The comparison between lipo and 4 cell will arise when they are run together. Low wind motors and 4 cell will beat up on 17.5 or 13.5 lipo car. I definately want to see lipo work well because i think it will help the class. It is tough though being that TC and offroad already run 6 cell so the cars dont suffer as much being they are designed to run with that kind of voltage. The transition for them was much easier. Pan cars havent been designed to run 6 cell with todays motors. They already dont have enough weight behind them to plant the car. If people are willing to buy Pan car specific motors then running a 17.5 or 21.5 will work great. We will still need to weight them to a similar weight of 4 cell for them to work good.