straight6zj
Newbie
just picked up a stock venture looking for most common upgrades to truck. i read up on servo as well as replacing (plastic) links anything else on them that needs attention. thanks .and what links should i go with
sorry you feel that way. i say 70 views n not one response how else am i suppsoed to feel and if you dont wanna make money and sell some parts no problem ill go spend my money at some website online. id much rather support someone in the community though, but oh well it is what it is
It's not that no one wants to help so much as it's kind of a slow section. I have two Ventures and and a thread for both, but this section seems to move at a snails pace.
The Venture is a great platform, however with still some uncertainty about it's future I believe is the culprit. I usually find most my parts on eBay or there are a few vendors like RC$4WD that have a few upgrades. I have swapped to stainless links that I had laying around from when I was a vendor, updated to a better servo and electronics, added a Dead Loc over drive t-case and delrin skid, replaced the stock shocks and replaced the front drives with RC4WD universal type drive for better steering and durability. Or I mod or make my own stuff.
part of the reason you dont see a bunch of upgrade parts for the venture is that it doesn't need much to be a reliable performer. Space your servo down appropriately to compensate for replacing the stupid saver with an aluminum horn. Torque check the steering arm bolts on the knuckles and the driveshaft througpins regularly. Convert the front axles over to ascender cvd's with aluminum c-hubs to gain extra steering angle and shaft strength. I also felt the need to put a rear upper link mount up front to do away with the goofy side loaded, sloppy, upper link pivot at the axle side.