I've decided im gonna go back to the XL conversion but reduce my pinion to 18t to gain back some torque to help me wheelie and hopefully let me control the truck in the air a bit easier. It should help reduce my temps as well. Now that i've got perspective of the truck on how it performs and handles in both stock and XL platforms, I have a better idea of what I need to change on it to get it to perform how I like. After replacing/upgrading the pinion, im gonna upgrade to 6s power as I think I will really enjoy it with the XL conversion as well as NEED the XL stability to maintain control of the truck with 22.2v of power vs on the stock chassis layout. I think wheelies and backflips will be no problem with 6s lipos churning those big wheels, but, only one way to find out!!!

Looks like its gonna be another late night tear down and cleanup.....I hate driving in wet weather, I really need to stop, the cleanup doesn't make it worthwhile.