[Martin.s]

Stu...

As a newbie too and for what its worth...I run a tekin redline gen 2 motor with hobbyking 6400 lipos and an older nosram pearl speedo. On my ssgt the gearing is a 70t spur on a 32 pinion (not sure about roll out as I don't bother calculating it and go with the feel of the car out of corners and on the straight to adjust gearing if needs be). Weight is around 974 ready to race. The car is as kit (cf kit) except for the 30g pod weight and an alloy axel.

The car is as quick if not quicker on the straights as the quick guys at the club I race at. My driving skills are slowly improving but I am definitely losing time in chicanes rather than on the straights and quicker corners.

For what its worth...and as a newbie i may get shouted down ;-) I would get the weight down and concentrate on consistent driving skills before throwing more money at the car. I've found that set up and driving consistency have had the biggest impact on my lap times (oh and changing the body shell from an Aston to Ferrari!). Stick with the motor you have and try and only change one thing at a time re set up....otherwise you'll have no idea which change has effected the car for better or worse!

Keep driving
Martin