Little about my interests in the hobby in general. I like high power helis and just about any ground vehicle. I have two tracks within 15 minutes from my house that I use my losi 8ight 2.0 highly modded on and really enjoy the buggy the most out of all my rc collection. I am actually paying to have a medium sized track built at my house for it because of the enjoyment I get out of it. I have the equipment for upkeep so rather than do it all by myself, my best friend and general contractor of my home addition will be building the track for his costs and time.
Ok so on to why I am here in the large scale forums! I was very very close to pulling the trigger on a HPI Baja SS 30.5 for a pretty good price with a ton of hop ups until I was introduced to FG series vehicles. What I am looking for is a buggy that will be very very quick! I don't really care about 60-80mph top speeds but want the grunt to get around a track with the squeeze of the throttle.
From what I've been able to read HPI and FG run very similar stock engines, but what I cant seem to find is their speeds. There is the obvious price difference between the two brands which I am sure is worth it as far as build quality. But then goes the drawback! I'm not affraid of spending money on hopups to increase the quality of the vehicle. Two wheel drive vs 4wd are apples to oranges comparrisons. I'm looking for a instant throttle response application with well rounded handling whether it be stock or upgrades. Are there any setups for this type of application which would merrit buying one brand over the other?
Now for those that skimmed to the bottom. If the goal was to have a 1/5-1/6 scale buggy to perform at extremes on a medium track (longest straight=35-40 yds) what would you do? Build a HPI baja and use low gears plus $1,000-$1,500 in other upgrades, or buy a FG buggy in the $1800-$2500 range then throw more money at trying to achieve the high torque medium speed buggy?
Sorry for the rambling but have been into smaller scales and don't really know much other than what I have seen on utube and searches over the past few days.
Ok so on to why I am here in the large scale forums! I was very very close to pulling the trigger on a HPI Baja SS 30.5 for a pretty good price with a ton of hop ups until I was introduced to FG series vehicles. What I am looking for is a buggy that will be very very quick! I don't really care about 60-80mph top speeds but want the grunt to get around a track with the squeeze of the throttle.
From what I've been able to read HPI and FG run very similar stock engines, but what I cant seem to find is their speeds. There is the obvious price difference between the two brands which I am sure is worth it as far as build quality. But then goes the drawback! I'm not affraid of spending money on hopups to increase the quality of the vehicle. Two wheel drive vs 4wd are apples to oranges comparrisons. I'm looking for a instant throttle response application with well rounded handling whether it be stock or upgrades. Are there any setups for this type of application which would merrit buying one brand over the other?
Now for those that skimmed to the bottom. If the goal was to have a 1/5-1/6 scale buggy to perform at extremes on a medium track (longest straight=35-40 yds) what would you do? Build a HPI baja and use low gears plus $1,000-$1,500 in other upgrades, or buy a FG buggy in the $1800-$2500 range then throw more money at trying to achieve the high torque medium speed buggy?
Sorry for the rambling but have been into smaller scales and don't really know much other than what I have seen on utube and searches over the past few days.
