Advice on a TC02C Please

[Ashlandchris]

I have recently returned to RC and have bought my son (8) a Jekyll to give him a taste of driving / racing an RC car. So that we can "play" together I have picked up a 2nd hand TC02C which has come with some electrics already installed - a Team Orion Vortex R10 ESC as well as a 14T Team Orion Neon Sensorless motor.
I already have an LRP Sphere ESC and a Novak 6.5T sensored motor that I was given. I'm told they work, but not tested yet as I've had nothing to put them in.

Which would you advise? Will a TC02C take the faster motor?

[Legacy555]

TC02C will take the 6.5 no problem, but it will be a bit of an animal....

[Ashlandchris]

Presumably I could drop the max output on my transmitter to reduce top speed or will it be the acceleration etc that will make it hard to handle?

[Bluestreak]

A 6.5 will take off like a scalded cat! and may make punching out of corners tricky if you're relatively new (you could loosen the slipper to calm this down).

My H2 has a 9t brushless and causes me plenty of problems with it's speed so I'm thinking of putting my 13t brushless back in until my skills improve.

[Kusal]

I have a 10,5 with turbo and timing and it is as fast as the others, just more manageable in the infield.
I would only use a 6,5 in a 4*4 (but that is me)

[adey]

I run with a 10.5 with timing and its a rocket and very good on the sections with less traction. Nobody believes its a 10.5. It's a team powers 10.5 and I have 3 of them. I don't need a 6.5 in a 2wd for where I race.