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Old 11-12-2004, 06:45 PM
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Originally posted by Jack Smash
It depends on what and what the track is like. I raced on a parking lot with a 10 turn and made 6 minutes with 2000's, over 8 with 3000's. Carpet would put a premium on killer cells, sometimes we struggle to make time as it is now.
no matter what we race or how long we race we will always push the batteries to the limit. 1/12 racing has been 8 minutes forever now and people seemed to be able to make runtime with the 1200's or whatever was available in the day. I remember saying when the 1700's came out that "I'll never dump in 1/12 mod again with all this extra runtime!" IMO someone needs to step in, Ala F1, and either slow the cars down somehow or extend the running times of the races that will force us to slow down. I'm sure there's lots of people that loved to drive totally punched the entire race and this would upset them, don't worry the 3600's are coming out next year and their killer, there's now way you can dump with those!
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