HPI Vorza Flux... Hot Bodies Ve8... E-Revo...

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Hey guys, I've got a bit of a dilemma and was wondering if any of you could hopefully offer some advice...

Anyway heres the situation:

I currently own a brushless E-Revo with the MMM 2200 combo in it. I am running it on 6s lipo. Lets just say that i've never been really impressed with it from the day I got it. It seems to lack power that is displayed by other E-Revo owners. It can't do backflips. And no matter what I do to it, I can't get it past 51mph on the radar. People on the Traxxas forum have gotten theirs passed 70mph with the same setup as me.

Basically I am a speed freak. I love my r/c's to go fast. If they arn't fast, I get bored quick. I like the E-Revo because it is a monster truck and can therefore ride over any terrain. But it is a very heavy truck, and is just not fast enough for my liking.

So, the other night I was browsing the net and decided to have a look on HPI's website. Sure enough they have some new products, and one of them caught my eye:

http://www.hpieurope.com/kit-info.ph...103421&lang=en

The HPI Vorza. I was practically staring at it for about 3 minutes. It just looks amazing. I've never had a buggy/truggy before, only monster trucks. I do a small amount of racing, but mainly bashing and speed runs in my park.

I also came across the Hot Bodies Ve8, which is pretty much the same as the Vorza except I'd have to buy the MMM 2200 combo separately.

http://www.hotbodiesonline.com/kits/en/67535/

So, I'm thinking about selling my E-Revo and buying one of these. My reason for doing so is mainly for speed. Take the Vorza, for example. It's a buggy, therefore it should be a lot lighter than the E-Revo yet it will have the same power system in it. So theoretically it should be a lot faster, because you can gear it much higher.
However, when you scroll down to the bottom of the HPI Vorza page, they give a list of speeds:



According to HPI, the Vorza will only do 51mph out of the box with 6s lipo? Thats what i'm getting with my E-Revo, and thats a heafty monster truck! How can this be right?

My second concern with buying this is the strength of the car. As I said before, i've never owned a buggy. I've heard that truggy's are meant to be stronger than monster trucks, but buggy's arn't. Is this true?

My third concern is ground clearance. It looks pretty small, and therefore looks like it has limited ground clearance. I sometimes bash in grass, which is fairly short but grass nonetheless. I also bash in wooded areas, and am just wondering if the Vorza would be able to cope with that.

And a general concern for both the HPI and Hot Bodies: the batteries seem to be on one side only. Two 3s lipos on one side will surely weight it down - won't the weight distribution be mucked up? And I can't seem to see a transmission on either one of them, does this mean there is no slipper clutch?


ANYWHOO - really sorry for the long post, but I felt the more info I try and squeeze in there, the better. Either that, or you just read the first title and then skip to the end, in which case you are just reading this!

Cheers!