What should I get?

[alex banyard]

hi i need help deciding what to get i wood like a
on road
nitro
50 mph
£200 to £250



pleas help if u can

 

[Non Crimen]

Traxxas claims that their nitro 4 tec will do about that, but the price is a little bit more than what's in your range. Some others such as the HPI rs4 have been clocked anywhere from 45mph-50mph. If you are fixed on that price range you are probably best of finding a nice used one.

 

[Sixtysixdeuce]

pleas help if u can

We can't. Unless you scored some absolutely amazing deals on new or used, $340 is not going to get you a bonafide 60 MPH nitro touring car.

Let me ask this; have you ever driven a legitimate 60 MPH kit? Because a 1/10 car at 60 MPH is really moving. I've found with radar that people's perception of speed in 1/10 RC tends to be at least 50% higher than actual, meaning that a great many will swear a 40 MPH car is doing 60+. It's deceiving. And all those ads from Traxxas and other companies claiming overly optimistic top speeds don't help with that perception. The advertised "65+ MPH" Jato 3.3 is a 38 MPH truck in stock form at my elevation.

Be less concerned with top speed and more about performance at high speed. Trust me, top speed runs get boring, and a car that is only good for that becomes equally boring. I built an extremely fast RC10GT last summer, and it was fun briefly, but now that truck that we had clocked at 88 MPH before even putting in the Novarossi engine sits on a shelf, having donated the Nova and its receiver to a 1/8 scale truggy I will actually use.

A 50 MPH car that handles is a lot more fun than a 100 MPH car that doesn't.

 

[SchrodeMode]

Here's a link to a UK based shop and their nitro on-road selection. I'm not sure where you're located, but I received my last (small) order through them pretty fast.

 

[smittyzz]

We can't. Unless you scored some absolutely amazing deals on new or used, $340 is not going to get you a bonafide 60 MPH nitro touring car.

Let me ask this; have you ever driven a legitimate 60 MPH kit? Because a 1/10 car at 60 MPH is really moving. I've found with radar that people's perception of speed in 1/10 RC tends to be at least 50% higher than actual, meaning that a great many will swear a 40 MPH car is doing 60+. It's deceiving. And all those ads from Traxxas and other companies claiming overly optimistic top speeds don't help with that perception. The advertised "65+ MPH" Jato 3.3 is a 38 MPH truck in stock form at my elevation.

Be less concerned with top speed and more about performance at high speed. Trust me, top speed runs get boring, and a car that is only good for that becomes equally boring. I built an extremely fast RC10GT last summer, and it was fun briefly, but now that truck that we had clocked at 88 MPH before even putting in the Novarossi engine sits on a shelf, having donated the Nova and its receiver to a 1/8 scale truggy I will actually use.

A 50 MPH car that handles is a lot more fun than a 100 MPH car that doesn't.

I'm guessing that donation was for the 801?!!? I wish I could fast forward to Friday! Best thing is iI have it off!

 

[mrbones]

Buddy, I have a Kyosho VoneR that is geared high and it goes pretty fast but going fast and running around in a circle gets boring. The guys I run cars with have 1/8 scale cars running .21 engines and I have seen the radar on them go to 72mph and after watching them for a while, it's boring. The cars I have left usually sit and do not get used much. I spend my time running trucks. If you're going to run a car, you need to find a track and race with others. You might want to think about a truck or buggy. They are much more fun, if you have a place to run them.