Dark asylumn

What exactly is a short course truck, Imean what makes it a sc.

rast4man

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It's based on the actual Short-Course trucks driven by the famous Ivan "Iron Man" Stewart. To be exact:



Official Definition:  Off-Road racing began in the early '70's and became mainstream in 2006.  All racing occurs on a short track designed to bring dirt, fun and excitement to the front stage.  There are currently 7 categories that are recognized by the Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing Series that are as follows:

Unlimited 4 full-size 4WD race vehicles, V8 engines, 800+ Horse Power 

Unlimited 2 full-size 2WD race vehicles, V8 engines, 800+ Horse Power 

Unlimited Lite compact/mid-szied 2WD race vehicles, 4 cylinder engines 300 Horse Power 

Super Lite mid-size 2WD, two seat, 200 Horse Power, spec class 

Unlimited Buggy 1650 cc water-cooled 4 cylinder and VW Type 1 engine 

Limited Buggy 1600 cc VW Type 1 engine 

Kart single seat, custom-built mini race trucks, drivers 8-15 years old

UPDATED: 4/17/2009 - UTV Classes added to the Lucas Series!

Unlimited UTV heavily modified UTV up to 800 cc in displacement

Limited UTV limited class utilizing stock unmodified UTV frame and bolt on aftermarket parts.

Modified UTV developmental modified class utilizing up to 1000 cc displacement.

Scale that down to RC and voila! we have our own SC trucks.

piddlefoot

Pretty much everything is then !

Man the eyes water at a 800HP Rc truck ! hahaha what a nutter l must be to want one !

Dark asylumn

Thanks for the official definition  but as piddle said then most rc would fall under that category   but what makes a rc a sc truck and according to the definition then why arent there rc sc buggies

mazdaprotege4

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I think a major part of a SC truck is that the wheels are under the body (unlike that of s stadium truck). 

Dark asylumn

Thank you    I see alot of people converting st into sc and was wondering what parts they converted.   I didnt think there looked like much of a difference  I thought maybe width of the suspension

samguan

What makes a RC car a SC truck?

Well, Scale looking Short Course truck body that resembles the real short course truck. Then you have scale tires and obviously they have to be under the body.

It's all about scale looking. What's under the body does not matter.

9five9

That's exactly it. Watch the Lucas Oil Offroad Racing Series on the Speed channel or the Traxxas TORC series. The RC versions look almost identical.

Not all RC's would technically be "short course vehicles." It's all about scale realism. 1/10 buggies don't really look like the real deal. You could make one, but nobody is really cares if their buggies look real or not, so they aren't very popular.

rast4man

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They do kind of. The Baja 5b's resemble the dune rollers they race in those events. They are 1/5th though.

Dark asylumn

to convert a statium truck to a short course you put a sc body and tuck the wheels  pretty much  thats is what I am asking.  I just found out the blitz body fits over the 1/8 raze with wheels tucked correctly, since I am converting my raze to brushless I guess I will go with a blitz body

proanti1

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10th scale buggies aren't popular? They have been around since they 80's, 30 years of racing. SC trucks are a fad that will die out within a few years... but people will still be racing 10th scale buggies.

The Hedgehog

Need a stretched chassis, sc trucks are longer. Modified A-arms all around, short course tires and body, that's pretty much it.

BigTb17

He didn't say 1/10th scale buggies aren't very popular. He said ones that look like the real thing aren't very popular.

Dark asylumn

thank you  very much Autoxman  that was the answer I was looking for when I posted this