I have several questions that I hope some of you can answer. How many runs can a graphite car make before it starts to decline speed-wise? Same question for an oil car. Do you guys who are in the racing league recycle your axles, wheels, and bodies? If so, how many races do you expect to get out of each (wheels, axles). I guess I am wondering if you have to buy new stuff every single time. I am interested in the racing league, but not sure how often I'd be able to change components out.
How many runs?
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wheels are the only thing that doesnt last..they start to slow after few races and depends how much testing you do with them and how smooth your test track is
Graphite is totally different than oil. Graphite you'll start to see a decline after 12 runs, depending on wheel prep and graphite that was used. Oil, you'll get at least 100 runs easy. Like TRE said, you'll see wheels wear out before anything else, but that's a ton of runs. To league race you wont have to continue to buy sets and sets of wheels and axles. If you have a good set of axles that were prepped well, Id continue to use them time and time again without a thought. Id clean them and re-apply jig or another spray to them after each race, but that's it. If you have a good set of wheels and axles, that car will be good to go for many races. I wouldn't throw away a body unless I made a mistake on it.
Yes Jay, you're set for a long time... Unless you turn into Benji. Then you never can have enough.
