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Originally Posted by Zoea
Thanks. Is an RS4 a good option and if so which version(s)? 
I might be able to pick up a cheap TC3 or TC4 while im here in the states so that could work well. The next meeting at the club is months away (best i can tell) so that is a bit too long to wait to buy I think.
I was going to say before, I dont want a tamiya, I have bad memories of tamiya lol |
The RS4 is obsolete so spares may be an issue.
As someone who tried to do touring cars on the cheap, I'd say either look at a current used car (Mi4 LP and CX are very popular in my onroad club, and very quick, any variant of the Tamiya 416 is also a good choice), and wouldn't bother with anything older than 2-3 years e.g. the TC5 (TCs improve and develop at a far quicker rate than buggies),
Alternatively, get one of the budget racers - Mi1, Tamiya TA05 (I did run this, and to balance it means running it rather heavy), Xray T3R and Team Magic E4JS (my current car actually - oodles of grip, more so than the TA05). I'd class the TC3/4 alongside these as Associated have such excellent support for their old cars. Best bargain of the lot is the Sakura Zero S - a modern chassis, built along the lines of their full fat Zero, and under £100 new. The dual gear diff setup also keeps maintenance to a minimum.
Agreed on the Xtreme Stock (£60 from Giantcod), excellent with the current software, and motor depends on the class you run - slower motor classes tend to give more room for error on setup and driving skill. I believe 13.5 is the most popular class in the UK, my own club runs 10.5 (which is now mod motor quick, insane for the school gym we run in) and 17.5 (more like it for indoors).
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Originally Posted by Swalls
As long as you have enough parts to keep it going for a while then a TC3 is still a good car. They are still pretty widely used in the US so getting one with spares shouldn't be too hard. I wouldn't run much more than a 13.5 in it though, gotta look after the gears and torque steer could rear its ugly head, after all, we have so much more power these days compared to when the TC3 was designed.
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Bear in mind brushless motors have a fraction of the rotating mass brushed motors had, so torque steer is much less of an issue than it was.