Challenged to a electric/nitro race

[bobaloohoo]

My buddy at work challenged me to a race tomorrow at our local hobby shop, he runs brushless/nickel metal, and i run nitro. he swears up and down hes got me, but he doesn't know that i put my .28 in my 1/8 street setup buggy. sits damn near on the ground, put a smaller cooling head on my motor just for this 10 minute race. he thinks I'm going to race him with my Savage XL.. and i used to race buggies, for fun, never competition. i know how to take my corners and when to slow down. From what I've heard from another friend is, he's not experienced on a track, what wager shall i place?

 

[ThatGuy]

Why isn't he using lipo batteries instead or NiMH?

 

[bobaloohoo]

you got me. thats besides the point though, point is, he thinks hes going to win this way

 

[Rolex]

Double down.

 

[bobaloohoo]

a .28 1/8 street racing buggy against an ecx circuit with nickel? I'm pretty sure he made a mistake!;D

 

[slowngreen]

The fact he's not running lipo will 95% be the reason he will lose.

 

[robmob]

If he thinks he is racing against your savage then why not race your savage? Are you scared? LOL

 

[Nitro Nerd]

The fact he's not running lipo will 95% be the reason he will lose.

That and the fact Bobaloohoo used to race buggies and knows how to corner. The driver is 90% of it. It's a slam dunk!

I have to ask, however, what exactly is a 'street buggy'? I don't have the skillz you do, but wouldn't putting a larger engine be more of a liability due to the weight? Most on-road racers I know try to keep their vehicles extremely light and want a smooth power-band as opposed with grunt, which we off-road guys need to clear jumps coming out of corners and stuff. Just what I heard...I never raced onroad in my life (except with neighbors out n the street...but would LOVE to see that class start here)

The ol' switcharoo, eh? I'd laugh if he showed up with an RX8.

Man, I also hope the weather is good for you....I know you onroad racers are intense about your engine tunes...I LOVE hearing those things zip (like below).

 

[bobaloohoo]

If he thinks he is racing against your savage then why not race your savage? Are you scared? LOL

i know my savage will lose, its on a short course track built for 10th scales

 

[Nitro Nerd]

i know my savage will lose, its on a short course track built for 10th scales

Is it on-road or off-road? If you off-road, why not let a buggy be a buggy? If on-road, what is a street buggy? Is it just the setup, or an actual make, or...?

 

[bobaloohoo]

That and the fact Bobaloohoo used to race buggies and knows how to corner. The driver is 90% of it. It's a slam dunk!

I have to ask, however, what exactly is a 'street buggy'? I don't have the skillz you do, but wouldn't putting a larger engine be more of a liability due to the weight? Most on-road racers I know try to keep their vehicles extremely light and want a smooth power-band as opposed with grunt, which we off-road guys need to clear jumps coming out of corners and stuff. Just what I heard...I never raced onroad in my life (except with neighbors out n the street...but would LOVE to see that class start here)

The ol' switcharoo, eh? I'd laugh if he showed up with an RX8.

Man, I also hope the weather is good for you....I know you onroad racers are intense about your engine tunes...I LOVE hearing those things zip (like below).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_trqeCN8Vk

and my buggy being "street" setup is kind of a generalization, i have very thin tires so there isnt really much flex with light weight rims, 45 weight shock oil with stiffer springs so it wont want to rebound out of a corner too bad, short stroked shocks to keep the buggy centered, it sits about 1/2 to 1/4 inch off the ground roughly. my center diff is locked up with JB weld(something my father taught me a long time ago) seems like it has way more pull and push this way. I'm also running my .28 because i took my os .21 engine's piston and crank out and put them on my keychain test ran it today with my .28 and it seems to have a little much power for the pavement with it being a light buggy. so i gotta ease up on the throttle a little before giving it all it has. all in all, the throttle wont be what kills me, what will kill me is him making a corner/straightaway too quick and me lapping him

 

[Nitro Nerd]

Ahh..got it. What kind of buggy is it? I'll drag race my 810 from time to time. It has a stock .20 engine it in at is my fastest vehicle. Yep.

 

[bobaloohoo]

gotta love the smaller engines, they rev so much higher! and its a GS storm, i got a on-road one and an off-road one. its a 10 year old buggy, with new electronics, so its pretty much up to date... hard as hell to find parts though