I ran a shorty sideways in front of the motor for the first time tonight. I liked it a bit better than the side saddle pack I had been running the past 3 weeks. I had to hack up the stock battery brace to make it work and put some foam in front of the battery to slide it in. Won the first 2 heats and got second the third heat. My track is high bite carpet and I have plenty of steering with carvers up front.