Need help picking BL motor for Emaxx

[sleebus.jones]

I've seen the insane BL setups out there and decided I have to have one. Not only that, I bought my buddie's Emaxx when he went to the Revo, and it'd be fun to whup oup on him with his old truck! :D

I currently have a stock Emaxx, except for:

1. Steel CVD set coming in the mail
2. I'm running 14 3300 mAh NiMH cells

I'm going to replace the idler gear in the tranny as I understand that's going to be my next failure point. A Robinson slipper will most likely follow after I clean all the teeth off of the spur. :Love:

My goals are:

1. More power (duh!)
2. Longer runtime
3. Speed isn't the main goal :eek: (unbelivable, i know!) I certainly don't want to go any slower than stock, but it would be nice to beat up on my buddy's Revo with his old electric truck!
4. Staying with NiMH. LiPO is awesome but I've already got 4 packs of the NiMH, with another set on the way. I've got the Duratrax Intellipeak twin charger, and I'm really not ready to drop the major $$ that's required to convert to LiPo. Maybe when the prices come down to earth, but not right now.
5. Purpose of the truck is a general use basher, not racing.

I'm pretty much set on the Feigao motors, as they are at a comfortable price point to purchase and/or replace and seem to be a pretty good motor. Right?

So with that said, I'm planning on a 9L and the warrior 9920 controller. Is this going to deliver what I want? If I go to a 8L or 7L, is that going to kill my runtime? Should I be looking at the XL, or is that even worse on the runtime? I'd be real happy being able to acheive Revo speeds, but not at the cost of reducing my runtime of my curent brushed setup. I'm looking to run longer, not shorter.

To be honest, I run my truck out in front of the house, but it gets the most use when I go out camping on the weekends in the state parks. Speed really isn't important there, as I'd just be running over little kids. :L: That's the reason for looking for good runtime -- most of my running about is done at low speeds, I generally don't switch out of first a whole lot. Also, racing isn't that important. Mainly because the off-road monster truck racing scene in Houston seems to be completely non-existant. The few groups that i've uncovered have more freaking drama than LiveJournal, MySpace and a full set of soap operas rolled together. I can do without that mess!

I appreciate any help you folks can give me. I come from the days of the Tamia Super Champ (my first real R/C!) and the RC10. It's amazing to see what these RTR rigs are capable right out of the box....and even more amazing with a few proper tweaks!

Sleebus