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Originally Posted by sosidge

I still haven't quite worked out the point of 1/8th conversions.

OK, so the cars are probably easier to drive than 1/10th due to the sluggish handling, heavy weight and bigger dimensions.

But apart from that all you are doing is investing SERIOUS money in high power electronics and monster battery packs to run a car that is realistically not going to be much faster around a track than a well sorted 1/10th buggy?

Can someone please tell me what is so great about running a 1/8th electric instead of a 1/10th one?

I for one got fed up of the constant breakages that you get from running a 1/10 with a brushless set up and I was only running a 6.5, first in a Ttech Predator and then a HB D4. The D4 was far more robust than the Predator but it still used to break.
Yes I'm sure if I was a better driver I wouldn't break as much but there were good racers there as well and whichever make/model you care to name they all have weaknesses.
I'm not saying 1/8 are indestructible but they take a hell of a lot more punishment than any 1/10 I've seen. The 1/8 may not be much quicker round a track designed for 1/10 but put a 1/10 round a track designed for 1/8 and then see the difference, if the 1/10 doesn't get killed by the jumps etc. before the finish.
The main attraction to me of an electric 1/8 would be that we could also race these at the track where my son & I race our 1/10 touring cars. They have a 1/10 off road track but for the above reasons we gave those up.
They're not allowed nitro's because of the noise as the track is close to some houses.