dave,
I will have to do some testing again with the caps. For some reason all my caps now are 16V 480micro farad GOLD striped ones. This is only if you want to get really picky with your punch. You can alter the throttle curve and power delivery by altering the amount of voltage and capacity of the cap. In offroad and onroad I HATE punch it is less efficient and can cost you if you goose it and spin or goose it and miss your jump timing. So, in my book at least smoother is better. I have noticed that the 16v gold stripe caps have a consistent smooth power delivery, whereas the ones that come with the C2 and TC2 are somewhat jumpy(mine were 10v) and they also made me slower because it completely changed the characteristics of my run. The car would get up to about 1/4 throttle and then pitch sideways because the cap would be in the middle of its dumping process. For some reason the 16v caps seem to be more linear in their power. As for using the 480 farad cap, Again, in keeping with smoothness, I prefer to run a smaller cap rather than no cap just for runtime purposes. I have found that using the smaller size cap is more efficient. This is the only analogy that I can use to explain for the guys that dont follow. It has been my experience that a smaller glass of water will fill faster and empty quicker and smoother than a large glass of water, you also dont need that much water in the glass for what we are doing. I also tried out a 10K micro farad cap and that was ridiculous, the car had so much punch you could barely keep it on the track. Again, this is just my opinion, but I have found that the magic cap size for the Cyclone at least is 480micro farad and 16v(gold stripe)
Should I get into LRP products(I already have 2 v7.1's for my offroad cars just havent strapped em in yet)I will have to do this all over again. Using the LRP stuff is like having a string attached to the throttle on your car, I have never experienced a throttle that is so smooth and easy to get a "feel" for, that is why I am switching over. Novak products have been good to me but they arent helping me go any faster.
IKE