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I love old associated pan cars... bullet-proof.

nice, what size body is that? More pics would be great.

Thanks!

Sorry, you are looking at the only remaining pic. The body was bashed, duct taped, bashed and recycled. I know it was minimum 200, maybe 235 hpi. The rear wheels tucked behind a flared rear end if you bumped the body out over the worn nerfs.

what motor are you planning on running in it?

I got my first 10L runner almost ready, but have no idea what to use for a motor. I'm going to use a brushless system in it, but if I had an idea of even what brushed motor, it would give me a starting point.

vintage AE wrote:what motor are you planning on running in it?

I got my first 10L runner almost ready, but have no idea what to use for a motor. I'm going to use a brushless system in it, but if I had an idea of even what brushed motor, it would give me a starting point.

I run the pan cars with a variety of motors, the fastest being a 9t single reedy ti. You will have a blast with a stock motor, trust me. Figure out how to set up the car and make it stick with a stock motor and work your way up. If you go this route you will find that you learn how to drive the car. I promise you will not learn anything if your first pan car run is brushless, or modified brush, for that matter.

If you are just having fun in the street, swap out tires or you will be replacing softer compounds in a hurry. I prefer dual stage fronts as the fronts tend to wear quickly. I also prefer the original front arms over the dynamic front end as I have yet to break one. One good shot on the dynamic and you are buying parts. I add a mixture of baking soda and crazy glue to fill the void in the riser on the original arms. I have not broken an original arm with or without the glue trick.

I was amazed to see 12th scale pan cars run brushless on a prepared asphalt track. Pan cars, 10th and 12th scale, are just plain crazy fast. To put it into perspective, I plan to go brushless for my buggies but honestly do not see the need in my pan cars. I would venture to say that I am very close to 40 mph with the 9t reedy and heavy nimh batteries, maybe a little faster with lighter matched nicd. I can pass cars at will that travel through the neighborhood at 30 mph. That is with a 81x16 48 combo. The novak cyclone and reedy are barely warm when I'm done with a run. All that to say I can put taller gears on and go a little faster

Use a 17.5, 13.5, or 10.5 turns, depending on the track size (17.5 or 23.5 if not running on a track). With a 10.5 you should be able to hit 60 mph with ease, but you'll need a good body (e.g. Corally/Protoform Nissan P-35).