ORIGINAL: supertib
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.........
my associated MGT 8.0 handled the track just fine, over a hour of driving, tons of flips, cart wheels and a couple of lawn-darts and nothing broke or bent, sure it handled like crap, but it cleared the triples just fine and was faster than the buggies in the straight.
but honestly there is nothing like a buggy on moist clay and mini-pins.
that hyper 9 GL I have is godly, I can throw that thing around the track like crazy. I did lawn dart it though, too slow to clear the triple, it hit the peak nose first and stopped it dead in its tracks, drive it over to pit to have a look- NOTHING broke or bent!! had it been a t-maxx or something at that caliber it would be- skidplate, bulkheads, shock tower, shock shafts, bumper or even the chassis.