LOSI LST XXL Conversion ideas

[mistercrash]

I want a new project and I'm thinking of a LST conversion. I have no experience with LSTs so I thought I would ask first and maybe get some feedback from LST owners. I did a lot of research on many forums and saw a lot of pictures. I also studied the Losi exploded views of the truck but all this is not like having the truck in front of me.

Here's some ideas I have. Tell me if it's possible.

- Can the two chassis side rails be straight? I was thinking of fabricating new rails that are straight making the middle of the chassis as narrow as possible. Why? because I'm also thinking of making a bigger, wider bottom (skid) plate that would stick out on either side to house lipos with either battery boxes or battery straps. This would bring the CG way down.

- With a chassis that is thinner in the middle, could the BL E-Revo tranny be used? Why? Because it's got a very effective and inexpensive slipper and I can easily stuff one of my 8th scale CDs in there which is made with LST parts. The output shafts of the tranny could have Mike's hardened steel drive cups on them to mate with the LST's CVD's.

I'm concerned about the steering components, it's hard to tel from pics or exploded views if my ideas can be done. There might be other issues that I don't know about.
I want to try to make a brushless LST that has a low CG and doesn't require to many custom parts. Two straight chassis rails and a bottom plate are easy to make. The rest I hope could be stock parts from other vehicles that are easy to get or replace if need be.

So thanks for any input on this, I need to know if my ideas are feasible. I don't want to buy a new truck and find out that what I want can't be done.