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Not much of a racer but GREAT basher and tough as nails.
"Don't want to sacrifice the Pede" ...... Dude we bash with stuff worth serious $$$$, thousands..... I know the Pede is sweet and all but anything can be fixed if it's broke. Just my opinion. I wouldn't hesitate to bring the Pede to a bash session. It's not like we play crash up derby or anything. It's just like running it in your street out in front of your house.
Pedes are super fun bashers, use it for what it's good for. .......02 cents
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Congrats on the purchase. Savages are GREAT bashers!
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I'm trying to keep the pede for racing. I've heard you can't hurt a savage, I'll have to see.
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I've never in my life seen someone do good with a Pede racing. Maybe "backyard racing" but not at any local established track.
I had 2 Pedes before. I tried racing one at Leisure, not easy at all.
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LOL!!! What's the difficulty? The list is a bit long but we can start with suspension and drivetrain. You can put on good tires. But you'll still be at a noted disadvantage racing Truggies and Revos when Bernie combines all the MTs. You wouldn't have a chance against a well driven Revo much less a truggy thrown in cuz there aren't enough truggies for their own race.
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I don't even consider the pede in the mt class. I'd want to race with other stadium trucks.
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Oh, well that clarifies a lot of issues.
Sadly, however, as I understand it through the grapevine, Sonny O and the majority of his crew seem to have finally seen the writing on the wall and decided to sell all their 10th scale stadium trucks and go to "Arena" trucks (Truggies)
The 10th scale trucks are dead IMO
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The nitro (or electric) stadium trucks will kill a Pede in a race, due to the Pede having a high center of gravity. Plus it's considered a MT due to the center of gravity it has, therefore it would have to be raced in the MT class at most races. One race that differs from the rest are the Dirt Dawg races. They race all electrics together no matter what kind it is. But then youd be racing against XXX4's with Novak BL's.
Don't get me wrong RCDad, I loved my Pede and miss it to this day......Great basher, one of the funnest out there, but not a racer by any means.
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I had a 'pede for awhile too. I had soooo much fun running that thing at Berwyn. As a basher, that thing was awesome. As far as a racer, it wont do good at all.