[marzac2]

If you are loosing time in small rut sections, that points very critically towards your heavy oil set-up. Go down to the levels of Drake's standard or Thunder Alley set-up sheet at Losi.com. If this doesn't help and you want to get faster... drop all that unnecessary weight. The motor and battery are, as you pointed out, way heavy for a racing set-up. Check out the Tekno Lektron motor for the lightest option out there. Also if your still having problems in the ruts, check your sway bars and see if you can get away with running a lighter one. If you are still looking for tuning in the ruts after that, start getting critical with your shock rebound settings. For your track, I would run 75% rebound in front and 25% in rear.