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Originally Posted by 4_cell_racer
Ian, You know my answer to this question......Monkey or X2c as you know I prefer mid motor (seems to suit my driving style) but as Ben Smith has shown a basic Rat is still a decent buggy  |
The rat has done me proud so i would be sad to stop using it by favouring a monkey, however as you say it comes down to driving style & the monkey may well suit me better, plus the other factor is it seems a lot of people who run Ansmann 2WD's seem to run the mid-motor variety & the "rear engined" cars seem to be fading out as more people are using mid-motor cars generally. I was really surprised the other week at Southport & just in general club racing how many people are running mid-motor cars.
I'm not one for being a Sheep & following what everyone else is doing or buy what the top boys have or use kit what everyone else has, but it has got me thinking, especially when you see the difference in how the 2 types of cars behave on track, the mid motor cars do seem a lot more planted (none of the pendulum affect & they jump a lot cleaner) & seem a lot easier to control, however there are some drivers out there who no doubt favour the motor hanging out the back cars because they have become so accustomed to them & can make them dance to their tune rather than the other way around.
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Originally Posted by 4_cell_racer
When on carpet?? ya 12th yes but hardly ever your buggy  |
that's because 12th is currently my primary class & i have for a long time intended to have a bash at the 12th nationals this winter, so i've been putting in the legwork ready for that.. once the nationals are over i intend to become more pro-active with my buggy racing both in 2WD & if i can 4WD & perhaps even my 8th racing, so come the Spring the 12th may well be mothballed for a while & the buggy will be out a lot more often.
Plus as i've said to you before, i can't see the fun in racing a buggy on a flat carpet.. a touring car track with a 2" high speed hump does not become a buggy track to me. I may as well go back to racing boring cars if all i'm going to be doing is racing on the flat at the local clubs.