Unfortunately no action shots of car. I managed to run a couple battery packs through on a practice day on a small indoor high bite clay track.
The day started with a kid who worked at the hobby shop oddly looking at the rear suspension and saying "that thing will never turn". I just smiled and said don't be so sure, even cars in 1989 made turns
Sufficed it to say it does turn and quite well. I am the limiting factor as 2wd buggy is not easy for this guy. I had a 13.5 brushless which was simply too much for me. I need to go down to 17.5, especially on this smaller track. I ran a 25pinion with the 84 spur and it felt very smooth.
With Gold Barcodes the car actually was well planted, turned well, and had great traction. Surprising how much grip actually and no push like I would have expected. No mechanical issues at all after a couple break in laps I retightened the diff and it stayed that way and feels great with the ceramic balls. It flies in the air very tail happy so I need to work on that and get quicker at adjusting the nose in the air. Not a lot of good places for weight up front.
The few clean laps I turned you would have had no idea this car was not a modern ride. After I ran a a couple times many people showed interest yet only a couple people had a clue what it was and the crowd varied from young to old. I had a couple clean laps with an RC10B4 and again to me it could have been a new car hanging right in there.
I don't think I can win the worlds but today did give me the confidence to stay after this one and campaign it a bit but it will be in 2wd stock.
The spring combo I am running orange in front and green in back feels pretty well sorted but I actually may stiffen the rear a bit more, I seem to be smacking bottom to easy.
Anyways, all in all this car could hang in the right hands I am certain after today.
As a side my new XXX-sct was so well sorted right out of the box I could not believe it. It made me look like a much better driver than I am to the point people were checking out my set up and I was laughing thinking I just took it out of the box last night.