1p A123 in my buggy... Enough?

[jhautz]

I have a couple of the Dewalt (A123 M1) battery packs on the way to me and I am planning to build a 6s2p setup for my basher savage, but that will leave me with 8 cells left over. I recently switched the motor in my buggy to a smaller LMT1930/10 I got my hands on for experimentation just to see what a smaller high quality motor could do. I gotta say... In a buggy its still too much power on either 4s or 5s Lipo. At least more than I can control on a track.

Anyway... Back to my question. So I have these A123 cells comming and I was thinking about taking the 8 left over cells and making two 4s1p packs out of them to use in the buggy for racing. I'm thinking that the 2300mah pack would be enough for the 5 minute heat races. Probably even a 7 minute race.(which is all the club mains are going to be according to the owner of the new track). My question is. Do you think the cells will be able to handle the current in a 1p configuration? Will I have isues with battery heat? I know they are rated for 30C constant and 60C burst, but that just seems like it couldnt really be true. I'm actually kinda hoping it will work cuz last time out there I did a few laps with a 3 cell lipo and it was almost perfect as far as power (for me on the track anyway) Speed wise It was as almost fast as the nitros (but still way quicker acceleration), and I was in controll the whole time. Top end on the long straight was hurt by the low voltage, but it was so much easier to drive on the rest of the track, I got much faster lap times. I'm thinking that the 4s A123 will be somewhere in between the 3s and 4s lipos as far as power and thats just about what I'm looking for for now.

Anyone ever try a 1p configuration on the a123 cells? Would I have trouble with them getting hot. Looking for some input from someone who has actually run them in a 1p configuration.