Brushless Traxxas Jato

[Batfish]

The batteries are sitting on the plastic bits of the chassis plastic. The front of the pack sits over the steering and the back nearly touches the motor. I was talking with rc-monster Mike about this and I'm contemplating making a motor mount that would raise the motor up and allow a battery pack to sit directly on the chassis, under the motor. Since the battery pack will nearly always out-weigh the motor, the CG will be better with the pack down and the motor up.

The speed is actually more than I'll every need bashing at my house or racing. I don't know of a track that allows for regular running at 35+ MPH.
That said, I posted this statement to the Traxxas Jato board as well: If there's anyone in central MA with a nitro Jato that wants to race me, I'll stick my 3s lipo and maybe add a couple teeth to my pinion...should be no contest ;)
Assuming everything holds together, 3s lipo should put me near 57MPH, which is 2 more than the RTR is rated for. Plus, I'd expect to get there a bit quicker than the nitro beast :)