RE: Need Advice Coming back to rc cars after 10+ years
listen to thunderbird junkie
you'll easily be out $150 for a brushless setup and the upgrades required to handle the power in that bandit
for just a few bucks more, (if you want another buggy) that RTR brushless associated B4.1 is about $230, you get a whole new RC with better suspension, 2.4 ghz radio, brushless motor
dont' try running lipo's on the Xl5, it doesn't have a low voltage cutoff