Just to prove a point, as Mark, in my 2wd and 4wd buggy I have more power than I need, not running in blinky though although under certain conditions I have. In my 1s GT12 'spec' class, I tried running 'budget' 1S lipo and it was good for the first 2 mins but after that, where everyone else was running a better lipo, the voltage dropped off to much so, to keep up I had to invest.
Don't get me wrong, compared to the past, keeping up in spec is a lot cheaper than buying 12 packs of batteries for one full years competing and rebuilding/replacing stock motors regularly but, compared to running in the open class now, you still go through more motors and cells in a year than I have in 5 years of open class.
I do get the idea of using a budget motor that you can buy at a club for their champs, as to be fair you can easily cook the motor so you got to treat it right. As for new members we advise a 10.5 now as that can be run in blinky whilst they learn then the use of boost and turbo as they get to grips. I am just glad touring car died here as that wasn't cheap racing.
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