i8tweety

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As a long standing nitro racer (25 years of 1/8 nitro buggy, 1/10 nitro truck, unlimited oval, 1/10 nitro on-road, nitro sedan) and a long standing electric racer (1/12, 1/10 pan, sedan, mini, 1/10 buggy, SCT, 1/10 ST, etc.) I have to say that all things equal, electric will outperform on the race track regardless of track configuration.

I know several racers with both electric and nitro eighth scale buggies. Their lap times with the electric are consistently faster. Having instant torque on a loose track helps when you roll through a corner and snap the throttle when you exit. Setting the speed control profiles for track conditions (limit max current, acceleration curves, braking profiles too).

I still have over 40 nitros in my collection, but for serious racing, brushless is where I choose to spend my money.

Foxy

lol. Just, lol. You're worth the membership fee here alone, you know that?

cumminspower5.9

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Sounds like a driver issue and poor setup. Since we are on the "more power" issue for a few posts, I have definitely seen more standing backflips out of an electric RC than a nitro RC. Electric is pulling max amps at low throttle all the way thru max throttle.Nitroengines can be quick with a goodsetup and gearing,but I don'tsee a 1/8nitro pulling on a 22.2vlipo powered1/8 buggy.I don't care what motor and mods you have done to it.

Foxy

I only got one nitro left, but then I don't keep my models, I try to hover around the 10 mark. if I did I would have perhaps a hundred cars now, and 90% of them would be nitro.

Ttowntoolman

We have an outlaw class dirt oval 1/8th scale latemodel, no one with electric can compete in this class either, PERIOD! If MR FOXY would like to try I would gladly let him stay @ my house for a race weekend. I would gladly pay for his meals for the weekend also, I will even pay for your entry fee to bring that 6s monster here and show us how. I have a couple extra latemodel bodies..........The biggest nitro engine running here is only a little bitty .28.............You win I pay for your airline tickets........

mattster1971

John, is this what you expected? Lol what a can of worms you popped open

sparky 25

Now we're just getting ridiculous,

Way too many Toys are being thrown out of the pram.

t-max97

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First of all i was really just joking when i Said slow and steady wins the race i realize you need some speed and "power", Im not just talking about racing as you are, like my truggy that's only a basher that's has a .32 engine in it, its only used for playing around with and some small/medium jumps and it has plenty enough power as is. If i put in a more "powerfull' brushless system in it all its going to do is cause extra strain on the driveline and is not necessary at all. In the end its all personal preference as i already said, some cons to me are pros to you and pros to you are cons to me, you can't simply say one is better then the other because one has more "power" or one makes noise.

The Collector1

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And OP has not been back to this thread since. Started a fight and ran before the first bell...........

cumminspower5.9

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This is more like someone tipped over the night crawler vending machine at the gas station lol

firestone

well said sparky

JohnP2

Good Lord!

I just wanted to know why nitro racing was the SuperBowl/World Cup [Insert your contries biggest sporting event here] in RC, but most everything I see/hear/read is about electric. I log on less than 24 hours later and four pages of posts. Ha! Greatness.

I will below true'er words have not been spoken:

"RC is a hobby, not a toy. It entails a learning curve, know-how, experience, a sense and understanding of how things work. Once you master this, participation in the hobby is more rewarding. You've achieved and mastered something, and now have an intuitive feel for it. Which is pretty cool"
-HerrSavage

bkfamily1

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I absolutely love nitro. I enjoy the smell and the sound. And I enjoy the extra maintenance involved. But I have been extremely busy lately, and have not run my nitros for some time. So when I have time to spare, nitro is my favorite. When I am pressed for time, nothing beats electric.

t-max97

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Ha yeah rcu comes to life when someone starts a thread like this.

Ttowntoolman

Now if you ask my wife what do you like better.......lets just say she dont have any pull starters or fuel tanks on her toys!

I have both and have raced both Nitro and Electric. I have more trophies from electric than I do from nitro, to me it is Easier to win an electric class than a nitro class. Kinda like model building, it is easier to build a model with a skill level 1 than to build a model with a skill level of 5. Nitro is more like a skill level 5 and electric, skill level 1.

t-max97

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Ahahaha

kaycerc

Hhhmmmmmm, seems rather odd that you would give so much precedence to nitro engine tuning.

I taught my neighbor's 8-year-old how to tune a nitro in about half an hour, and he's not the sharpest crayon in the box.
He still hasn't caught on to the whole concept of car set-up, or that just because certain tires look cool doesn't mean they're going to work.

kaycerc

Pure foolishness.
Now if you pick up my costs, hourly wage, for the weekend we'd be on like donkey kong (can't believe I said that).

There's a reason they split up the 1/8th electrics from the nitros, and it's not because the electrics were slower.

JohnP2

I have not read all the responses (I have a JOB).... ;-), but here is what I feel:

Let's face it, speed is EVERYTHING when it comes to rc cars. Traxxas' genius move is to put '45 MPH' (example) in each of their ads. Most folks, when purchasing their first RC car ask, "How fast is it?"

With that.....
I guaran-damn-tee-ya (Texas saying) I can show ANYONE an electric car that goes55 mph followed by a nitro car that goes 45 MPH, and nitro will STILL have that 'wow' factor. The spectator will gravitate toward the nitro vehicle asking "what is this?"

SyCo_VeNoM

I read all these responses, and was wondering if anyone actually read the 1st post or just saw the title "Nitro Vs Electric"? (and that includes Foxy )

If you ask which is superior I saw a few people nailed the correct answer which is pretty much its all in the eyes of the beholder. Foxy views electric as superior so no matter what electric will be superior as its what he likes. Same with Supertib as his business is in nitros(but I will be honest probably one of the few times I agreed with most of what he wrote as it didn't end up in a giant wall of text rant(not trying to start a argument here) ). The whole argument kinda reminds me of my uncle and what brand of cars he sees as good currently its toyota(or was it honda he changes his colors faster, and more often than a chameleon) as everything else is junk in his eyes, where 3 years ago it would have been ford as everything else was junk in his eyes, few years prior to that oldsmobile as everything else was junk, etc... Thinking of it h would make an excellent traxxas fanboy

I own more electrics than nitro. If you ask why Think it was collector1 who said it there are more varieties. Well that and I am pretty happy with 2 out of 3 of my nitros as they preform exactly as I like. I will be honest the 1st one I got I was extremely displeased with, and almost dropped out as like supertib said the issue with people getting in nitro is looking for cheap deals, and those cheap deals are usually what drive the people out as the engines are crap(in my case it was a used RC with a engine that was shot). Its taken me way more electrics to find ones that handled as I like (and most of those were converted nitros [&:])

Dayaks

Both nitro and electric are powerful enough IMO.

What REALLY matters is what you ENJOY more. They are toys!

That said I like running electric, but watching nitro.. Not because I am lazy but because I just enjoy it. It also fits into my lifestyle/wife's acceptance "zone" better.

TheKennyKiller

It seems some people can tell us what they like about nitro or electric without belittling others for what they are into, it's a shame not everybody can do that. Most of the posts in this thread are just elitist jerks having a rant and enjoying the pointless bickering.

ER-95

Can't we all just get along 

cumminspower5.9

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Here's to sum it up... What you think is better is your own opinion and personal preference. It does not mean you are right or wrong. If you like electric, great! If you like nitro , great! If you like both, you've got the best of both worlds. Both can be made fast and quick (yes, there is an difference in the two) now let's leave it at that and lock this down before it gets out of hand and crowds the general discussion forums lol

SyCo_VeNoM

well this threads probably seen more traffic in 24 hours than the rest of the posts on the 1st page in a week if you want to think about it