On-Road car advice?
 

So far I've been sticking to offroad cars and rock crawlers, but I'd like to get something to run on smooth pavement. Mostly parking lot style running, but I'll be taking a trip to an outdoor, professional go-kart track with the guys at work, and the track is interested in seeing what kind of lap times a good RC car can run on their track.

So, I need to find a car. It needs to be able to take minor bumps an unevenness in the surface without flipping, and handle well in the corners. It's a twisty road course track, with a very long front straightaway.

I also need to do this on a budget if I'm going to do it. I don't have numbers yet, but hopefully under $500.

I do have some decent LiPos already - SMC 2s 5000mah, so being able to re-use those is a plus.

I'm clueless on the street cars, help!

(I was going to go with the HPI formula ten, but it keeps getting delayed, and I'm not sure how fast it'll be, and still handle)

Tony

Forgot to say, here's the track: http://www.michianaracewaypark.com/

I'd say maybe a TC4 or TC5.

You can switch em into a drift car in a matter of minutes, or you can keep it as a traction car that can run those lap times blazing fast.

Pick up a 7700kV combo for it, and you're good to go.

How would the 10r5 compare? Just looking at associated's site, and I like that body style more.

Never heard of the 10r5, but it looks pretty cool, looks more like a speed pan car than anything, IMHO

I'd say pick up an ultra GTP kit, get a RCM mount and 2 battery trays, pick up a MMM 2650 combo, and run your 2s lipos in series.

The 10R5 is a 2 wheel drive pan car, where the TC 4/5 is an all wheel drive touring car. The the touring car would take bumps and uneven pavement better than the pan car. Both can be very fast in the right hands with the right setup (which is key). If you are looking for a touring car check out Corrally very nice stuff IMO, if you are going pan car check out the CRC Gen X 10 pro...I have one and its awesome, I use it for indoor carpet, but I hear they are great for outdoor as well.

I'm so far out of what I know here, I don't know what I want, lol.

I think the HPI sprint 2 flux looks really cool with the retro bodies, too.

So far I've been mostly a traxxas & losi noob (e-revo converted to brushless, slash, 1/16th slash, losi mrc, axial ax-10, losi micro, losi 18th scale baja)

I'll check out corally, too. I think a touring car is the way to go for this project, then, as the track is definitely not glass smooth.

I think touring car is a good choice for your application. The AE is good too, the most popular and easy to find parts and you can probably pick up a used one for a good price from a racer. The Corally I think is a better car, but you will pay for that and since you are on a budget, the AE might be the way to go.

I forgot about the HPI Sprint 2 Flux, and the Sprint 2 with your own brushless system, that will be a unstoppable beast.
Though it's belt drive, there could be a slight chance of the belts breaking all the time...

I'd go tc4, you can alway put the hpi muscle car bodies/wheels on it, which all do look killer. I just like the simplicity of shaft drive, esp with a pretty hot setup. No belts to stretch,skip,break. You can pick up tc3's for dirt cheap, which would also work great, but the steering setup just isn't the greatest.

I traded Mike my TC4 roller, and I loved it (Mike = eovnu87435ds), I had a MM5700 combo, and it was very quick..

The tc4 can handle bumps easily. I was able to take it off ramps while using drift tires,and it would land on all fours and keep going.(I guess I still have the offroad spirit, this is my first touring car :lol: )

I can't give any advice, but I was browsing nitrohouse for some parts for my mini ste and saw this 1/10 on-road kit: http://www.nitrohouse.com/catalog/pr...ducts_id=21113

Mike.. and you wonder why one of the tires snapped in half...