Originally Posted by Jwilliams5

I personally run the 170t for all my 1/8 needs. Is it more than I need. Yep. But I have spent good money 1 time. Not every season. Same goes with my radio. My thought process is buy what I like no matter the price. Then “dumb” it all down to where I can drive it. This way I can slow it down till I feel it is to slow. Gradually race after race I find myself turning the speed back up and the expo back down towards 0. When I first started I bought cheap metal gear servos that were decent. Now I see the error in my ways. Had I just bought good servos to start with I would’ve saved a lot of money. Broken gears, burned up, too slow after a few races....

So now I buy a good Servo once and I’m done with it. I adjust my radio to fit me always. I can slow it down, but alas I cannot speed up a slow Servo to be faster than its specs. Or stronger. In carpet 1/10 2w Buggy I’ve found you still need about 200oz-in torque to hold the little wheels at speed. I can’t imagine an ebuggy or nitro on carpet, we would need way more Servo then!