ORIGINAL: supertib
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.........
ok yeah that makes more sense for the 1/10th and the general rtr. .. If I had to think of a more durable basher than my losi 8 t kit converted to brushless it would be far more expensive than the truggy like a supermaxx with vbs kit and racer-x setbacks and Ti cvds. Then you wouldnt want to bash that id consider that a racer too even though its a MT. Im thinking more like maxx/savage/muggy/lst2/ as basher, a car/truck thats can/has to be modified, be it diffs, mud flaps, a rubbermade bumper. RPM skids ontop of aluminum skids. Purpose built for urban assault, an all terrain vehicle that isn't great at either. Racer sure you can do all that but its a new set of proline pins after 1 run on 6s through the neighbors yard down the street 4 wheelies and a curb hop $60, all the buggys truggy racers are limited to ROAR type crap so they arent as individualized
could have a weight limit, bashers must be over 11lbs in 1/8 and racers under lol
just rambling