[RC-Monster Mike]

It really isn't overly difficult to get near 8 pounds with a brushless truck. If you fiigure the stock truck weighs 11 pounds, RTR it is fairly easy to get the weight down. you can save a pound in tires/wheels pretty easily, and another pound by using Lipo batteries and converting to the single speed conversion(and losing the extra servo). Already, the weight is under 9 pounds! Then, figure a Lehner basic xl weighs about as much as 1 titan, and the 9920 controller weighs less than the EVX, so you save another .5 pound, bringing the truck to less than 8.5 pounds. Then, drop another few ounces by removing the bumpers and switching to g-maxx skids. Voila!! An 8 pound e-maxx! The g-maxx chassis and extension adds an ounce or so back in, as do the cvds, but the g3 suspension(without the levers and using 4 shocks) brings this back into balance. Then, the UE VBS replaces the stock bulks/diffs with little change in weight, but a giant upgrade in durability. Not so hard to do, you see?