Originally Posted by
Dasmopar
I'm prolly going to pick up a new 1/12 scale car in Jan. and build it for stock class. I'm going to be 35 so I can run masters now at Cleveland. If you had no parts, and no loyalty to a brand which car would you buy? I've had AE, Yokomo, CRC , and even delta 12th scale cars in the past.
If I were looking for a t-bar car, then the Serpent would be the one I'd pick right now. I drive a FF07, very similar to the serpent, but it's not available as a complete kit, just a chassis conversion. If you don't already have a t-bar car to use as a donor, you'll need to get a ton of stuff to complete it. You'd need a complete front end, shock, damper tubes and hardware, antenna mount, t-bar, pivots, and hardware, rear axle, diff, hubs, and all bearings.
The Serpent is a complete kit. A bit spendy, but well worth the $$ from all accounts.
As of right now I like the Serpent S120 but my local hobby store is not hooked up with them as of yet. I was also wondering if the serpent has it's own make of wheel or is it the same mounting as a Jaco type wheel?
Serpent did the smart thing and went with standard wheel hardware for the120. You'll be able to use any standard 1/12 wheels.