Newbie Touring racing electric info?

[NooP]

i want to get into electric racing but I'm not sure about all the rules and what kinds of batteries and motor that are good for racing? I plan on getting a Hpi rs4 sport off ebay for a good price. So I'm wondering if thats a decent car to race? I plan to race in the stock class because i would think its the easiest since they are not that fast as the modified class. I also want to know what kind of charger you guys recomend?

When it comes to batteries i have the following questions:
What mAH is recomended for stock racing?
What brand is the best?
Is it better to build a battery or just buy the assembled kind?
What does Zapped and Matched mean?

I know its a lot of questions but I want to make sure I'm not wasting money on stuff i dont need?

Thank you

 

[NitroM3GTR]

I would recommend the Trinity T-Spec, but that's just me.

 

[kwong2001]

Originally posted by NooP
i want to get into electric racing but I'm not sure about all the rules and what kinds of batteries and motor that are good for racing? I plan on getting a Hpi rs4 sport off ebay for a good price. So I'm wondering if thats a decent car to race? I plan to race in the stock class because i would think its the easiest since they are not that fast as the modified class. I also want to know what kind of charger you guys recomend?

When it comes to batteries i have the following questions:
What mAH is recomended for stock racing?
What brand is the best?
Is it better to build a battery or just buy the assembled kind?
What does Zapped and Matched mean?

I know its a lot of questions but I want to make sure I'm not wasting money on stuff i dont need?

Thank you

Well i'd recommend the TC3. It's a very competitive car that won a lot of championships, is easy to work on and parts are easy to find.

For Mah, get some 3300 GP's...I think those are the best

Building batteries seems easy, but I think you'll need a good saudering iron to do it. If you try to build your own, get someone who's done it before to give you a hand. Batteries are expensive, you don't wanna ruin them.

 

[NooP]

are there any advantages/dis-advantages to building or buying a battery pack?

I have also been told that because I am running in the stock class with a 27t motor, a 1500mah would work better. I dont remeber why, but does anyone know if there is any truth to that?

--NooP

 

[WHEELIN24/7]

definatly run the 3300 batts!! I just started electric on road racing and i bought the X-Ray T1Raycer kit and I'm also running stock class.The batteries i run are Fusion Team packs and they deliver plenty of punch they run about 80.00 per pack for the team ones.I'm also running a Trinity Pro Stock motor and do extremely well racing.I use a Novak Millenium Pro charger with a Bulldog power supply.You can find cheaper power supplies all over the place cause this one cost 189.00........hope some of this gives you an idea..

 

[NooP]

do you have any links to those parts?

--NooP

 

[WHEELIN24/7]

www.fusionbatteries.com
www.teamxray.com
www.teamtrinity.com

I'm also running the LRP Quantum 2 ESC ill try to get a link for you later

 

[Wardo]

Whoever told you to run 1500 packs is crazy.


At least with an SCR cell, I had alot of experience with 1200/1400/1700 scr cells racing, the lower Mih pack will be faster up front, earlier in a run.


It's easier to see when oval racing where lap times are really consistant because driver error becomes minimal with pan cars.


The 1500 type cell would be faster by maybe a tenth of a second per lap for about a minute into a run, then in the second minute they'd be equal to a 3300 and slowing down quickly. By the 3 minute mark they'd have dropped 2-3 tenths of lap time. By the end they'd give up close to half a second a lap on a 4-5 second per lap track.

3300's don't do that. they have a nice smooth voltage output because you're not going to use anywhere near the full charge during a race. They might provode overkill runtime but with that comes average voltage also.

 

[NooP]

What about those new lithium something ion batteries? Should i use those? How about a charger, what do you guys recommend?

--NooP

 

[thedominator]

take a look a Losi xxx-s. I had an easy time setting it up. for batteries get GP 3300s. I am currently running unmatched and they run great. You can now get matched packs already assembled for 50 bux. Li-Poly batteries are the new ones you heard about. I wouldn't get any because they are super expensive and tend to catch on fire on the charger. I guy on another forum had a really nice two story house and burnt the whole thing to the ground when his went