If he's got a TC that only holds them at each end they need to be sticks
New or older car, LIPO is so much easier to use for so many reasons (big LIPO fan after an initial sceptic). Even with the lighter (4 cell equivilent) lipo we still can 100g+ of lead to the front of the car so with 6 cell weight across the back I can only imagine how bad that on power understeer is.
So short answer is get lipo and some lead for front of car or keep 6 cells and get a LOT of lead for the front of the car