RE: Troubling observations about brushless . . .
Believe it or not my Pede's suspension uses all stock parts. The rear has a couple of spring spacers and some 50wt shock oil. The front has a 1/4 inch piece of fuel tubing under the shock valve. (Shortened the shock length 1/4 inch) and 30wt oil and no spacers. I'm using the stock XL5 white springs all the way around. It also has the stock Talon tires which are not real good, They spin more than anything else. A change to better tires like the Geo's which have a ton of grip on concrete would make it wheelie more. It's very tame and driveable. I played with the ESC to tame it down but most of the improvement came from learning to control the throttle. I can still pick the front wheels up anytime i want but i can also accelerate to top speed without flipping the truck over or spinning it around. If you decide to go back to brushed and want to sell the brushless set up let me know.