Need a little advice...

[big jilm]

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I'm try'n to get back into rc stuff and have never messed with gas or nitro.. I was wondering what would be a good car to start of with..?
I want something thats fast but pretty durable also. I'm leaning towards an off road buggy. I don't know much about small motors but i'm pretty handy with my hands and can ussualy work on just about anything.

I was wondering if you guys had any suggestions.. I think I could handle a kit and maybe that will give me a better understanding of how the parts fit and work together.. I also wondered about used cars. I didn't know if its worth savig the money on the first car or just go new with less potential for faliure..Anyway, thanks for looking and drop me a line!!! I'm located in south ga..

I will most likely just be running in the backyard and jumping some but would be nice if I could get into racing some later. I guess I'm looking for a good all-around car that would be upgradable to race preformance.

I've been looking at the 1/5-1/6 scale gas buggies.

 

[Crunkvilletx]

get the baja 5b I think that's 1/5 scale

 

[big jilm]

Yeah, I've been looking at those. Seem to be a little easyier to work on because of the size and I guess gas is less maintenance and less operating cost..Thats what I heard anyway.
I'm just not sure it is fast enough.
The nitros run so much faster. Is there really a lot more cost in operating a nitro???

 

[ChucksCity]

not really except for the fact that nitro fuel is 20 to 30 dollars a gallon

 

[solly69]

there is always glow plugs as well
they dont last as long as a spark plug that are in the gas car

 

[wildone454]

but if you like tinkering on things nitro is always great cause u have o constantly tune the engine ... change plugs . tune sometimes new gallon of nitro ... tune engine not always alot but still needs reset ... the weather changes have to re tune.....

 

[Crunkvilletx]

I would still go with the baja there bad ass to watch. But nitro is fun

 

[solly69]

but if you like tinkering on things nitro is always great cause u have o constantly tune the engine ... change plugs . tune sometimes new gallon of nitro ... tune engine not always alot but still needs reset ... the weather changes have to re tune.....

:goodpost:
the best parts of nitro are the tinkering... just need the patience and the money

I would still go with the baja there bad ass to watch. But nitro is fun

I also agree

At the end of the day its up 2 u which way u decided to go but i know if i had the room i would DEFIANTLY go with the Baja

BAJA'S ALL THE WAY

 

[revo_rob_1984]

if price is a concern for you the baja is a pretty expensive rig to start out with. . .if you want something you can run and tinker with and not spend a whole heck of alot of money to get started, (remember this is my personal opinion) go with a Traxxas Revo model 5308. Easy to work on, pretty quick 45mph+ right out of the box after break in, and parts are cheap and there is a lot of upgrades you can get right from traxxas or any other good r/c company.. . .just putting my 2 cents in there.
At any rate Welcome to RCNT

 

[big jilm]

if price is a concern for you the baja is a pretty expensive rig to start out with. . .if you want something you can run and tinker with and not spend a whole heck of alot of money to get started, (remember this is my personal opinion) go with a Traxxas Revo model 5308. Easy to work on, pretty quick 45mph+ right out of the box after break in, and parts are cheap and there is a lot of upgrades you can get right from traxxas or any other good r/c company.. . .just putting my 2 cents in there.
At any rate Welcome to RCNT

Thanks guys. I did forget to add that price would be a concern.. Try taliking your wife into spending $1000 on an rc car when your out of work!!!

realisticly, I will be looking at used car since I don't have alot of cash. would need something durable and upgradable since the buggy would most likely need some repair. Why replace stock with stock??