Moi,

What class should I sign up with a 1:18 sized car? First race ever, so I'm not really planning to win :-)
And where would I buy a transponder?

LOL I'm just slightly p*ssed off and decided to keep this conversation to myself :-)

yes...

I would even be willing to spend quite a bit of money at my local hobby store. But with 199 % of international price, not gonna happen. Mail order it is...

edit never mind dumb question.

hmmm....
seems to be harder than anticipated. Reason for LiPo is that I've got plenty of heli batteries I would have liked to reuse. Oh well...
Maybe I'll just stick with brushed, get some NiMH packs and learn to drive 

Moi,

I'm planning to get an Xray M18 (the "perusmalli", Pro or LiPo, not yet decided) and set it up for brushless with LiPo.
Could anybody kindly give me a link to a setup that works? It is surprisingly difficult to even find a motor where I'm certain that it fits.
There is plenty of info on the web, but mostly on stuff that I'd have to order from abroad.
What I'd need is:
- Motor
- ESC
- LiPo (2s/3s, mAh)
- pinion