MCSEDanny

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Land blast from Scott in 3..2..1...

6376vette

Nice countdown.

Everyone knows my feelings on the sakura. Contrary to popular belief the s model does not need a lot of upgrades and the options are cheap. Especially in vta. A bone stock zero s took third in the vta class at battlefields trophy race and another one took second in usgt. The usgt finish was only tenths of a second behind darkside. I know they are stock cars because I know the driver and I helped balance both cars the night before the race.

This has to be the most misunderstood car ever. As far as pricing other cars cost in excess of $500. I don't think its possible for me to get $500 in my car without going with custom gold plated parts. I will sit down tonight and add up everything in my car. Maybe I will be surprised and have to back off the pricing point but maybe the numbers will provide some information to help others decide.

At any rate almost any chassis will be fine for vta. I have beat the xray tc 6 417 etc. I have also been beat by the tc3 tc4 etc. My son was doing fairly well with a tt01. He is now doing even better with a sakura zero s.

Bottom line. When kids are involved run what you have until you are certain they will stick with it. No need to waste money for them to quit racing in a month. After you are sure they will keep racing then decide on which chassis to run. I didn't have anything to race and I didn't know if I wanted to stay with it so I bought the sakura because of the price. Turns out I stuck with it and I found a very good car so I didn't need to upgrade. When it was time for my son to upgrade the choice was easy. I already had spare parts and was familiar with the car so he got a sakura. For now run what you have upgrade later.

RCTWENTY8

I wouldn't hesitate to get her involved, you're lucky she wants to race, most females just look at it like a waste of time!

iamogre

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HAHAHAHA!!!!



Pink is awesome!!!!!

6376vette

Okay. Couldn't wait. I added it all up. Keep in mind NONE of this was needed to keep up. MOST of this is because I wanted it and I bought it as my budget allowed. I would honestly say that 50 to 70 in shocks, spur gear holders, and the vertical mount is all that I would consider necessary upgrades.

I have just about everything you can buy for the car and there is nothing else I'm considering. Time to play with the f1.

In total, including the purchase of the sakura zero s kit I have $347 wrapped up in my chassis. A touch higher than I thought (I was guessing $300) but still a lot less than other comparable touring cars. Also remember that I bought everything brand new. And this does include the graphite chassis, top deck, and shock towers as well as all of the aluminium parts available.

Just remember its all pink on the inside.

MCSEDanny

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Oh dear god. It's much worse than I had expected.......... Justin Bieber

6376vette

I change my mind. I vote for Barbie with the corvette body. We can make an exception to the body rules this time.

FauxMako

Set it up like you normally would and then limit speed with the throttle EPA. That way as she gains control you can speed the car up with a quick transmitter adjustment.

mxrich

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Since you mentioned that we had a big vintage only series. One of the guys in the Tamiya class had an old sand scorcher. It was a 6 months series and guys were looking everywhere for a Pink Barbie surf board to duct tape on that thing. Never found one. So we told him his class was banished half way into the series for having ugly cars. He won his class anyway.

RCTWENTY8

Think of it like this: Spending time with your Daughter is a life time of memories she will carry forever. Priceless. $$$$ means absolutely NOTHING in the scheme of things!