poop, Ill tell you all what, for whoever shows at the east coast bash in buffalo this year, I will drag race ya with my new hippy dippy TC3 and 8 turn motor on the 5th mile. Single speed of course. And we will see how fast what is. To keep things fair, I would have to say a 2.5 or .15 displacement would be the competition.
Who knows, I could get finished putting it all together and be sad sad sad. But as far as I am concerned, electric can be just as fun as Nitro, if not moreso because of less tuning headaches.
I've seen some SERIOUS speed, performance and competition get thrown up on the electric side. Nothing to throw stones at. Not by a long shot.
As with Nitro, one must invest in the vehicle, motor, batteries and ESC to get the job done. Its not cheap either to get balls in electric. The 435+ secs, 1.169 volt Gold Peak Zapped and Matched 3300 battery packs alone will sticker shock ya'
Depending on how low of a turn motor you want to run, ESC's can get up there real quick too! My SportMaxx 2 ESC was no walk in the park, but an 8 turn can is going to be the poop.
The good thing however for pricing, is the motors or cans as I hear most refer to them. Seems to me that no matter what the turns, prices are pretty relative. Swapping them out is quick and easy as well. Brush maintenance and comm maintenance are key. Also, watch those temps.
All in all, I would have to say that if setup properly, electric and nitro can be close to one in the same. One just sounds like balls while the other one creeps up on you and BLAM! You've been smoked! lol
Of course, a month of go I would have talked a lot of poop about electric since I got out and into Nitro in a DieHard way! but now I'm back in and going to be hitting the track and TRYING to compete for a change.
One of the more welcoming aspects of the electrics for me was the fact that here in Buffalo, the only INDOOR tracks are for electric only. Very important for the long winters we have.
Next up, an electric stadium truck hehehehe
