Well, if beating a revo counts as success, yes.

I should have some great footage on the 22nd of April. I'll be attending a pretty big race.

Against a field of SC104x4's and SCTE's, I won literally my first ever 3 races. Then the season ended, so I'm looking forward to see how long I can keep that streak going.

Does lowering the front and rear shock angle help with handling noticeably, or just slightly?

Good place to start but I bet you should be able to gear that motor higher than that due to the nice cooling properties of the SSC chassis. I am running a Viper Copperhead 4500kv in mine geared 14/45 and I can drive the piss out of the truck all the way to lvc and never run hotter than 130F-135F.

(You mean 14/54, don't you?).Sweet! I had a worrying experience the last time I was at the track. After 20 minutes of running, the vxl motor was really hot. But that was 20 minutes with NiMH. Surprisingly, the center diff mount and motor mount weren't too hot to the touch. I purposely touched them against the manual's advice to see how hot they would be. I figured dust got in between the motor and the motor mount and reduced the rate of heat transfer. Could it be possible? In about 7 minutes with the lipo, it got hot but I asked a nitro guy to feel it for me and he said that it wasn't near 180F. We compared it with an engine at 160F and it was kinda same. I don't think the VXL demagnetized because I tried to get the rotor out but the magnets felt pretty strong.

so, it should run cooler with the Tenshock, right? one more possibility is a bad bearing. But while spinning the spur by hand, I don't think there is much resistance. Just a small tight spot somewhere. It should be fine with the Tenshock, right? Next time I'm at the track, I'll make sure I go with a temp gun or with someone who has a temp gun.

The good news is that the new track near my city seems less dusty.

Oh, btw, my springs should be ready in under a week. I sent a mail to my dad detailing what I needed and it had a picture of the Losi springs. He couldn't see it in the mail. So today, he asked me for the pitch of the stock spring but I told him that it would be useless because the stockers are progressive. I asked him to look at " The picture" in the mail when I realized he wasn't seeing it! I sent him the link to the picture. Now, it's just a matter of forwarding the mail to the spring guy. Sorry for the highjack, I guess this is part of a setup .

Err yeah, 14/54. I am going to try a 15 pinion at some point, I'm sure the motor will still run acceptably cool, just not sure what kind of hit I'll take in acceleration but I am going to give it a shot anyway. Yeah the tenshock should run cooler than the velineon, seems like pretty much everything runs cooler than the velineon.

Great. I'll start with 13/54 and move on to 14/54. I don't think I'll go above 15/54. After 14/54, I'll start changing the spur.

Yes I get success with my slash's when they run lol

Oh and not to double post but I am running 15/54 with a 8 cell nimh and i am getting decent temps. I have a 16 waiting.

So how would you guys make yurt steering faster and more responsive

Add some toe out on your front wheels.

Stiffer springs on the front or a stiffer sway bar setting will help a bit as well.