Road Car advice

[charlieemc]

Hey all again :D, got my dad into Rc cars now, he wants a road car, i said electric, for speed, but iv been looking and none stick out to me, ;P anyone know any 100% good ones for around 150-340?

 

Thanks - charlie

[coffeecup]

When you say speed how fast are you talking? A fast RC or a speed run RC? 

A good place to start with on roads are Tamiya's. Pretty simple and very well prices. Chassis like the TT-01 and TT-02 (01 more so) have loads of 3rd party upgrades which mean you can put a lot of power through them. The only down side is the stock gearbox and such will need a few upgrades before it can take a powerful brushless system. Plus they come as kits so as you build it you can add in the upgrade parts straight away, you get the fun of building it and setting it up (if you want to go fast a good set up kit really helps). TT-01/2 kits often are a good place to start. They are accepted as most clubs as a place to start and drive really well. Tamiya's also are good at being converted, if he gets bored he could turn it into a drifter or even a rally car, all you need is a couple of different parts. 

If you are talking speed runs you will want something along the lines of a racer like a AE TC or an XRAY TC. The advantage with racers is you can buy an old version of the a model say like a TC4 from AE, pay a really good price for it and have a great car to boot. The only issue with slightly older racers is getting plastic parts, they can become scares if you get anything older than one or two generations. You can get really good deals though. If you really want to get into speed running it's pretty much custom builds for that high end stuff. 

It might be worth heading to your local club and see what they have knocking around (if they race TC) as they will often have somebody with something to sell. 

Personally I would pick something along the lines of a Tamiya TT chassis, maybe if you wanted to go a bit more into the club racer scene something like a Schumacher Mi1v2. 

I hope that helps. 

[charlieemc]

Woah thanks 

[coffeecup]

Not a problem.

As regards electrics, consider the size of your regular running space and it's surface. It's great to use big gearing to get to 100mph but if it takes 3 times the space you have the car won't be fast or quick. You want the car to never stop accelerating so set it up for the space. `if you hit your top speed half way down the car park, gear it to go faster until you reach the point where you are hitting top speed for your area. That way you get the most usable speed out of your car. It seems pretty obvious but a lot of people gear their cars for speed that is just not attainable in their space, meaning cars geared towards a lower top speed are actually faster. 

Obviously things like suspension and tyres on the surface greatly affect the speed and ability to carry that speed through a corner. RC's grip round corners surprisingly well and far outperform their larger counterparts. On roads are really fun and you get loads of body options with lights and such. Great fun!

[XV Pilot]

I would second the suggestion of a TT chassis from Tamiya, specifically this one:

 

http://www.modelsport.co.uk/tamiya-tt-02d-type-s-chassis-kit-drift-spec/rc-car-products/393905

 

Although marketed as a Drift chassis, all it needs is a set of grippy tyres to turn it into a road/track car with a great spec for the money.

 

It doesn't come with a bodyshell, but as it is a standard size 190mm touring chassis, you have hundreds of options to choose from, both Tamiya and 3rd party.