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Old 20-07-2008
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Depends on what you want to do with it and what you consider necessary.

Driveshafts seem to be the only problem with them, fitting the Axial driveshaft rings protects the yokes, then the only problem is snapping the shafts themselves if/when you bind up the drivetrain. The absolute best fix for this is the MIP spline driveshafts that will cure any problems with them permanently, but under normal circumstances the kit driveshafts are fine. Most of the AX10s at the nationals were running as standard and performed well, the most common mod was the high clearance links that come on the ARTR.

Mounting the battery on the front makes the biggest difference, the standard mounting place is the worst position it could possibly be. Options are to either sort out a pack specific to the truck, like on Joshs truck above, or to mount a stick pack or lipo on top of the front link.
Changing the one piece upper link to two separate links will also give you lots more articulation for very little outlay, but more obvious torque twist from the chassis.

You then start eyeing up a dig setup which locks up the rear wheels so you can turn much tighter by pivoting around the rear wheels, better chassis such as the TCS Edge which means you don't need a body so lower CoG (the best AX10 at the nationals used one) but none of these parts are necessary to crawl with.
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