Sorry if my previous comment(s) were found to be offensive. Such was certainly not my intent. Anyway, a few of the recent posts reminded me of a phrase that my buddies used way back when we were all in our late teens and early twenties and we spent every dime that we could earn on our muscle cars. We'd joke to each other "if you can control it, then it still doesn't have enough power". That collective mentality cost us all a whole lot of money and we tore up a lot of motor parts trying to make "enough power". Well, Improved technology and equipment has pushed 1/12th mod across the line of controllability for most guys, even those with plenty of experience but with less than superhuman reflexes and driving skills. For the sake of close, exciting, attainable, and enjoyable mod racing among more that just a very small (and shrinking) handful of elite drivers, it would make sense to at least try dialing back some on the available power. That's really the point that I was trying to make. When an experienced, dedicated, and accomplished racer runs way off the pace even at his best and he DNFs 2 out of 3 runs, then that just might indicate that having too much power is not beneficial. How far back to dial the power and how to achieve a cap on it, well those are topics for open discussion and\or experimentation. The current suggestion of running blinky 6.5s does seem like a reasonable place to start.......especially since that is what the euros have already decided to experiment with. Or - Going with a 2cell battery and a milder motor (TBD) also seems like an approach with some merit to it, and that is the route that seems to be gaining momentum in Asia. It seems that we in the US do tend to be more set in our ways. It is worth noting though that Mr Cyrul (one of the superhumans who can actually exploit nearly unlimited power) has expressed his regret that mod 1/12th is not as close, competitive, and exciting as it used to be. Improving the racing should be the goal, and slowing the mod cars to more manageable speeds should help us move towards that goal.