Originally Posted by eforer
At a club level where traction is lower you burn through tires soooo fast in mod its ridiculous. The batteries are annhilitated after relatively few runs and small mistakes result in instant breakage. With alot of the brush combos in mod you are cutting and rebrushing every run at a club level just to keep the comm from gumming up. There is no way running mod is ever more economical than running stock.
Yes, tires can burn off the goodness pretty quick, but if you setup the car for the worn tires, then the wear isn't that big a deal. Who told you the batteries are annhilitated after a short period? I've seen an AE driver set a track record with Panasonic 3000's this spring. Yes, you have to cut the comm every run, but atleast you don't have to rebrush. And if you need to run super high power brushes, then maybe you could run longer wear brushes and go down a turn or two.