Interesting story, I never raced my Optima, just ran with 2 classmates, and that never was a fair race, as the Mid outperformed their cars by a fair margin.
Btw, you know how much speed I can expect from the trusty LeMans 240 ST? I have a Mid runner that came with it installed, and it's my first 240 ST, since the car I bought 25 years or so ago had the motor removed from the box before I got it. I ran the car with the 240ST this morning, on 2S, and I estimate it's speed to between 30 and 35 km/h. If that is normal for this motor, I know I have to fit a faster one, as I aim for at least 40 km/h for my 1/10 vintage stuff. But maybe the 240ST just needs an overhaul, and it's performing below it's standard now. But before I invest time into that, I would like to know where to rate the 240ST as for possible performance. If it runs just on it's normal level now, I don't want to take it apart if no performance gain is to be expected.
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