Acceleration & Speed_ Acceleration is often limited to the tires chosen and their amount of grip, but even with levels pushing into the slick tire zone, the buggy always felt confident and lifted the tires as much as the slipper allowed. The 2-pad slipper is easy to adjust, and small turns of the wrench help fine-tune the amount of wheel spin or lifting of the front end. The layback transmission helps the tires at the back to bite, and the buggy felt snappy and quick. Sure, it’s only rear-wheel drive, so 4WD buggies will out accelerate it; but compared with others in its class, it’s tough to beat. However, the shortening of this new chassis does help it rotate through the corners, and that’s where races are won, but straight-line speed is often a bit twitchy and causes some white-knuckling. Rating: 9/9 Braking_ 2WD buggies are notoriously temperamental under brakes, but this buggy strikes a balance of steering and sliding that can be used to advantage when driven with talented hands. This characteristic needs some experience and finesse and can be assisted by adjusting brakes electronically. But this may relegate the buggy to an exclusive club, and those new to driving a 2WD buggy will need to put in some practice time or face snap hooks. Rating: 7 Low-Speed Handling_ Laydown transmission set-ups help to move the weight bias forward along with keeping mass low, and the B6.1D can be tuned to adjust this. The kit includes a “Layback” transmission, which seems perfect for most clay tracks. This combined with the ability to raise or lower the differential, the inclusion of the new 67mm bones with joints further out in the rear hubs, along with +1 steering-block arms up front, a shortened chassis, and other items, mean it gets through the corners faster than ever and still keeps rear grip while doing it. Long gone are the days of grabbing brakes, sliding it, squaring up, and accelerating out. This buggy wants to be driven through the corners like a touring car, and it makes short work of the technical low-speed stuff. Rating: 10 High-Speed Handling_ The shortening of the chassis does have an affect on stability, but TESTED 84 WWW.VRCMAG.COM We tested on slow pitch dirt.
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