds. I like what's been done. Now enough with my rants.

Questions:
So the truck has the Tamiya battery connector, I'm going to change over to Deans and the batteries I have are DNYX 7.4v 5000mAh 35c 37Wh lipo's.
I used these to race with, and its what i currently got. How will these batteries work on my truck?

PLANS:
1: Reverse Trans and mirror
2: Move battery to front and lower it
3: 2.2 tires and rims
4: change gearing so 3 does not effect performance
5: Lift kit
6: New shocks (still figuring out which ones)

Replace/Find:
Need center section (metal) for front bumper

[BallnM3]

I fit around the same size battery in one. But would defiantly lower it. Weight will give you a HCG

[chumpy1965]

So being that big (power wise) isn't a issue?

I read alot where guys are using a 3 cell but a lower mAh

[BallnM3]

ya it will be a smaller battery so the weight isn't as big a issue. But shorter run times.

[chumpy1965]

So, I'll get more run time, without the big punch when needed? Is that correct?

[Scionizer07]

Just so you know, the RTR Honcho comes new with a lot of parts on parts trees for spares and extras.

[chumpy1965]

Originally Posted by Scionizer07

Just so you know, the RTR Honcho comes new with a lot of parts on parts trees for spares and extras.

That explains alot...