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i am interested in getting input on the hpi sprint2 sport 1969 camaro looks like VTA in a box just swap 20 turn brushed motor for a 27 turn brushed add tires and voila VTA car for $200 bucks will this thing be able to compete with a tc4 or tc5 just seemed to good to be true so i thought i would ask for some advice from you folks thanx in advance

i think the sprint 2 is a low cost entry level touring car, which is not a problem....it has enough tunability, and has ball bearings, and gear diffs.....and can be upgraded as necessary.....

I don't think you would be totally outclassed running against a tc3 or tc4, provided you are a good driver, or of the same caliber of driver as everyone else running with you.....

if you are interested in running against a tc3 or tc4, you can pick them up quite easily used on ebay and usually with a lot of hop-ups already installed....

I had a great summer of racing with my Sprint 2. I bought it off a racing buddy halfway through the summer, and have loved it ever since! I ran it in our GT2 class, which is brushless 21.5 TC class.
I found the car to be very low maintenance ...no broken parts or any problems with it for the months I ran it this summer. (and I found it handled better than both the Xray 007 and Tamiya TA05 I ran the with the same motor/battery setup)
It would make a dynamite VTA car. I'm pretty sure parts are still easily bought for the Sprint. (like I said, I never broke any parts )
You can see some body-off shots on this page of my blog:
http://tsanrc.blogspot.com/2010/09/sprint-2-spool.html
Here's a video of me running it at the 'FastCats Depot' parking lot series in Toronto. It's the blue and white w/black stripes that starts in position 2:
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Oh, and FYI, the spool came out after one day's racing. I hated it.

Yours was the sharpest-looking car.

Coelacanth wrote:Yours was the sharpest-looking car.

I can't take credit for that... it was painted by the guy I bought the car from. (all I did was add the black stripes)

If you want. I have a 68 camaro body, NIP with all decals, everything. I wish I saw this a few days ago. I just sold my HPI RS4 Pro3 VTA racer on ebay. P2K2 motor, Losi lipo esc. I would've offered it to you.

Here's the body



This was my VTA (3 kids make racing very hard to do LOL)

i really like the sprint it has the proper body i think the rims and tires will be legal to run locally as well i am getting one will keep you posted om how it does thanx for the replies

its just as competetive as the high dollar cars just set it up right .it has a lot to do with the driver.i have a nitro rs4 racer 2.i am just as competitive as the other higher priced cars.just takes a little more to set it up.

I love mine...

I use it for drifting though. Here some shots of it...

love that pontiac ,looks really hot.

Wow! That Firebird body is awesome! Who makes it?

tsan wrote:Wow! That Firebird body is awesome! Who makes it?

its a RC Car Kings part. Great looking car
http://rccarkings.net/bodies.htm

SFC K wrote:I love mine...

I use it for drifting though. Here some shots of it...

SWEET.

Wasn't your car in Car Action awhile back?

Yep, it sure was! Thanks guys for the comments... I got some window tint from a friend of mine. going to darken the windows a bit...