[Finnster]

In my experience, the 8XL is a good all around motor. I do street driving, but also off-road, grass, and some hill climbing and such @ contruction sites (climbing needs judicious use of teh trigger tho. :) ) The temps I quoted in the above post was when I had just come back from a good residential const site. It had empty streets, rock fields, 20ft dirt piles and some grassy park areas. I stood on top of one of the hills and just drove all around the diff areas and it was good in each. Thru the rocks, up the hill, down the backside, blast thru the grass, then down the street and come around to the rocks again. Loads of fun and no angry neighbors @ loud nitros. Consider what driving you do most and tailor the motor to that, or get several motors if you got the cash.

At no time did I get any cogging whatsoever. I can drive ~1mph w/o cogging. A did have a few novak BL systems (GTB and SS5800) and IMO the CC is smoother and cogs same if less. If you plan to do crawling then Bl is not the setup for you most likely. I do run a RX pact instead of a UBEC. They have been the only glitching probs for me (w/ FM radio), which leads to next point..

The MM can certainly run more cells than 12, but the internal BEC must be disabled and a seperate BEC or Rx pack must be used. I prefer a RX pack.

Lastly, the 5mm shaft is a good thing. Much stronger than the 1/8" with that much power. The revo tranny uses a Mod1 spur, so 32p emaxx pinions won't work. If using an emaxx tranny, using a strobe slipper w/ mod1 spur is highly recc'd. You shouldn't need too many pinions (I have 2.)

The MM is as simple as it gets. Aside from the Rx pack, its the same setup as the HVs, but with far more powerful programming, and a huge diversity of motors to use. Just get the idea that Novaks are simpler or cog less out of your head. :)