Speed Challenge Car

There are a bunch of 1/8 conversions out there. I did one and so did these guys.

[jhautz]

Good luck... IMO its gonna be hard to beat one of them little 1/10 on roads in a drag race. Those things just scoot!!! The power to weight ratio on them is insane. Just put a 3 cell lipo one with the right tires and in my opinion a little more weight than you would use for a road race to increase the traction for better acceleration and you will be all set. Tyring to make a 1/8 accelerate like the 1/10 will be tough.

If you insist on going with the 1/8 find the widest and softest tires you can get on the thing for maximum traction. Dont forget the traction compound for the tires too, and something to heat the rubber with right before you toss it down to run it. Traction will be your biggest challange in straight line acceleration.

[jahno30]

your best uption would be to try and use an onroad 1/8 and convert that to brushless ...... sick speeds and may even match the 1/10 for excelleration.

I have 2x of the prp's that i'm gonna convert myself....

there wy less expensive then the megens, kyosho,and serpent, but performance is the same :-)

http://www.powerracingrc.com/images/xr8/xr8main.jpg

[snellemin]

Originally Posted by jhautz

Good luck... IMO its gonna be hard to beat one of them little 1/10 on roads in a drag race. Those things just scoot!!! The power to weight ratio on them is insane. Tyring to make a 1/8 accelerate like the 1/10 will be tough.Traction will be your biggest challange in straight line acceleration.

I'm with Jhautz.

Originally Posted by snellemin

I'm with Jhautz.

I also agree with these 2 guys. I'm working on my Vendetta, trying to get the 62mph (100 km/h) with that thing. I'm running mamba 8000kv, 3 cell LiPo and a Quark Competition 80B ESC. That thing really flies! But it's SO DAMN HARD to control it! I always have to start really slow, or else it will spin, and if I go something like 40-50 mph and trying to go slower the car will spin most of the time

So again: Traction will be the biggest problem


EDIT: What's a gyro? (My english isnt very good)