Originally Posted by Team Lotus

I plan on getting a SMC 1 cell 25c lipo for a new pan car class at our local track and I want to know just how necessary these boosters are that you all are talking about? I was under the impression that a 1 cell lipo would provide similar performance to a 4 cell nimh pack; and that is without using a booster for the lipo pack! Am I wrong? Please help!

I just don't want to go and spend another $40-50 on top of the price of the lipo pack to get decent performance.

Or is this yet another case of racers using boosters because they are never satisfied and always want to go as fast as possible and if they don't have one and someone else does then they are at a disadvantage! I'm not interested in ballistic speeds, just decent performance.

Why not have a class where boosters are not allowed?