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Originally Posted by rocketrob

huh?
maybe midway to the end of a run, but nothing was hotter than taking a old-style pack freshly off the charger or bump-box

spinning the wheels off them then is really no different than spinning the wheels off them now

Definitely mid to end of a run, but I also think at the start too. I used to run 11 and 12 turns with 1700 SCRC's in the mid-90's - no great shakes. The same motors when I came back in the mid 00's with IB4200's were noticably quicker. With lipo they were better again.

Brushed/brushless motors have always had approximate power parity, but cells have come on quite a bit in the last 15 years.

Originally Posted by chatts#725

I raced my cougar sv at weekend against a mate with a b3, he has a 12t double from memory and mine 300 quids worth of lrp and novak 6.5 and it matched me down the straight everytime, there was nothing in it

To illustrate my point, I'll bet he wasn't running B3 era cells...

Getting back on topic, Cougars had quite a fine pitched belt in their gearbox so I'd imagine a brittle vintage one might baulk at modern power. With a new properly tensioned belt and well-built diff, you might just stand a chance.