Possibly at the beginning, but later on, the diffs will just die on you. Your best bet would be to run these hybrid diffs cases:
http://www.rc-monster.com/proddetail...LM18700&cat=47 with 1/8 scale diffs and to lock the tranny into 2nd gear and use some of the RC-Monster hardened steel idler gears.
I would also recommend against running only 3s with the 9L. 4s on the 9xl would be a lot more powerful, and give you cooler temperatures while running.