Revo conversion question?

[Purplefade]

Guys, I'm thinking of going from my brushless savage to a revo and had a couple of questions for the masters :027: Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my savage :043: :043: , but it's a big fat pig :040: and pigs break things... I'm guessing that I could easily save 3+ pounds flipping to the revo, gain acceleration and top end and significantly reduce breakage (maybe).

1) This truck will be used completely for bashing and I wondered how the gorillamaxx chassis hold up or if I'm better off\same, just staying with the stock 3.3 chassis and fabing my pack mounts :032: :032:

2) I'll be bringing over my quark and my 8XL from the savage and have considered going with dual, 6 cell A123 packs for 4600mah @ 19.8 volts. My question, is this a solid idea or do I fab up some protection for them and stick with the maxamps 6000mah packs I'm running now? I've spanked so many of these packs on rocks, sticks, fences, etc, etc and they ain't cheap to replace, hence A123s are sounding real nice!!

3) I'm actually planning on sticking with the two speed tranny & mechanical brakes, I'll be adding Mikes 1/8 diff set up for it, do I go truggy or buggy gears, I'm assuming 13/43 I believe it is?

4) I'm assuming that a UBEC that worked on 6S would also work on the A123s?

Awesome forum, the best actually, appreciate the info!! Thanks :018: :018: