Brought a 1/8 buggy to convert!

[Rtsbasic]

MetalMan, I appreciate your advice, I'm just trying to work with what I have (batteries), and can't really afford to purchase the wrong wind motor the first time around so double checking and doubting everything before I commit to anything.

I'll probably end up with the new MGM 16 cell controller so I'm hoping heat won't be too much of a problem with the controller, I may step the packs down to 14 cells, we'll see how it goes.

Do you think it might be a good plan to aim for around 38,000 to 40,000 unloaded? With the heavy load of a buggy it'll probably bog down to somewhere between 30-35K RPM?

Would the 8XL be a good motor for 16 cells on a buggy? What sort of top speed do you think it might reach without loosing too much acceleration?

Thanks for all the advice guys.