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I know you JT. There must be some random as fook prototype car in a dark shed in China with your name written all over it :)

Top photon?

The new MI4LP "Race"
Great car and can be had on a certain auction site for £190 delivered.
Easily upgraded to full Pro spec if you wanted to.

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thats the crazy JT that cosies talkin about!:lol:

random crazy russian cars, buy it jt, you know you want to.

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No problem with Photon spares, the UK distributor keeps them all in stock.

I think you are selling yourself short with your £250 budget. For the sake of an extra 50-and-a-bit quid you can get yourself a current full-race car, rather than a dated, semi-race car like those you have listed.

that Tech Racing one looks fair cool.. any English reviews on it?

thats what i'm talking about!!!:woot::woot:

that tigermoth is bonkers!

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The MY07 is Japanese only, although there is another version that was available worldwide. :rolleyes:

JT, you ever thought about a 12th?? 12R5.1 is about £200, spares are cheap, tyres are cheap, shells are cheap, electrics are cheap, racing is ace!!

Tamworth do 12th on a Saturday, Worcester do 12th on a Friday and I think that Swindon might still do 12th?

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tc
 

As I see it, you've allready done your shortlist, but just let me update that a little

Mi4 - this has a new lipo chassis for it
Xray T3 - brand new, but they're sold pretty much as soon as the shops take delivery, and they tend to release a new spec version every single year
TC5R - the oldest of the three, but not by much. It's the car I drive and can highly recommend it, as with all three, it's getting the setup right as they're all tending to look alike now, apart from the schumacher which has some weird motor clamping thing in place which I really don't like the look of, but others love.

The xray is going to be the more expensive, the Mi4 comes prebuilt or as a kit, the TC5R comes as a kit, and although associated normally use imperial measurements, ever since releasing the 5, they've used measurements that match up with the metric equivalents.

Hope this helps

Next - bodyshells, which is a lot easier choice, Stratus 3.0, Mazda Speed 6 or the 9R, all protoform shells, just choose the prettiest one.

JT,

Go on Raceshat and have a read of the WGT10 threads on there. Lots of useful info about 10th pan outdoors.

TB fella, I doubt youd feel much of a difference between any of the chassis you've mentioned above. I know I wouldnt, and id certainly give you a race at Kemble to find out whos faster :) :p
You can get spares for all chassis from Microtech I think, or Clive for Schumacher and AE.

I would go for a Xray, The t3 is very good but i would get either a 008 or 009 if you like the orange. :p The T3 is very well built, like all Xrays but for the money £320 pound or so, its not worth it. They have changed a few things over the 008/009. You can get a 008 for about £150 or so now used, i would go for that.

I have only ever run Xrays and i know they are very well built, never brake and once you have a good setup they really go and handle well like my 008 at the moment is.

Thats my opinion anyway

mi4lp race
 

If the plastic driveshafts are worrying you about the mi4lp race edition, then buy the kit and upgrade the driveshafts. its still inside your budget and you get a lot of car for the money.

I'd choose that option over any of your other "budget" racers anyday. It's a current spec drivetrain, suspension geometry, chassis layout, lipo friendly, easy to get parts for, and simple upgrade path to the full Pro spec.

It's an easy choice.

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Is he still going??? Them were the days!!!

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Same old cardigan, same old moustache :D

Cant beat Clive, he taught me so much!

imo try an mi4 lp 'race'. cheap available tunable plus it has the modified grainger bits on i believe.

never buy 2nd hand it might have been noobed :lol:

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what tc
 

Being a losi man john,i thought you would go for the jrxs type r.

I've raced this car for three years now,fantastic car.

You can go the xray way, but by the time you have built the thing a new version will be out.

With the losi you have a lipo freindly chassis, i run the lrp 5300 40c fits no problem.

If you are going to dudley on sunday i will bring it with me so you can judge for yourself.

As for spares dms racing has everything in stock but may not be needed as car is very strong with minimal breakages in the three years iv'e had it (full spares box as proof).

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Hi JT, not wishing to disagree with "Spindles" (thanks for the mention by the way :thumbsup:), but I have driven the Losi JRXS-Type R at our local club at a reasonable level over the last three years since it came out and have not lost a championship with it since, however, not quite sure how Spindles has got an LRP 5300 in there since I found these impossible to fit.

I run the Vampire LIPOs and have had to resort to using the 4000mah (smaller) ones since their 5200 was just simply too tall (and it is the same size as the LRP). LIPO's will fir the Type-R BUT they are a squeeze and you may well need to space the two layshaft pullies further apart for them to fit without fouling..

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Dont get me wrong, I ran 4000 35C in mine and they were fine for speed etc, but that car was the ONLY reason I had the samller LIPO's in my box. With 40C versions coming through now in 4000mah, you would not have a problem with somthing like them...

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The 4000's were 137.5mm x 46.5mm x 23mm and simply by spacing out the two layshaft pullies as far as was possible, these went straight in the larger 5200's which didnt fit were 137.5mm x 46.5mm x 25mm and the extra 2mm made them foul on the rear bulkheads.

Info and sizes on the cells can be seen here - http://www.vampire-racing.com/Batteries.html

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what tc
 

I will speak to you on sunday john as to where and what i race on.

With the lrp lipo it fits,all you have to do is remove two battery lugs from the non terminal end of the case and turn it over so the lable is facing the lower chassis job done:thumbsup:.

I would not reccomend removing parts of the LIPO casing to make them fit...