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My Story:

I've been involved in the R/C Hobby for over 10 years. Since that time I've owned many R/C cars/trucks from the famous Sears Lobo II, Kyosho Maxxum, Nitro Brute, Losi's Junior2, Nitro Hawk, Serpent Impact, Traxxas 4-Tec, Nitro 4-Tec , Ofna Nitro OB4 and a Traxxas Rustler/Stampede.  I also have a large collection of Electric and Nitro R/C boats. Now back to the topic for this web page. Racing!!! I consider myself a racer on a budget and tend to modify and replace only those parts that keep me from finishing a race. I don't believe in converting the car into an aluminum behemoth as an excuse for not learning how to drive around the track without making a hole in the wall. I Hope you enjoyed this site as much as I have enjoyed building it.

My Mission:

Note: Most of the info on this page I've learned the hard way, some I picked up while exchanging info on the net. The important things is I don't recommend anything unless I have tried it myself -folks, I foot the bill for your R&D. You can't get it any better. Many of the tips are extensions of the common sense rules that govern the physical world we and our models live in -like Dynamic/Static concepts et. Most of the things here are common sense oriented. If we only used more common sense at the track we would spend less money on the shiny aluminum junk and invest in tires, shock oils, springs and experimenting. We would all be better and wealthier R/C drivers. My .02

PS: I work as a Mechanical Engineer at the Research and Development center of a large HVAC Company. My job requires minute attention to detail in laying out test requirements, analyzing data and making decisions based on my training and design experience. Many, if not all of these are also true to the R/C side of me. There is always a way of making my car easier to drive. That's really the name of the game. With enough skill anyone can drive the worst setup possible and still come up front. I'm an average driver so with a superior setup I can prevail at the track. This really should be your primary focus.

More History:

When I first got into Nitro Touring car racing my car was "one with the wall" I was struggling to get the car around the track without re-arranging the track in the process. With a couple of chassis changes and a tire swap I was already in the middle of the pack. I've seen many newbies quit because their car was hard to drive, so they got a digital radio and a "race" engine and a new shinny body... And they crashed harder. They bought all the graphite this and aluminum that... and they crashed even harder. A couple of month's latter the not so "shinny" car had a for sale sign, at the Hobby Shop glass counter. -If only he had changed the tires.-

Don't let this be you! I hope that the information on this site has made your car easier to drive. If it has not, send me an e-mail -maybe I can still help.

Until next time.

Whoop some R/C butt !!!

Eric Perez