Originally Posted by
timmay70
Chassis MFGs will reduce the mass of their components as soon as the weight limits are lowered. Speeds will be faster, components will still break just as easily. No gain.
Speed is irrelevant. The hobby will self adjust and keep the speeds lower just like pan cars going to 4-cell years back. The speeds picked up so the number of cells was lowered to keep the speeds low for Stock racing. Now that some pan car racers are wanting to use LiPO, reducing the voltage is not really an option. So finding a lower power motor with Ideal rpm range is the logical solution.
If Pan cars ended up running a smaller motor, it will be a matter of time before sedans make the switch. The speeds for stock are already excessive for new racers
Be optimistic... Smaller motors, batteries, and speed controllers can make for cheaper racing by hundreds of dolllars. Also, the chassis design can be more compact since there is less total mass and volume of material