I'm a man of action so I pulled the trigger today at my LHS. I try to support them as much as possible.

The 44.2 was $80 plus my used Slash
Tekin RS Pro 6.5 sensored system $289
Reedy Lipo Saddle 4700mah, 40C battery $90 ( I know I can do better for batteries)
Futaba R2104GF receiver $39.99 (Using a Futaba 4PL radio)

I have a Savox 1256 for now.

The local indoor track is clay and probably med. sized. Gridirons work well on SCT's. Any recommendation for tires and foams?

What batteries would you recommend aling with a source of supply.

Many thanks!

I've been using AKA closed cell on the front and back of my 44.2
Closed cell is great on drive wheels. I even use them on 2wd fronts. I'm on my third set of 4wd tires with the same foams.
I went with BK bars(indoor clay) but you may want to ask your local fast guys what they recommend for you track's tires

I myself along with some other locals have run both the big brands & Turnigy Nano-Tech lipos. For the money, the Nano-Techs can't be beat. A very good local racer took a blind battery test (someone else put the Nano-Tech's in his buggy, he had no idea what brand, mAh, C rating, etc) and he thought they were a big brand. Ever since I came back to the hobby, I refused to pay the insane mark-up on these batteries.

I just bought 2 new fresh 5100 mAh 65C (135 burst) saddle packs for a total of $76. Sit on the below page for a few minutes and a little side window will come up offering you an even cheaper price. I also run a shorty pack of this brand in my 2wd buggy. Take care of them like any other lipo, and they are very good.

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...arehouse_.html

Snap. I run the same thing. Ordered them 3 weeks ago, got them last week. I too will NOT pay the $$ the ask for on brand name crap. I don't see a bit of difference except bigger holes in my wallet.

For that price I picked up two of them. Thanks for the suggestion!

Has anyone noticed that after several runs of there B44.2 that the shocks go to full rebound? Does anyone have any fix for this so that from run-to-run the shocks stay consistent or is this normal?

Be certain you're checking out from the USA site on HobbyKing for those Turnigy Nano-Tech's. You'd probably notice the crazy shipping charges if you were inadvertently on the "global" site. USA warehouse is in SoCal. I got mine in just a few days after ordering.

Newly built shocks will need to be bled several times and a little more often at first. Did you try re-bleeding them with the shock shaft fully compressed ?

Is anyone willing to post their set up sheets?

That's the problem with the AE big bores they need to be bled every 2 runs no matter how new or old they are.

I've been digging these:
http://promatchracing.com/proddetail.php?prod=2S520050c

I've read numerous good reviews here on RCTech about the ProMatch lipos. Nice price too.

Thanks guys for the comments on the bleeding the shocks. I will start doing this to keep things consistent.

+1 on the Promatch packs. I've been running them for a while now and have had many races back to back in Triple A's will little time to charge and they keep getting better and better.

Mark

Has anybody used the brass washers from losi bb on the associated bb instead of the red o rings? And if so how well do they work

Check the AE big bore thread, I think I saw it mentioned there.