Me and coolhand still have living ones somehow,mine is only used in 1/10 now,i wouldn't dare put it in a MT,and coolhand's appears to be immortal(for a 18.97 anyways).
You could run a single 4s pack for racing,down one side,and move the diff and motor over the other side.Like the layout on MetalMan's.
Ok, got the buggy today, but Leroy forgot to send the center dogbones, she's going nowhere without them. But over-all the buggy looks to be in great shape, can't wait to get a brushless system to drop in there. It might be put on hold for a paycheck or 2 as I just got a deal I couldn't pass up on a set of Rainbow Components (Competition level car audio) which is going to set me back a paycheck or 2.