Im quite into the 1/18th scale but i dont know much on the madness... if i remember its quite a large motor compared to other 1/18th scale cars so that may remove the chance of running a mamba brushless like i do...(if you can theres not much faster you can go with good battery's... lets just say mamba 8000 with lipo... it will make any of your nitro cars look like tanks speed wise!)