[niggs98]

looks like you 2 are having the same dilemma i had about 4 months ago,

having not gotten on with my b4 but loving the x6 to bits i found the thought of trying a rear motored car again to be almost total madness but a local racer asked me for a bit of help setting up his original rb5 over a year ago and the idea of trying one has nagged at me since then so i decided to bite the bullet for the winter knowing i can always grab a last minute x6 if i didnt like the car. having said all that and still with limited running i can honestly say i havent looked back since i got the car. i ignored what most people said with the problems between old and new rear ends as was told that if you run the old rear end you have to add 30+g as far forwards as possible but dont use the new rear end as it takes all the grip away when you have the extra weight up front. personally i didnt add the weight on the nose and got the new rear end. i have 10g on the servo to stop the car wheelying and have found the rb5 to be as safe as the x6 to drive but with more mid corner pivot or rather a more predictable pivot with a slight push when giving it large out of a corner. i have set the car just above the min weight limit and it feels light supple and alive to drive and returns good lap times for me.

the car is unbelivably strong so far even without hopups and spares are nice and cheap as well. im gonna treat it to alloy hinge pin blocks and AC shock towers soon but that is all