Savage Conversion

Hey all,

I'm getting really sick and tired of Nitro. All the hassle of lugging around fuel bottles, ignitors, rotostarts, buying fuel at 40 bucks a gallon, tuning, which i suck badly at, etc. I want an electric

But I've invested so much into the chassis of my Savage that I don't wanna get rid of it I wanna convert it.

For example I have:
FLM TVP
FLM hybrid bulks
Alu diff cups
FLM skid plate
FLM steering brace
and bunch of other stuff here or there.

STS .28 engine with pipe, stock engine with pipe

I want to get rid of the engines and do a conversion but I'm sorta confused.

Do electrics use the 2 speed transmission or not? If they don't, what do I need instead? Also, do I *have* to go to brushless? Will regular brushed motors provide enough power since this thing is pretty darn heavy...

I have 2 6 cell nimh 3000 MAH battery packs which prolly wouldn't last very long in this thing i suppose...

Or should I just keep the savage how it is and buy an E-Savage since I don't have any electronics except the savage radio, the 2 3000mah batteries and a nice charger that i got off ebay that charges 4-8 cell nimh/nicd and 1-3 cell lipo's dynamite ultra somethin or other.

I saw an electric conversion kit for the savage online by Kershaw Design but they say it takes a month to build etc etc and I could probably just make it myself for cheaper it has 2 700 size deWalt drill motors or something like that.

plus lipo's are expensive...do you really NEED to run lipos are they really that much better?