I.hear a million different answers about stick vs saddle that it doesn't help. I.run a 550 5.5 ballistic, rx8 with the fan all on.the left side. And then ran the stick pack, tried a 5000 mah and a 5300 mah to see if the weight helped. It still jumped like a top heavy rabbit. But when I put the factory team saddle pack conversion, brace, and vts slipper it was like a new truck. Maby its my driving style but I'm not much on set up but it was like night and day for me. Sucked right into turns, jumped straight and smoothe. Just my. 02