Advice for a guy that hasn't raced cars for a long time.

[Alfonzo]

Chef, these new fangled Lipo's are a whole big improvement over the old Nicad / Nimh business. Brushless motors are awesome too. Way less maintenance, way more power. In fact far more than the average driver can tame fully. Hence the bizarre situation where people are now bolting bits of brass and lead into the cars to calm them down!