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Originally Posted by RogerM
The first question I would ask is "how experienced a driver are you?"
The reason for asking that is that adding more power to the car of a relatively newbie RC driver will just result in more frequent and more spectacular (read expensive) crashes.
I've always been a believer in milder motors geared to give smooth performance and good top speed are much easier to drive.
When I was running brushed motors last I was running 12 doubles in 4wd cars and 14 tripples in 2wd cars, these being geared to give comparative top end to "faster" motors.
When I first went brushless I used the "recomended" 5.5 in 4wd and 6.5 in 2wd and thought it was too much in both! I now run Speed Passion V3.0 6.5R in the 4wd and 8.5R in the 2wd and am never disappointed with either acceleration or straight line speed but it is so much easier to drive than running the hottor motors!
That said for a newbie I'd suggest getting a 10.5 brushless / 19T Spec brushed. I've seen people run these at regionals and not look out of place speed wise and much easier for them to drive.
I see lots of young / inexperienced drivers make the mistake of thinking that they need the very very best / most powerful equipment to have fun, simply not true. You'll enjoy the racing much more if you run milder motors whilst you learn to drive and set-up your cars. You'll crash less (so not spend so much on spares or so much time fixing the car), you'll wear out tires slower due to less wheel spin etc. (spend less on tires and less time gluing / removing tires) and you will improve as a driver quicker as you will be more able to concentrate on the racing line rather than simply 'holding on to a missile'.
Rookie, best bet is to get down the club your planning on running at and hunt down the obviously less experienced drivers and see what they have been running ... my bet is the ones having the most fun will be those with the sanest power plants!
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words of wisdom ! thanks Roger