Hi Alan,
I have never experienced damage to my lipos by overamping them. I use only Trakpower lipo's for my B4, and T2'007 and T2R. No damage there yet. I've been with these 3 packs for a year and a half. I always balance charge these packs.
I use the Schulze Next Generation Charger for my charging/discharging/balancing/repairing purposes so it eliminates the use of a batt conditioner and other gadgets such as a discharger and what not. The charger is great and I would say that Shculze chargers are the future of batt charging tech. Apart from that, what I understand is that schulze esc's are smart enough to not over amp your lipos cos it can only draw so much power from the pack at a max peak power draw but at the same time studying the power requirements from the brushless power plant giving it the power that it needs when it needs it. A little complicated but the Schulze esc's protect my lipos time in time out. I use the top of the line future so as to not risk damaging my lipos.
I only overgear my Buggies but not my touring cars cos I believe that I believe that ratio and correct gearing for on-road is so very crucial. Otherwise you wont get optimum performance.
For off-road, I over gear for extra punch and torque for jumps and acceleration. Never failed me so far where batt packs are concerned. Mind you I have had these packs for a long time. Well I guess its how you manage your lipos and cells. ;-)
5300 BASIC LMT's are great for touring cars but not enough torque for off road though the power spectrum is wide. I use 5300's for my xrays and 4200's for my associated b4, b44 and 501x more than enough for off road often overtaking nitros with no effort at all coupled with lipos. Fly!!
Cheers Alan! :-)
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