Although i havent used one of the XBs they just dont look beefy enough to me. The suspension arms and bumpers just look sorta thin to hold up to much punishment. As for the XB-E would ok i believe, if you could upgrade the electronics to atleast an 8s setup and go to a 1527 motor, but the xb-e has 100mm clearance for motor length and the 1527 is 101mm long. The stock xbe has roughly the same power output as my 8th scale buggy.