A short history of a used Senton 3s BLX

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Arrma RC's
  1. BigRock 4x4
  2. Granite
  3. Senton 6s
I'll blog my experience with this used Senton 3s BLX I picked up.
 

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After looking at a lot of feedback and posts I'm going to start small with a few valuable mods.
EDIT: I basically converterted it to a Big Rock, with Outcast Bumpers.
  1. Replace OEM Bearings with Jims Senton S3 Sealed Bearings
  2. Install GPM Tie Rods (Free with car)
  3. Replace OEM Reciever and Transmitter with DumboRX-X6 with Gyro
  4. ZD Racing Big Bore Shocks 50W
  5. Replace Diff fluid with 30k rear and 50k Front
  6. Replace Steering Servo with 25kg Servo (180 degree version)
  7. Black Kimbrough Servo Saver
  8. 5x7mm Shims for the stock bellcrank to take up slop. (Hot Racing Steering Pivot Balls)
  9. Change pinion to 15T since I have bigger tires and might go bigger still. Making this a Big Rock now.
  10. Adjustable Motor Mount from Arrma
  11. RPM Arms and new hinge pins
  12. Replace Diffs and a steel gear 4s Slipper Assembly
  13. Tower brace from Kraton 4s (need the LWB version).
  14. Two sets of Kraton 4s Body Mounts and Posts (The Big Rock/Grannite body mounts are the same as the Front Kraton Body Mount)
  15. BigRock/Kraton Side Mounts
  16. TBone Outcast Front Bumpers and Granite Rear Bumper
Things I want to do:
  1. Hot Racing 17mm Hex extenders (Purchased not installed)
  2. Belted Tires: Trenchers or Badlands
 
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After looking at a lot of feedback and posts I'm going to start small with a few valuable mods.
  1. Replace OEM Bearings with Jims Senton S3 Sealed Bearings: Learned about bread method to remove bearing today haha.
  2. Install GPM Tie Rods (Free with car)
  3. Replace OEM Reciever and Transmitter with DumboRX-X6 with Gyro (I have this from another car, so just getting 2nd receiver)
  4. Replace Shock oil with 50W (Came with aftermarket GPM shocks)
  5. Replace Diff fluid with 200k
  6. Replace Steering Servo with 25kg Servo (180 degree version)
  7. Kimbrough Servo Saver
  8. 5x7mm Shims for the stock bellcrank to take up slop. (Anyone know where I can get a few pivot balls for steering? don't need a whole kit since the GPM tie rods come with a bunch)
  9. Change pinion to 15T since I have bigger tires and might go bigger still. May turn this into a Granite type.
  10. Adjustable Motor Mount from Arrma
  11. RPM Arms and new hinge pins
  12. Replace Diffs and Slipper Assembly
  13. Bought a screw kit
Things I want to do:
  1. Replace Front Bumper with TBone Bumper, damn things are sold out.
  2. Tower brace from Kraton 4s or Outcast 4s.
Why replace diff are those stronger and the server saver is it better? Tnx oh and why the adjustable motor mount.
 
Why replace diff are those stronger and the server saver is it better? Tnx oh and why the adjustable motor mount.
The diff I linked is a stock diff. I was going to rebuild the diff, but it seemed cheaper to replace it with a Jenny RC part. The Kimbrough servo saver is supposed to be better (from what I've read on the forums) than the stock one. But I'm just starting out on this :)
 
Update on progress. It's pretty much become a big Rock now, with new everything. Still getting the TBone bumpers on. Gorilla taping the body as well!
 

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Bumpers are on now. Went with Outkast bumper in the front and Big Rock Bumper in rear. All from TBone Racing.
I forgot to weight the Big Rock Body Before I added Tape to it. I did weight a Senton Body Before and After.
Can anyone weight a stock Big Rock Body?
BodyBeforeAfter
Senton (Gorrila Tape)233 g375 g
Trimmed Senton (Mesh+Shoe Goo) 196 g286 g
Big Rock (Gorilla Tape)TBD??237 g

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