Only at the international. I've not had any problems when ordering from there either, had the best luck and tracking using the Swiss Post option for shipping.

It's a Yokomo R12 pivot.

Yes, I understand that the pivot or side links wont move freely after a hit or crash. What I am try to get at is the lower half of the pivot block distorts under the pressure exerted by the chassis mounting screws. I guess the plastic is too soft and causes this distortion. I assume the Xenon pivot blocks are made from a tougher plastic and is more resilient to distortion. Of course the Rev8's pivot doesn't bind... because the plastic pivot housing and the main block are individual pieces. You can crank down as hard as you want on the two screws holding down the carbon fiber assembly. As long as you don't crank down on the two small screws that assemble the plastic pivot ball housing.

That's a setup I would like to have.

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Am I correct in assuming these trackstars are the same things (at least the look) as what SMC is selling?

Make sure you get the correct one. The GenII requires the "TrackStar Multi-Function Smart Program Box" #9052000048. I see it only in the international warehouse.

I will say they are not the same. I have both brands of ESCs, I do not know who makes the ESC for SMC but it has its own thing going; all aluminum case, different programming parameters and is lighter than the Trackstar.

gotcha thanks for the heads up!

Yeah. I'm not expecting top of the line performance from a $40 ESC. I have a friend who used to race with me that wants to get back into it so I'm putting together a backup car I had and need something to go in it. Being inexpensive is more important that world class performance for me.

Has any one tryed the Orion 1s 100c 7100 battery and is it a big bifference to the revtec 100c

I'm running the Orion 7200 100C and it's ok, but I wouldn't call it fast. I ran back to back with a Trackpower 6400 and the Trackpower had more rip.

I'm using the Orion 7100 batteries. They are as fast as anything else at the track. The driver driving my car isn't, but I have no problem speed-wise.

i like orion packs i started with an used one that was puffed and was keeping up w/ the fast guy at our track only reason i lose is because of cleanliness, but fast laps are usually close like within .2-.3 of a second which is more of my line which translates to being a few seconds off of his overall run. i just switched over to my used crc, which is kind of cracked around the terminal part but it isnt puffed. it's a 90c but i havent seen much of a drop off. but i will be buying new batteries here soon for 2s and 1s

Thx for the responce guys I'm not worry about speed just looking for consistent power back to back it was tough it was either Orion orca revtec wasn't happy about revtec 150 price tag

In the past I've always had good success running Futaba 9650 steering servos. I'm currently building up a new car and, while looking around to order up a new servo for it, I noticed that Futaba still makes the 9650 but they also now offer a 9670V servo that is listed as specific for 1/12th scale. Can someone please explain what is the difference between those two Futaba servos? The other one that looks pretty good is the Spektrum H5020G. Has anybody on the thread had experience (good or bad) with one of those?

The 9670SV is a high voltage servo that can accept 7.4V. I wouldnt advise using this servo unless you know your ESC can deliver and your receiver can accept 7.4V.

Another thing is this servo uses all plastic gears. One bad crash and you risk stripping the gears.

Savox makes pretty good and inexpensive mini servos applicable to the 12th. The only down side with them is the output shaft does not necessarily align with most typical mini servos out there. You would either need to find a chassis with slotted servo mounting holes or widen the servo mounting hole on the chassis to ensure the output shaft of the servo is perfectly centered.

http://www.savoxusa.com/Savox_SH1257...avsh1257mg.htm

S9670V is also programmable. I have 2 and I am using them in both of my 12th scale with no problems with voltage.
Other than that it's the same as S9650