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05-02-2015, 05:25 PM | #21 |
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| Re: Went with the Telluride.
What's your favorite upgrade so far?
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05-02-2015, 07:08 PM | #22 | |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: We-Go, Chi-Town, Ill
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Silly Putty in Brushed 4xPede diffs and a 21t motor are probably the best places to start, then the softest all terrain or trail truck style SCT tires with the softest SCT foams you can find. after those, getting a clear body and painting it up more as I would prefer than the mini truckish paint jobs Traxxas seems to prefer.............especially the seemingly Eddy Van Halen inspired factory red/white/black paint mine came with. | |
05-02-2015, 08:32 PM | #23 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2012 Location: Central PA
Posts: 553
| Re: Went with the Telluride.
Favorite upgrade was the Hot Racing front locker and the Racers Edge diff.lock putty. Just made it crawler better for less than 15 bucks. I really like my new GTR shocks. Really nice over the rough stuff.
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05-03-2015, 11:10 PM | #24 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2012 Location: Central PA
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Today I had my Telluride on a real trail crawler course setup at a small RC club setup. It was an amazing place and next time I go I will get pictures. I crawler for 30 minutes straight. Motor did get hot this time but nothing a fan won't cure so no big deal. Overall the Telluride turned a lot of heads of how well it crawled and I was super pleased with how it performed. Main change will be making some softer inserts for my tires instead of the molded ones. My Trencher X's did great but a better insert will just make them that much better. Add a fan. Otherwise I'm going to just run it and enjoy how much fun this truck is. Only thing I want which I'm not sure I can get is more steering throw but if that is the only thing I can live with that as I don't compete and never will. |
05-04-2015, 10:10 AM | #25 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: We-Go, Chi-Town, Ill
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| Re: Went with the Telluride.
Look at the HPI SCT foams I'm running, they are way softer than the molded Proline or the OEM Traxxas foams. These TowerHobbies.com | HPI Racing Short Course Inner Foam Soft (2) Last edited by BJoe; 05-04-2015 at 10:13 AM. |
05-04-2015, 11:08 AM | #26 | |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2012 Location: Central PA
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05-04-2015, 11:12 AM | #27 | |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2012 Location: Central PA
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So far I love the motor combo with the pede diffs and silly putty rear, locker front. The shocks I used because I had them but I could of done the same with the stock ones but just not look as nice or have threaded bodies for easy ride height adjustments on the trails. Yes I new painted lid is in the works. I have a new clear stock body and a Proline Comanche I'm going to order but who knows what else I might try. Was looking at the Spawn body from Axial but its up in the air. | |
05-04-2015, 11:44 AM | #28 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: We-Go, Chi-Town, Ill
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I had thought about the Spawn body until I realized it is dovetailed, would be a good time to see if swapping the rear arms around would work though If you have any handy, look at the out foam of the Proline 2 stage foam inserts, I'm kinda curious if those are close in size and shape to the SCT foams. I tried emailing ProLine last summer, but the responsed didn't give me anything remotely useable and I didn't feel like ordering a set to find out that they wouldn't work........almost didn't buy the Trenchers after that too. |
05-04-2015, 05:37 PM | #29 |
Newbie Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: montreal
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Cool. I burnt the 12t and 21t doing some winter bashing. Front/back diffs locked but I hadn't put the brushed stampede diffs yet or a 56spur from the jato. Now the motor stays way cooler. Especially with a 9t pinion. Ill soon have to post my blazerclod. Btw...I really think we're due for a telluride specific section
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05-04-2015, 10:48 PM | #30 | |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2012 Location: Central PA
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05-04-2015, 11:04 PM | #31 | |
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05-06-2015, 11:12 AM | #32 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2012 Location: Central PA
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Few more upgrades to the Telluride. 1/8th Ofna soft buggy inserts (work and fell great in my Trencher X's) Much softer feel now vs the stock milder insert and better feel when crawling. They come in a pack of 6 donutes for less that 10 bucks. New light setup. Look great but I want them a little brighter so instead of running off my receiver voltage I will look into using a 9v battery or something like that. Still look great and easy to install. New fan from Integy. Normally I don't buy their stuff but we had them in stock at the shop so I hooked it up. Blows an amazingly amount of air right over one of the motor vents. I know in touring cars and oval racing these little fans really work great. Good for 20 plus degree drop in temp. In crawling could be more especially if I'm sitting still for a minute or two whiel another member is trying the same obstacle I'm going to try. |
05-06-2015, 11:22 AM | #33 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2012 Location: Central PA
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I have a few new things for my Telluride when are next order comes in. I have some STRC steering knuckles and a new Futaba 3PL so I don't have to use my 4PL racing radio. I now will have a full race radio and crawler radio. Cost me less than 100 bucks plus it uses all the same receivers that my 4PL does so will work out great. Plus if I would drop it its a much cheaper radio. I also have another piece coming in but I will wait til I get a picture of it first and post. Going to try to tape off a new body while I'm at the shop for painting. I have a clear stock one for now so since it does fit well I decided to just go with that for now. |
05-06-2015, 07:30 PM | #34 |
Newbie Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: montreal
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Looking good! Don't quit modding it up. You try and buy all the stuff, leave a review and I'll follow suite lol it must be hard to work at a hobby shop and still leave with a pay..
