Isn't the gorillamaxx chassis kind of fragile and meant more for racing? I'd think if you wanted a bashable e-maxx to go with FLM all the way around, though getting to the durability and strength level of a stock 1/8th scale truck would be really expensive, you'd be better off just converting a nitro 1/8th IMO.

Nah, the Gorilla chassis are actually really strong. No FLM, but there strong.

i don't recommend traxxas at all. too much money needs to be spent on upgrades before it reaches the same quality as a 1/8th scale truggy/monster truck.
the revo has weak diffs and transmission gears. but i can see you already know this since you brought spider gears for your revo, rpm gear all around and aluminium carriers, which would have set you back heaps of $$$. from my experience, traxxas vechicles only stand up to abuse if you continually upgrade them.

get a quality truck out of the box like a mugen mbx5t, losi 8ight t or jamin' crt. get the pro version and build it yourself.
the jammin' CRT pro kit cost me $575 from towers ($600-$25 discount).

those upgrades are for my tmaxx actually. i dont think the evo has spider diffs

i have a t-maxx as well. its only a good truck because i have spent alot of money on upgrades. in stock form the t-maxx is terrible.
for example cheap plastic shocks....worst design ever! the shock caps pop after one small crash. so you pay $480 for a RTR truck and you have to spend another +$80 on shocks straight away. The t-maxx is not a quality truck out of the box.

Lst2

Biddy, unlike Maxx's Revos are pretty much tanks from the factory. ALOT of racers run pretty much stock 3.3 Revos.

my vote
 

a savage, you can build a complete fastlane machine savage, my buddy runs a nitro version with an o.s. .30 3 horse motor. You can get combo bulks, extended low cdenter of gravity chassis, extended arms that come with titanium driveshafts, my friend is absolutely planted, and a 3 speed tranny! Absolutely bulletproof!! Yep, a full fastlane savage, and kershaw designs makes the brushless motor mount. I've played with the lst's as well, and out of the box they would be as bulletproof, but they wouldn't be a custom fastlane savage with the cool twin vertical plate design, if I didn't have so much $$$$$$$$ in maxxes i would be building one right now, I'll get a pic tommorow of my buddies savage, L8R!

My first rc was a AE MGT and it seemed indestructible i swear i could throw it out of my pickup going down the interstate at 70 mph and it would survive. I amnot sure how hard it would be to convert to brushless but i know a lot of people who have had great success racing the mgt against the breakage prone traxxas vehicles.

hey man,
i posted in another thread what went wrong with my revo 3.3 when racing it around my track (no bashing). i blew the primary gear (first gear), the reverse gear, snapped two shock shafts, snapped the header pipe, blew a clutch spring, couldn't remove the rockers due to over tightening at the factory, ....but worst of all i don't like revos because of how the pushrod ball ends become sloppy quite quickly. which results in a loose suspension and sagging . this is just, IMO.

i know lots of people love revos, and thats their opinion, but i am steering clear of traxxas from now on. i will still run my t-maxx and revo, but once they are Irreparable..that will be it for me and traxxas.

waht ever happened with this thing?

http://bomb-proofproducts.com/home.htm

looks nice to me

Too many revo's, too many maxxe's not enough LST2's.

I think it's because revos and maxxes are easier to convert than lst2. Heck you don't even have to build anything yourself if you want to make an "ubermaxx" or a "G-Maxx-BL-Revo".
For the LST2 you have to do at least your own chassis plate for batteries and e-maxx tranny or a motor mount depending on how you want to do the mod.

I dunno how hard it is to convert a MGT but it doesn't seem that hard. There should be enough space for the batteries to begin with.

LST and MGT have one thing in common: You don't have to load them with hopups to make them work with crazy motors unlike maxx trucks.

I guess Losi doesn't make a 1/10th or 1/8th scale electric 4wd monster truck do they?

I like the lst2 but I don't want a nitro vehicle.

Give be brushless or give me death.

Everyone is recommending you convert the nitro to electric. Nitro vehicles are more durable than electric, which is why so many people convert them.

I say Savage or Revo.