BL Terra Crusher "Electrified Crusher"

Hey, I am new here but been browsing this site for months. I recently picked up a terra crusher and nitro evader for an awesome price(traded the evader for a XX4 WE:027: ). They both only needed a few things to get them running. But I really hate nitro so I decided to turn this into a BL monster since I never seen it done w/ a terra crusher. I have an e maxx and this thing is built alot better and should handle better and take wrecks better. Anyways my plan is to sell all the nitro crap to fund this. This is what I'll need to do:
Custom chassis- Any ideas on design and material? must holds 16 cells, fit E maxx tranny, strong/light, use a normal size servo instead of the huge one and have plenty of room for electronics
E maxx tranny-(already have, stole from my maxx)custom mount it to the steel driveshafts that come w/ the crusher, get a G maxx single speed conv. and steel idler and later a strobe slipper.
Suspension- Lower it so the arms are parallel to the ground and dremel away the unneeded material on the arms and what not, possibly get Racerx shocks, proline shocks, or run the four stock shocks w/ thicker oil.
Tires- bowties on velocity rims (already have, stole from emaxx)
Body- Crowd pleazer or Ext F350 painted pearl blue and silver and white accent w/ some kind of lightning designs on it and a Dpp wing mount w/ mugen wing ( I live really close to DPP racing up here in alaska)
LAST but not least the motor and ESC
??? what set up should I run to power this beast? I want something affordable, fast (40+mph, and torquey. Not to powerful where I will be constantly breaking parts want a trusty reliable system. My main idea is to make this a racer and a basher too and just for the shits and giggles. Let me know what you think and the motor and esc recommendations too. This will be one of my first BL projects, I got an FLM pede I am gettin a BL system for soon. This project may take awhile to get done ($$)but it will get done.
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