What is minimum weight for tcs races? My M05 is 1302 with a full size gens ace 7000mah pack.

TCS minimum weight is 1300 grams.

I have never seen a shorty "round" pack.


Wow! That's pretty light with a full size LiPo. Looking at my car, I can't imagine where else I could shave that much weight.

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I got mine down to 1295, added weight to get it back up to 1301 where i am at now. I put the extra weight in the front plastic bumper piece.

-got there by finding a light shorty pack battery, and using all the lightweight Tamiya parts, etc..

Sweet.

I can get my mini to around 1215g if the paint is extra thick.

My mini is about 1195g when I pull the lead off it, with a shorty battery.

My M03 is 1050g with shorty, ready to race!

Lots of lead in mine to reach 1300grams(nimh era rule) 1180grams for lipo minis would be great....

Love the minis!

M03 with a shorty? Do tell! How much of a hole did you have to cut? I've tried this on one car, but figured the amount I had to remove weakened it too much.

They actually handle better with the extra weight. The Australian rules stick with 1330g specifically to encourage inexperienced drivers to run with a better handling car, and quite a few take it a bit further and pack on the weight to bring it up around 1400g.

Correct, most of my cars are around 1400.

Last weekend I was behind Jason, "the Champ", in the TCS tech line. His car was 1385g, mine was 1325g, he wooped me by half a lap.