skeeler,

Of course, suspension setups are particular to specific buggies and the tracks that they run. For example, for our local track, I used to run soft springs all around with light shock oil (30 wt.). After I completed the conversion, my buggy wound up being a bit heavier than it was in nitro form. In my particular buggy, I wound up going with 5000 in the rear diff, rather than 1000 to try to take advantage of some of that extra weight and traction on the rear end now. Where, in nitro form, it used to slide around, the rear end now hunkers down and bites. I also had to up the spring rate on the rear shocks to the mediums and I went with 40 wt. fluid all the way around. It's no 8ight or XB8, but it handles as well as it did before, if not better, although in a different way. Sorry, but it's hard to articulate the "feeling" of the buggy after the conversion.

The buggy is definitely heavier now and has more traction. To an extent it helps in the turns because the buggy sticks better and handle with more authority, but it's also easier to get into trouble because the buggy is much more responsive in the throttle department. It is, of course, more difficult to stop because there is more moving mass. As I said before, it's different from what it was before. From a handling standpoint, I just can't drive it like I used to; but I in no way regret doing the conversion.

For example, I went out to the track on Saturday night for some practice. I showed up at about the same time that another guy did. He was having engine troubles and messed with it for about an hour and half before he actually was able to hit the track and do some laps. Even then, it still wasn't running right. Guess what I was doing for the 1.5 hours? LOL.

I'm not that great a driver and one thing that the electric conversion did for me was to allow me to really make up some time on the straights. :)