[Finnster]

I have a 8xl/Mamba Max esc on 14 cells in my evo and it wheelies like crazy. Its actually too much in the grass, the front end won't stay down. I have to let off the gas to turn. Street driving is more reasonable, but with the proline wing as a wheelie bar, I can ride wheelies into the sunset.

The top speed is prob close to 40 if a bit less. The orig 2.5r may have had a slight higher top end, but the accel with the BL is so brutal that its much more useful. I never find myself going top speed off-road (dirt.) Its just gets so fast for the MT that you're just waiting for disaster. What is nice is the accel is so good you can just line up a jump, blip the throttle and then zing off teh jump.

I have mine geared 15/51 w/ a strobe. The strobe is out of production, so unless you can find one you'll have to use a robinson setup or the like.

No matter what you get you'll prob worry more about trying to control the wheelies as opposed to trying to get it to do them