Somebody was singing the praises of converting to brushless, well let's have a look.
The ESC and brushless motor costs more than a modded nitro engine.
2 lipo battery packs, nearly just as much again.
Balancing lipo charger, well that is the price of a stock nitro engine.
What does it get you, well to be truthful, it is an insanely fast buggy that has tons of power, for about 20 minutes runtime. If you want more runtime, more lipos and then you can do like some of the guys have done, buy a Honda generator as well as another charger!!!!!!!!! Then you can run all day long charging your batteries as you go (as long as they don't have a thermal eventexplode-). You may need to take a 15 minute break between runs while the third set of lipos are charging over by the generator
As FoamyVictim has stated, brushless is a far superior performer than nitro. No doubt in my mind as to that being factual.
Call me old fashion but I love the smell of nitro in the morning, and then at noon, and then at dusk again. Yup I can run all day long and a whole lot cheaper than a brushless setup!!!!
As far as my preference for nitro engines, Rossi is a performer that has longevity. These engines can take a beating and still run well while others are on their third rebuild.
I am going to try my CMB-RS 21 this year. These are also a powerhouse but lets see how long it lasts.
Just my $0.02 worth (but since its Canadian, its actually only $0.017) LOL