A few months ago, you saw us review the new mini monster truck from ECX, the Smash. This is a 1/18 Monster truck from the company formerly know as Electrix. They are an arm of Horizon Hobby. That being said, it is no surprise this truck shares a lot of parts with the Losi Mini [...]
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Project Puller: Converting a RJ Speed Digger
April 11th, 2012 
Kevin Hey guys. I have something unique here for your viewing pleasure. If you’ve been following along with us, you’ll know that we started entering the R/C Truck & Tractor Pulling scene in recent months. There is a semi-local venue called The Hanger that has several yearly events (one is this weekend! The Dirt Nationals!). We [...]
Road to Clodapalooza: Mod Clod Parts Gathering
March 30th, 2012 Kevin Hey guys, wanted to give everyone an update that some companies have really stepped up to help get us everything for the Modified Clod Buster. We don’t have most of this stuff in hand yet, but details have for the most part been finalized and we should have everything to get working on the Modified [...]
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Tags: Associated, Clod Buster, clodapalooza, clodbuster, futaba, Pro-line, Reedy, savox, tamiya usa 
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Converting Your Front Hubs to Hex – Losi and Team Associated Short Course
February 13th, 2012 Matt While we are preparing our trucks for Motorama next week, we started to look at what tires we were going to run. While looking at tires, it became obvious our wheels needed to go. My Losi XXX-SCT and Kevin’s Team Associated SC10 were both still utilizing the stock hubs. These are the versions which require [...]
Posted in Pit Tips, Projects Tags: Hex Converison, Losi, proline, sc10, Team Associated, XXX-SCT Comments Off
JConcepts Hi Flow SCT Body Install
February 13th, 2012 Matt This week, RC Soup will be attending Motorama in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. This is a very large motorsports event, with several different events all taking place at the same time. I needed a new body for my Losi XXX-SCT, and I’ve wanted to try the JConcepts High Flow body since it was released. Do I smell [...]
Posted in Pit Tips, Projects Tags: High Flow, Jconcepts, Losi XXX-SCT, Motorama, short course, vinyl7 2 Comments »
Project Overkill: RJ Speed Digger
December 19th, 2011 Kevin Recently I acquired a gently used Castle Creations CM36 9,000KV motor. This is the fastest 1/10 motor Castle makes. I looked at their site regarding this motor (they have a specific page for it HERE). From there you will find your way to an advisory page where it states to NEVER use this in a [...]
Traxxas Slash – Chuckworks RC Slice A3 chassis- Build up
September 30th, 2011 Matt Let me begin by saying I love my Traxxas Slash. It is by far the most durable vehicle I have ever owned. Easy to fix, parts are readily available at every local hobby shop I’ve been to. It is the vehicle I recommend to anyone wanting to get into RC for the first time. If [...]
TRAXXAS 1/16 SUMMIT “PROJECT GO ANYWHERE”
July 17th, 2011 twisted Project Go Anywhere: Part 1 I have had this truck for about 9 months now. It has been a fun truck with many mods made for improvement. So get ready to read about exactly what I did with my 1/16 Traxxas Summit. Here is a pic of when I first got it. First, a small [...]
