Modding and programming the Mamba Max

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I couldn't find a thread like this, and most set-ups are unique so I had at ask. I am curious on mods to the Mamba Max people are doing on their own. I am a Mechanical Engineer, but have knowledge in electronics so I am not new to this, but not a professional. Now I have seen on the forum a cap bank being made, this seems like it would be good for smoothing out changes in load, but does it help that much? As of right now I was going to add a fan on top and a cooling tray under it. I have ideas and seen other mods, but don't want to pop an over $100 ESC over some stupid move. Also any tips on programming would be appreciated. Thanks!
Set-up:
-losi 8T truggy
-Feigao 9XL
-MM
-Castle BEC
-True R/C 4S2P Lipo 8000MAH