so i bought a maverick strada dc RTR package in june 2013, used it for a few weeks then put it away and forgot about until december 2014. since starting to use it again i have added a few bits to make it a little better.
I've changed the standard 22t motor for a 15t hpi firebolt.
The standard ESC which is rated to 12t melted shortly afterfitting the 15t motor so that got replaced with an hpi sc-15wp ESC.
the standard shocks were replaced with a set of anodized purple oil filled ones i had lying around which seem to work better than the original ones.