Nitro conversion, Nitro or electric?

[jhautz]

Really there is 2 differnt driving styles needed for racing nitro or electric and each has it's fun points. But with what Thirdgen89GTA said, I can see nitro slowing down, and with the way the econ. is going it might also cause the electric cars to grow (with BL motors and li-po, it really is plug and play now, and the motors and batteries will last a long time). Also the electric cars are faster on the track then the nitro cars. And no Mike you really don't hear the body slap the chassis unless it is a slash, but sometimes when driving you might think your car is off. lol



There is also some tracks that have a electric 8th scale class already, and they get a good sized turn out

In all honesty I dont really think that the electric is really faster, it just has a little more punch on the low end and requires a bit less run up on the jumps and stuff. Faster really boils down to the driver IMO. Like you said the electrics and nitros require a very different driving style. I have been driving electric for so long I cant get a nitro around the track worth as $h!t at all. Of course you could probably argue that I cant get my electric around worth a $h!t either. lol

Fast laps are more a function of driver skill and car setup IMO. Heck most of the truggy drivers run a .21 instead of a .28 becasue they can turn faster more consistent laps with the smaller motor.


Yea there are a few tracks that are running 1/8 electric classes already. I went to a track in Michigan earlier this summer that runs a 1/8 buggy electric class and they had more electric 1/8 than nitro 1/8 buggies. Unfortunatly this isnt the case in most places yet, but the class will grow and hopefully it wont be to long before we can get a regular enough turn out that we can run our own class. Although, I dont mind running with the Nitros for now. I like watching the fastest guys and seeing what they do to get around the track. I learn alot from racing with them. I know there are some of the nitro guys that it just pisses off, but I'm not really sure why. Its not like I'm out there winning anything from them or hurting their lap times or anything. Whatever... At this point I just like to race but dont want to deal with the cleanup and tuning of the nitros so electric works for me.