Originally Posted by
racer1812
I'm just about as AE as you can get BUT if you're the guy who wants to put a truck together and just drive it, this truck MIGHT not be for you. The Losi owners I race with all say that the Losi is simple stupid and good right out of the box. The AE truck IMO isn't, you really need to have some set-up knowledge and be willing to put in the time to find a set-up that works on your track. If you can do that then this truck can be as good or better than the others. If not, then it won't be and you will be disappointed...IMO
This is probably true. I don't feel I'm any type of tuning expert, but I was able to dial my rig in for my local track pretty quickly and without much practice or many changes. I guess that just comes with knowing the track and what the rig needs to do to get around it cleanly.
I wish I had more than the handful of 4wd SC guys to race and compare track times with, but I don't. My heats today consisted of myself and two others with Slash 4wd's.
But I am right on pace with the 1/8 truggies and just barely slower than the 1/8 buggies. I run my 1/8 buggy about two seconds quicker on average per lap, mostly due to how much better it handles the huge bumps/ruts and because I can clear all the really large jumps, which shaves off a lot of time.