B-MAX4 III saddles or shorty?
 

After a year away from competitive off-road racing, I'm preparing to get back into it again in time for the BRCA Regionals and will be buying a B-MAX4 III as my 4WD.

What's the verdict re saddles vs shorty? My winter racing is indoors on carpet and "summer" is mainly astro.

The lightweight chassis allows both. On more slippery surfaces some people want more weight in the back, thus running saddles. I personally run shorty, because we don't race on slippery surfaces around here and it gives me enough runtime.

Balance of the car is good with each layout.

I run alot of slippy tracks and so prefer the additional weight of the saddle car. weight bias / balance between the two layouts is the same, just a 200-300g saving in weight.
sounds like you are running high grip so in theory go for the shorty setup.

What Neil said, in theory.

I also bought the LW chassis kit though not sure if I'll ever get around to converting, probably should try since I have 2 shorties. I was also told shorties less important in mod, but flies better prob due to less weight which makes sense.

All reasonable answers.

That matches with my thoughts - shorty was the way I was leaning towards. And that configuration would also allow me to position any additional weight where I want it in the car, rather than it being there in a default position via the saddles.

What's the standard weight of the car (ready to run) with saddles / shorty? I know there'll be some variation depending on the specific equipment installed, but just want to get a guide.

My intention is to run the B-MAX4 III in 4WD and YZ-2 in 2WD, and share LiPos across each rather than having to run shorty in one and saddles in the other.