what i've learn

stock mini-z's are fun as hell, you dont even need to have heavily hopped up cars to have fun racing with mini-z. my MR02's are both heavily hopped up, and have pretty much everything hopped up. recently i got a MR015 Mini Cooper S, and decided to leave it stock for a while and slowly hop it up as i run it on my track (being built). after letting the ozite set, and flatten, i couldnt handle the temptation, and broke out the cooper for a spin. after running it, i can honestly say, it only needs a few very inexpensive hop ups to be a great racer; ball bearings ($10~), carbon fibre H-plate ($7~), and some heavy grease like tamiya's antiwear grease for the differential. for the time being, the standard tires that come with autoscales or ready sets is hooking up well enough on the ozite, and changing them wouldnt be necessary for a mini-z n00b like myself, but for more advanced mini-z'ers can probably benefit from different tires to fine tune the handling. ozite grips like a mo-fo!