Originally Posted by SteveL

I wish that I would have weighed the frt/rear balance before I made the conversion......after balancing side to side with 1.25oz of lead on the left side right behind the servo, I checked the frt/rear balance and find that it is 56%/44% which does not sound bad. Problem is that it was more than likely 35%/65% with the 4 cell pack. With the additional weight up front, it's like moving the batteries forward which I never did like. To offset the added frt end weight, I assume that you need to run stiffer front springs than normal to get the handling to be like it would be with the batteries back?

I'm also thinking that this set up will require a thicker dampening fluid in the tubes to counteract the extra weight out on the edges of the chassis. Make sense? But with the weight so outboard, the car will tend to transition slower once in a corner back to center which would dictate a lighter dampening fluid. Hmmmmmmmmmm. And potentially, I will need to go softer on the shock spring as well. Lots to learn here.

I do like the way that Ffejdat put his battery over the t-bar too! Nice job! I may just have to try that if my experimenting tomorrow does not work.