I think there are always ways to improve on a basic design without reinventing the wheel. The speed of these cars are already there. You bolt a Novarossi P5x or a 21-5 into any buggy its going to fly....straight..... But what about ...handling? This is the area that all the manufactures are having to focus on. One of the guys had mentioned his car does not have good on power handling. But his friends car does... Lap times will go way down as corner speed goes up. Question is..How does one make a bug handle better than another?

Its a complicated problem to solve. All 1/8 scale all wheel drive off road cars will have on power understeer or push. My Mugen is much better in the corner than my Mayhem. Why? Lots and lots of reasons. I believe center of gravity is very important as well as overall suspension movement. If one could lower a cars center, and widen the wheelbase to a degree, the corner speed should come up. Interesting....very interesting topic.

Lets design our own!

Dr. V.