I'll say this much. I paint bodies for quite a few pros and it's all about sponserships that's it....
I ran LIPO once that was it for me and NIMH.. I even sold my 1/12 until there's a lipo solution for that. It's nice to have a pack that's 8 months old and I can win an A-Main with (you didn't see that with NIMH) and if you think it was a regular club A-Main the guy who finished second has made the main at the Reedy race twice in very recent years.