stevie_bhoy Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Hi guys. Im totally new to rc cars and just bought myself a ftx vantage. Getting on well with it and ordered myself a new tail as the stock one has broke already due to a flip. I was wandering if a 3s lipo battery was a good idea, and if so if there are other upgrades I should do. Any advice would be appreciated and please excuse my ignorance as like I said im totally knew to this. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danxr3i Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 Anti roll bars are a great upgrade to these as they control the tendency to roll over in corners. and the carbon chassis top deck. It stiffens the chassis. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanejim69 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 (edited) I have had my Vantage for around 3 months now, and the first thing I did was strip down the diffs and rebuild them some decent gear diff grease. Helps prolong their life. I also added the anti roll bar kit which does make a difference but seems to introduce loads of understeer into the buggy for me. I also noticed when I first bought my Vantage that there was a bit of binding in the drivetrain. A quick strip down and setup of gear mesh and the addition of the clamped alloy wheel hexes has helped alot. The steering was also slightly sticking, so again a quick strip down and rebuild including some shaving off slight parts of plastic with a modelling knife has made a world of difference. So thats where I would start before buying anything major, you would be surprised at the difference it can make.On top of those I have just yesterday added, Front and Rear Carbon Fibre shock towers, Carbon Fibre top deck, 3 Racing Sakura 4mm Blue alloy clamp type wheels hex adaptors, Tamiya DF03-MS wheels and a few other small bits and bobs.I may add as soon as I removed the car from the box I knew the electronics were (no offence) but just rubbish. I have since replaced mines with a Spektrum DX2E radio set, Speed Passion Reventon R ESC and 5.5R motor along with a 4300 nimh battery pack (which I have stripped and soldered with some deans connections and deans battery bars. I also had to add a 4700uf power capacitor to the receiver because of browning out issues. But even with the huge 7000KV power of the motor the drivetrain seems to handle the power easilly with a down geared 19T pinion. I am intending on putting up a wee post on the Vantage owners page with pictures sometime late today if your interested. ThanksJames Edited January 4, 2014 by insanejim69 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyosho_sandmaster325 Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I have siege with spares or parts on car may fit vantage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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