Traxxas Ford GT Project

I bought the 4-TEC Ford GT on a whim.  I was at my local hobby store buying parts for some scale trail rig or another and the first shipment of the GT had just come in.  At this point, I had never owned a touring car and I figured an RTR was a good place to start.  I was right.  While not necessarily any faster than some of my off road trucks, a purpose built on road car handles totally differently.  For one thing, you don't have to worry about it flipping over.  Turns are much tighter and quicker, and acceleration and braking are sharper.  This is an AWD, shaft driven car with four wheel double wishbone suspension.  The stock power system is a brushed Titan 550 12 turn motor.  The model does not come with a battery, but a 7-cell NiMH from a Slash is what I used.  The car is plenty fast for the street in front of my house, and it makes a lovely high pitched screaming noise almost like a real V-12.  The body is really well done and quite scale accurate, although mine quickly picked up a couple of holes from the teeth of my dog.   The sound drives him crazy.