I have an Xmaxx 8s and it's a BEAST. I like it a lot. Very durable too. I don't know much about nitro/gas vehicles.
?to? a on road rally car on a short blacktop against a monster truck is no race. turn that around and take the rally car to the dirt and see what happens.
On road rally car? Might want to look at the video again?
I hear what you are saying, but the only way that statement is correct is if they are running the same gearing. HP and torque numbers can be drastically different and the nitro can kill an electric if its not geared correctly. I'm just saying a nitro is far from slow. And I too have an xmaxx 8s!
Good plan, I'm surely keeping my nitro stuff and in fact just bought a Novarossi Truggy 28-8 engine. But I also just picked up an E-Revo 2.0, and the thing is just stupid fast.... I'm a little shocked. Thanks everyone for the comments..@CrucialRC
While you are right and Nitros aren't slow and @BopP exaggerated with Electric will outrun nitro any day, with comparable cars a good setup electric will most likely be faster than a nitro setup (Interestingly enough, on real cars I still prefer gasoline compared to electric while in the RC world, I drive only Brushless...).
As entertaining as the clip is to watch, you're still comparing a 1:8 scale race truggy to a 1:7 scale MT (which is about 2.5 to 3 times as heavy and has a higher center of gravity, which even in a straight line is bad; wheelies, although I love them, slow you down).
I know that you know that, but the thread starter could see that in the wrong light and get from that that nitros are still faster, which is not really the case.
@highxj
If I were you, I would definitely still keep a Savage XL with nitro and maybe get myself a brushless vehicle.
The XMAXX 8S is a blast to drive, but I personally (drove one of a buddy of mine) found it to be to sluggish for my taste as there is a lot of weight that you have to move around, which is why I prefer my Arrma Kraton 6S. So you might look into an 1:8 scale brushless 6S monster truck, as in that size the accleration of electrics really starts to shine (in my opinion).
What might be the best option for you though would maybe be to convert one of your Savage XLs to Brushless. I mean, there was a Savage Flux, so the needed parts should be possible to find, and that way you would still more or less need the same spares for all your trucks but would be able to run brushless as well as nitro.
I have a few good videos thrashing my xmaxx the go hard
On the traxxis speedo 80km on mud racing 2stroke baja
