I have seen a fellow racer we had at one time run a Gen-X on asphalt with no problems at all. It handle real well. I do remember someone told me that the Speedmerchant does not work all that well on asphalt.

Wuau¡¡¡, thanks guys for all responses . i´m a litle clear ideas now.
My Gen-x, work well in asphalt, last year 2nd in Nationals, and for now i´m 1st in Nationals, here are not top levels drivers, but i feel others cars more easy to drive and setup, i need these, because i´m not have more time to training, i drive +1 hour, for race and the tracks always are a litle dirty.

Greetings, Luis C.

hey guys , need help with a stock motor 27t .what a good stock motor for 1/12 med size track (73x73). and what brushes and springs would you recommend ?

That statement is crap. Jeff Brown won the 2006 ROAR Paved Nationals using a Rev.4. Just because most Speed Merchant cars are raced on carpet doesn't mean the car doesn't work on pavement.

Well, that is what someone had told me at one time. I was just repeating what I was told awhile back.

I don't think there is a car on the market that wont work on either surface, it's just a matter of what's going to be easier for the average joe to get working. Right now it seems to be BMI for asphalt and more traditional link cars like the CRC, Speedmerchant, etc on carpet.

All the cars on the market work well on both carpet and asphalt and they have all proven they can win. We mdesigned our car to be simple to setup but dont let that fool you as far as performance goes. We have landed an A main finish at every snowbird national with this car even in prototype form. This past year placed 2nd. The car works just as well as all the others on carpet, it came down to the driver. On asphalt our car works extremely well also. All of our locals here in florida who havent ever driven a 1/12th before did benefit from the ease of setup but the local fast guys take it to the next level.

I watched Jeff Brown win the 06 asphalt nationals and he had his speed merchant car working very well. Jeff is also a really awesome driver. He does just as well on carpet with the same car. So in a nutshell, The car and driver are both really good.

Anyone racing 17.5 LiPo on carpet?

i am. hehehe

When I saw on the main page you had replied to my post I made my mind up right then what my response would be.

Shut Up Yang.

hahaha

Besides, I wouldn't call what we did racing. Racing implies the opposition has the chance of winning. I couldn't even get close to you! Nice job.

the car needs a little more speed right at the apex of the corner. I think there is 1 more lap in the thing. then it will be ready for vegas.

Hey guy's I've a quick question for the knowledgeable 12th scale guru's. I am just getting back into running 12th scale from a REALLLLLLLLY long hiatus and have lucked into a box full of black compound foam doughnuts. We are running at the local track the new CRC carpet and was wondering how these compared to the pinks we all seem to be running. I haven't mounted any up yet so before I did I thought I ask the question. Thanks in advance, John

How old are these black donuts? Todays black rubber isn't the same as the blacks from back in the nineties. If it's the new black rubber, it's a great front tire for many tracks. Doesn't work for me at the local track but does work great at others.

I'm not sure on the age of them but they appear to be in really good condition to me. No dried out by any means. If I can get my hands on a "C" scale durometer I take I should get somewhere around a 36, right? I've been rubbin through the ol fingers and I can honestly say they feel almost like the pinks I have, a little firmer than the yellow and definitely softer the the blues I have.

Hey fellows, this is the first time that I’m posting on this thread. I would like to know which 1/12 scale model would you guys recommend as a starter. I also would like to say that I don’t want to buy a new car every time I advance in to a different class. I’m looking to get something that is good for mod as well as sportsman classes. Thanks in advance, any and all suggestions are appreciated.