ORIGINAL: jayjay283
Racing is alot about weight savings. Bashing is about durability and long fast run times. Racers will run a 3200mah lipo if its enough to finish the race, with the lightest components. Basher have shock boots, skid plates, 5-8ah lipos, heavy wheels/tires. When a racer breaks something they usually have another few of them in the field box. Where a basher breaks something they go home and look online for a more durable after market one adding another 12 oz.
You can bash a racer but all you will do is thrash it, you cant race a basher (and be consistently competitive) IMO
I do not agree with you on this one my friend( at least not when regarding 1/8th cars )............. Racing is all about durability....cant win if your car is broken.............. A basher cannot usually be made to be a racer simply because it usually lacks the durability needed to race.......A Racer usually has durability to spare to be bashed, as racing is more punishing on a vehicle then bashing is........
Now just to ask, which vehicle do you consider to be a basher that is more durable then a racer ?
Also 1/8th race machines and 1/10th race machines are totally different... 1/10th usually lack durability, however 1/8th machines are totally different animals that have excellent durability..............weight is not much of an issue in 1/8th as the cars all have minimum weight standards to adhere too....... and they have been at this weight limit for years......
You will not find a 1/8th monster truck that can match the durability of a 1/8th buggy or truggy........most 1/8th tracks just tear the MT's apart..the last LST that ran at my track broke into 2 separate pieces on our big triple jump....the last Savage at the track couldn't make 2 honest laps without breaking, and the only way it could survive is if you rolled all the jumps and drove excessively slow...........by contrast the 1/8th race machines can run the track weekend after weekend without breaking...............
durability wise Serpent 1/8th cars are nearly indestructible.........