Originally Posted by
theclutch
Lap times vary from track to track. At my home track where typical is 16.x seconds, I can get 16.5 vs 17.0 using the Ultimate. The biggest difference is "punch" - being able to power out of a corner and being able to make or not make certain jumps.
Totally agree that C times or mah ratings cannot be trusted. This is why I always take baseline readings going back to the good old days when I used a Competition Electronics Turbo Matcher (anyone remember these?) to validate mah and avg voltage claims.
Yes, I know of the light bulb trick. Glad you're going to school for ME. I have a bachelors in ME, MS in EE (photovoltaics and battery technology) and MBA from Tier 1 schools (not to mention AA in Writing). Discharging the batteries at 40 Amps (or whatever higher) will not reveal a different qualitative result compared to what I have already done. It's still going to say that the SMC and Revtech will provide less punch than the Ultimate. They will not automagically get better just by discharging them at a higher amperage.
You don't know until you test it. I have tried the Orion 3200mah, and also a Trinity low profile pack.
They each display different characteristics when you push them, trust me, I have done the testing. Not on the same packs you are testing, but the same testing.
I'm just reporting what I have personally witnessed.