[lincpimp]

I am currently running a novah hv 6.5, with a MM on 3s lipo. I had a maxamps 4200 pack, and it puffed first run. Kind of disappointing, as I had a 15t pinion in it, and it was not that fast.

Having changed almost every vehicle over to 5s, and recently making a few 8s trucks, I can say that going back to 3s sucks. I would almost say that if you can, go to 5s lipo and an 1800kv-2000kv motor. Gear it for 45mph, and the performance will be great!

I have a LS10, which is almost identical size/weight to the .5 with the ext chassis and truck tires. I ran a hacker c50 14l on 3000 5s lipo thru a quark 65 and it was ridiculous.

I am sure just stepping up to the 4s and lower kv will make a huge difference. 3s just seems to run at the edge of what most appropriately sized batts can provide. I plan to run a 5000 neuenergy 3s 25c pack in my .5, but need to move some stuff around. Then I will gear up to a 17t pinion, as the 15t is a bit slow, but that may be my 2100 3s maxamps packs (2 wired in parallel) dropping voltage under load.