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05-07-2015, 07:48 PM | #35 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2012 Location: Central PA
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Today I put my new STRC front steering knuckles on. Looks great and fit like stock. Going to thread lock the screws that hold them in just so they can't loosen up when bouncing around the trails. My new Futaba 3PL showed up so I set that up as well. A great inexpensive radio. My new Pro line beadlocks, Ofna inserts and STRC headlocks showed up as well. Just need the J Concepts to come off backorder. More I run my Telluride I really like that stock motor setup. Like the extra speed for horsing around but still crawls well. The fan is doing its job so I'm good to go |
05-11-2015, 01:25 PM | #36 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2012 Location: Central PA
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Ran my Telluride this Sunday while it was hot out and the new fan setup really helps cool the motor so it was worth the money. The new softer tire setup also worked better than with the hard molded inserts. I added an Outwear to cover up my chairs and keep the big pieces of debris out of my truck. Well it worked great and still lets in air but keeps.the dirt out. Easy to remove and put back on. Glad I bought it as it worked great. The small hole is for you antenna. I have no antenna on my Futaba receiver but even with that little hole I didn't have problems with debris getting. If its a problem I can simply add a small piece of tape or small decal. Last edited by wyd; 05-11-2015 at 01:43 PM. |
05-11-2015, 01:52 PM | #37 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2012 Location: Central PA
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| Re: Went with the Telluride.
After running it for about an hour total at the crawler place I go the only real thing that keeps this from crawler as good or better than the SCX10 to me is ride height in the center of the chassis. With the shaft drive you can only get so much ground clearance under the chassis. I lack ride height but otherwise my fun factor of have crawling abilities plus some extra speed so I can jump off stuff with that is a foot or two high with no problems. The GTR shocks work great and soak up the high jumps coming off rocks but amazingly enough even with the stock motor it crawls well going super slow with extra wheel speed if I need it. Heat is taken care of with the fan. Still going to put the 35 turn in Wed evening when I'm at the shop and give it a try. If it slows it too much I will got back to the stock motor.
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05-13-2015, 05:53 PM | #38 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2012 Location: Central PA
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| Re: Went with the Telluride.
Tried the 35 turn motor tonight with a 14 tooth pinion and stock spur gear. It crawled pretty good but it is much slower than I wanted and for me not nearly as fun to run. If all I did was rock crawling I wouldn't of built a Telluride. Since I do trails and some rocks I like the stock 12 turn motor with my fan on it. Way more fun overall for me as I like having the combination or good power and plenty of extra speed for wheel spin. Again for me just more fun overall.
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05-13-2015, 07:59 PM | #39 |
I wanna be Dave Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: We-Go, Chi-Town, Ill
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| Re: Went with the Telluride.
That's why I like the 21t motors, good torque and wheel speed with the ability to go 3s with the same motor.
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05-13-2015, 09:41 PM | #40 |
Rock Crawler Join Date: May 2012 Location: Central PA
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