Originally Posted by
J-milz
Just got my bubble burst by a friend that runs mini coop's. I recently aquired a M03 mini on Ebay for cheap and was planning on running it for the first time at a local club's events. The car runs as of now but I was told that the stock ESC the TEU-101BK should be taken out because I wont be competitive with it. What would be a great inexpensive alternative for stock motor racing. Was thinking of yanking my Traxxas Slash ESC, but dont wanna keep doin the swap thing. Would like to spend no more than $50 bucks.
Your thoughts?
Your friend is mistaken - there is absoultely no reason to replace the stock Tamiya speedo for stock (silver or black can) racing. Some of the top drivers at our club use the 101BK with no issues, and we even mandate it for our spec TT-01 class with black cans (we have never had one fail).
Follow some of the basic setup advice earlier in this thread (ride height, tires, springs, etc) to give you some help getting the car to drive the way you want it to, without traction rolls.