Which 1/8 buggy to convert for racing?

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Here's my take.
The Losi turns very sharp but has a few weak points to address, one thing is the center to front driveshaft is tiny so a Mugen one fits in. If you are a smooth driver and land jumps flat it is a very fast buggy. If you land of kilter it can be a handful

The Mugen is a tank and lands jumps flat, angled etc and easy to drive, very tough though the position of the drivetrain is a bit more work to get things balanced

The AE (which I now have) corners almost as good as a Losi, lands jumps like a Mugen and out of the box setup is really good. I am impressed with this buggy.

Xray quality is by far the best materials. It is the most adjustable buggy made and that is good and bad. You could end up tuning yourself out of a setup.

Kyosho is good too. GS Racing, Team Magic, Nanda and bite my toungue CEN even

Best bet is to buy what you can get parts for at the lhs so less downtime and you can get setup help at the track because chances are it'll be more common. I chose AE this year because the distributor is about 40 min drive away and I can get parts fast. Last year I think I supplied more Xray parts at the track than all the lhs sold lol. (I had almost 4 buggies in parts plus I bought out a team guys supply after he switched brands)