Paul
Andy Bracey ran his car in 'Street' format last night with a standard tin can motor and to be honest I was surprised at just how 'driveable' it was. I had a go with the car with carpet dragons on and it was not painfully slow, the grip was poor but then that's the point of the class to some extent to keep the speeds slow.
I think we should try one of those HPI brushed motors as well Paul. My gut feeling it that brushless will simply be to fast. If there is not a large gap between the street cars and the normal Touring Cars we run then why have the street class?
With the limited grip that the carpet dragons give a driver, we should steer clear of brushless.
I appreciate that Maz had a go a couple of months ago with some tests, but to be honest (no offence intended Maz), Maz is the wrong person to trial the street class as his driving skills are far too good. We need those who would probably be running a street car to race a few meetings and then we'll get a better idea of how they will perform.
I fully agree about LiPo as it's so much easier for a newby to the sport in terms of maintenance and charging, as as you say, LiPo prices have fallen dramatically now that everyone is using them. To give you an idea, the equivalent LiPo that I purchased 2 years ago for £100 can now be purchased for less than £50 these days, and if we run tin can motors you would not need a high spec LiPo, hence even cheaper than that
In terms of bodyshells, I'm happy to trawl the Internet and come up with a list of shells that can be used. I'm sure we can provide a list of more than 20+ shells to choose from.