At my local track the Tamiyas are almost non existant. It's basically me and 1 other guy who comes once a month to run Tamiyas, then everyone else does Xray. I have to drive far or order online to get Tamiya parts, while Xray is available close by. I did notice the price is a bit high for parts, but not that much worse than Tamiya hop ups, plus I noticed there are aftermarket options (Spec-R, 3Racing, etc).
I'm almost ready to buy it and use my Novak setup, but I have one last question. The guys at the track were telling me about the different versions so I went online and researched. It looks like there was a T3 that came in two options, rubber or foam, but it has been replaced by the Xray T3 'Spec' - is this correct? I plan on racing on asphalt in the stock 17.5 class, so I'm assuming the newer Spec T3 is the one to get? Or should I be looking for one of the other editions?
Thanks for all the help guys...great forum!