Blah Blah Blah .....well mine's bigger than yours !!

ahhhh so thats why u will go past me with a tekin ill have a 21.5 in my car !! now it makes sense !

my new sss stock spec is on its way !

That's great mounty you must be loaded

Me_MrTyson, (Alex),

I believe Speed Passion are working on new software which they are using in the 2.1, will be backward compatible with the GT2. I am waiting to see how this pans out.

The other speedie which is getting an update is the ORCA, which I am getting mine up graded at TITC. Hopefully I will get to test it when I get home, after all the others have sorted out settings.

I still find my Tekin is the speedie of choice for 17.5. I have only tried the Tekin motor, yet to try another brand, though I do have a Duo 2 which I should test.

I do agree though if you can't setup your car or drive then having the fastest combination is not going to help you.

However " Doesn't speed make up for some inconsistancy "

Later,

Calvin.

Is that "class" or "ar$e" ??

Possibly a bit of both. Seen it happen heaps of times at Windsor of all places.

I'm pretty sure if the tekin was as good for lower turn spec racing as it is for 17.5 you would have seen them at ets. Those guys don't mess around

A lot of those guys in the A and B finals are also locked into sponsorship deals as well, so its not as easy as jumping into the latest and greatest.

I read through the Snowbirds thread and Jason Schreffler who won the 13.5 TC rubber said that all the speedies were the same in the low to mid power stakes but the Tekin had it in the high speed areas. On tracks like the Birds and also ETS tracks they are too small to allow the Tekin to stretch it's legs and he made a comment to that effect.

It will be interesting to hear the opinions of the Aussie guys who go over to the TITC as the straight there looks long. At the birds and similar tracks they are doing 10 - 11 second laps, thats like running a race around the coffee table in my loungeroom lol.

I remember reading the 3rd fastest dude in ETS practice was going to switch from an SPX to a GT2.1 for qualifying so obviously he didn't have a speedo sponsor. I'm not arguing for one speedo or the other, but anyone who reckons the tekin is gonna be at the top for very long is kidding themselves, and software updates wont help when the hardware has moved on

So is the SXX new hardware or simply a software upgrade like it was when they moved up to SPX?

Ha Craig there is talk that the tekin
my only have one more upgrade left in it
but I for sure will buy another as this

Speedy has out lasted 3 lrp / speed passion
speedies

So that $200 or $1200 in lrp terms

This debate shall go on for ages

I agree with McPrez and even B4James

It is always going to be about personal preference, setup, gearing but more important cost.

Some people can afford to keep up, some cannot.

There is a big stat there $1200.00 for LRP over the same life cycle Tekin did.

Ultimately Tekin biz model said get 1 ESC, software upgradeable, which will allow Timing Boost and Turbo. Each software upgrade they worked out how to make that work in different forms.. Be it time delay on turbo etc etc

Personally my Tekin blew up in it first run.. That is not saying it is sh!t or bad it could have just setup I have to give them there customer service is first rate.

LRP keep it simple, there software is from the old world of thinking keeping it simple.. There is no software upgrades at the moment. However the feel is always the same want some more power or less the power. Few click here and there all done and you are back on the track going wow what great brakes.

Again this could be the speedy of the hour.. Until Speed Passion Gt2.1 comes along and slaps them both in the face who knows tracks all over the world shall find this out.

As for a comment of “On tracks like the Birds and also ETS tracks they are too small to allow the Tekin to stretch it's legs”

It seems strange to me the top drivers in the world cannot work out how to get most of a speedy they are given, maybe they can lend the setup from someone in Oz who said his 17.5 was as quick as a 10.5

I believe the SXX TC spec, and SXX stock spec are the same hardware wise, but different software. I'm currently looking into a way of transferring the software over... It is feasible, just will take a bit of mucking around.

I've been LRP all along, and will probably stay that way, but I must say that there is a lot of argument in switching to the Tekin. Not because it is faster (because I think that entirely depends on the track / driver style) but because of how much cheaper it is. RS Pro are around $250 to buy in Aus. LRP are around $450. Then there is software updates..

Funnily enough though, they are almost the same price ($210 RS Pro - $230 SXX SS) overseas.. just a couple of dollars different....

Not really. The Tekin was never a TC spec competitor (i.e. low turn mod speedo), and it didn't really get competitive with the SPX until recently. As for SP, they released the 2.0 just after the SPX and again it was aimed at the mod market where it remains one of the top speedos. The 2.1 will be their first spec speedo and its software is compatible with the 2.0 so it will outlast the tekin if that is due for an upgrade soon.

Like I said, I'm not arguing for one brand or another, but there seems to be a lot of tekin fan boys on here that think their speedos will be competitive forever. It is good to see a brand with such great customer support though, from what I read they may just be the best in the business so hopefully the other guys catch up there too.

FYI I like buying new speedos. New toys are exciting and I like to solder

I think the reason the Tekin wasn't really a factor until recently was more a matter of availability... there certainly seems to be nothing wrong with the specs and the software can work for any motor...

SP have been promising a software upgradable ESC since 1.1 and it still hasn't happened... I even have an email somewhere from SP support saying the USB box was on the way... that was nearly 3 years ago... so I won't be celebrating until I can hold one in my hands