I know what he's talking about. I've seen folks at the hobby shop doing just what he said. I've spent years making my e-maxx go as fast as possible. I can barely call it an E-maxx anymore. I desided years ago to switch my classic maxx to the new long chassis. When i did that i installed a savage three speed in it. Eventually i got bored with the three speed and installed the origonal tranny into the new chassis so i could have the two speed manual. Even that wasn't a clean drop in but it was more of a project than some of the others i've seen. Even in the scale catagory i've spent hours making my TC4 into a scale General Lee even down to the dashboard and the lines on the seats.Projects have to be something that very few people have and something you can impress people with.