Brought a 1/8 buggy to convert!

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Finally caved in and brought a 1/8 buggy today :) Its a "Power Racing Swift", looks idential to a GS Storm in most ways. Very nice car for the price I paid (£100 new, its RRP is £279 RTR but they have loads of them at my LHS so broke one up and sold me a roller), even if it is a rip off car. I've seen this same type of car launched 25-30ft in the air time and time again so it can't be that bad.

Now onto business, its going brushless for sure, I've ordered a motor mount from Cold Fusion Racing that should bolt directly on give or take a pair of holes on the chassis, but I'm stuck on what to power it with.

I have some GP3300 8 cell batteries, so I was thinking, would using 2 of these to give me 16 cells power it nicely? What sort of ESC/motor should I go with? Was thinking either MGM or Warrior 9920, but if there are other options I'd love to hear them. I have no clue on the motor so any advise to use as a starting point would be brilliant. Should I use a S, L or XL can?

Finally, what sort of performance can I expect from one of these? Would 16 cell brushless keep pace with one fitted with a good .21? What sort of top speed could I expect with this car? I was thinking of maybe turning it into a truggy, does anyone sell adapters to fit Maxx wheels onto buggies?

Sorry for all the questions and the long post, but I'm totally new to 1/8 so am hoping you guys can help me out a bit :)

Cheers.