Roog
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Man, nowadays nitro and gas don’t compare to electrics. Some people will keep their nitro/gas, but you should get an electric. I suggest a 4WD SCT.
My plan is to build a tethered race car using the Mardave suspension, gear box and engine and bits that I have, I was going to build an electric powered car from scratch, because I’m an electronics/electrical engineer and it fits my discipline.
However, everyone else in the club run vintage diesels/compression ignition so when the Marauder came my way I had to think hard about using a glow engine. But going with the ICE seemed more in the spirit of the vintage vibe, club activity, blood, sweat and tears etc, and electric might have looked like I was cheating!
Incidentally I’m not sure if there is a standard for electric tethered cars?
I am looking to build something that looks like the lotus 49 shown here: https://www.onthewire.co.uk/betney2.htm
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