I really wanted to get shorties for my setup but considering i needed to get 3 packs to feel comfortable on race day, I went with $50 standard crc 5300mah 40c for 17.5. The car handles great and feels fast considering i have an old novak ss 17.5 but cant help but wonder what shorties will feel like.

I am going to try one of those packs, the price is right! I have been running Thunder Power 65c 3800 shorty packs for about a year with no issues. Very good batteries, but $80 a pop.

some guy at the track last night was talking trash about the turnigy batteries only because they're so inexpensive.
he overheard me talking to my buddy and said "you get what you pay for".
I've seen plenty of you guys giving them a good review and bigsquidrc (I think) did a shoot out with them and scored them in 2nd beating out batteries 2 and 3 times their price.

Yeah same C rating with more mAh will give you more punch. In stock i've found the short pack to be a lot better. In modified use either a long pack or a wolfpack. The wolf packs work really well because it's low profile and it's in between the weight of short and long pack.

I would have really liked to ask that guy how he came to his conclusion. Did he have one and find it inferior to a more expensive brand? Or was he just regurgitating what some other rocket scientist told him. To me thats like saying we should all buy a rb6 because it's $200 more than a b4.1, and you get what you pay for...

My criteria for a battery is:

Does it provide enough power throughout the cycle and provide decent run times?
Does it last for more than a couple of months without swelling or having a noticeable drop off in power?
Does the manufacture warranty the battery and answer the phone?

If a $5 battery met that criteria id buy them by the dozen.

Why do you need 3 packs for a race night. Do you leave your charger at home? assuming you have a charger you can do it with 1 pack but you would be busy 2 packs is probably ideal.

I have been racing my (1) 3400 35C wolf pack in stock and mod buggy with a 17.5. Burning less than 1000 mah in a 5 min heat with 4-5 warm up laps and 2-3 cool down laps makes it easy to top off before the next run.

That's 6 runs in a night, 5 min quals., 7 min mains, mod buggy ran last so I ran 5 min more with so little drop off.

Based on your criteria I bought the right battries, REEDY 5500's for my SCT and 4000 shorties for my B4.1

I've been running mine for nearly a year with no issues always balance out no sign of swelling plenty of power and run time. If they blew up in the garage tomorrow, Id by 4 more all over again! Money well spent.

Yeah that's the way to go the reedy batteries are nice. I've temped my short pack at 142 degrees. No puffing or anything.

i have a problem. im building my ft kit b4.1 and when i built the ball diff, the t nut is in the way of the cv axle from moving up and down. Its like its supposed to go in more but it is as tight as it will go. i attached a picture, any help would be appreciated. thanks

Make sure that you use a small wrench or tool to push it down while you tighten the other side.

PULL IT BACK OUT AND CHECK FOR FLASHING ON THE NUT AND MAKE SURE THERE IS NOTHING IN THE HOLE.

New lower price at Amain! $230 I wonder if the B4.2 is around the corner?

Make sure you put the nut/screw in the correct outdrive when building the diff.

lol, it was Kyle. I assume he bumped and used one charge. But the info was taken with a grain of salt.