Yeah, I got back into it after taking a 20 yr break... LMAO!!!
Holy moly have things changed. When I was running R/C cars at a teenager, I drooled over gas powered cars. Fast forward 20 yrs and I could afford a gas powered car, fortunately a buddy of mine gave me his old gas powered cars. I rebuilt it entirely with billet parts. Biggest mistake ever!!!! I spent more than I would have buying a new kit!!
Anyway, thought it was cool for a little. Maintenance on nitro R/Cs is a royal PITA.
I looked into electric stuff and I could not believe the leaps and bounds electric technology has made!! Nitro powered R/C have been left behind!! The instant torque and power of these new brushless motors and Lipo batteries produce is mind boggling!! You now have electric car running at 100MPH or more.
Although, I can't see trying to drive an R/C over 50-60mph...it gets squirrelly.
Anyway, I have the car my buddy gave me HPI RS4 EVO.
Been modding the Exo Terra a little:
Added 1/8th scale wheels and tires due to the stock tires ballooning at WOT.
I forgot to mention I have a 550 (1/8 scale) motor in there (1/10 scale buggy).
I also had to add sway bars, front and rear along with new Proline shocks.
Been also working on the crawler adding scaled accessories...you get bored with it after a while, so you need to mod it to light the flame again. LOL
Kind of like our real cars... LOL
But much much cheaper...sort of.