Are we telling first bit stories again? Has it really been that long already, seems like we just did this yesterday.
Well I'll try to get it over with quicker this time.
Wanted a Microsizer, but it seemed like too much $$. Wanted a Zip Zap, there was none. Got a Cannonball, it blew chunks, end of story.
Then I was one of the lucky kiddies that got me a Zip zap for Christmas, better than a Canonnball, but slow as hell, even with the Cannonball motor, that what led me to the forums, and that's what led me to my first bit.
I got the bit just because the PCB could handle a 3.8. I went with a Bit Char-G over a Microsizer, because for $5 more I could get the Skyline set and have 2 extra bodies to paint. This car is still to this day, my best handling car, it still tracks perfectly straight with the steering adjuster centered, has the grippiest tires, and with the 3.8 I ordered with it, it was already too fast. It's always been my favorite micro.
I just restored it last month. I had repaired the back tab over and over, until it snapped all the way off. So it sat retired for a long time, almost a year. Last month, I made a brand new tab from scratch that is stronger than the stock one was. I pulled the 150mah cell, and put a Tomy cell, from a KITT Racer back in it, and included the gunmetal looking heatsink, since it fit with theme. I also put a Bit Char-G Motors pink endbell 3.8 in it, like it had originally. It had been FET modded somewhere along the line, so now it's even faster.
Here it is, my original bit, almost exactly the same as it stood 2 years ago.
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