The rod ends are too small, might not give you the stiffness (while allowing some degree of flexibility) and might be prone to breakage. If you want to use rod ends like that, get the thicker ends from Ofna(you can use the shock ends from any 1/8 shocks). They are thicker and more durable. If you have UE's motherlode of shock parts, those rod ends will work.
I pondered about converting my JT truggy to electric before selling it but I got too lazy. You can also make a plate to connect bulkheads to the cd mount instead of using the links.
Here's my old JT truggy. I sold it last year.
