hi me again, i race and can definitley confirm that you will get more torque and speed out of the dewalt. i was running 27/66 gearing and on a short winding track could reguarly compete successfully with bl. batterie maintenance a must. by the way i am not saying it is faster than the bl but faster than the titans. i actually won the 04 state titles against a pretty much full bl field , with titans = 14 cells. the bl boys over here are as far as i know going to try to rewrite the rules so we cant race our dewalts with them. so there is some more info to decide on. my evx didnt have a problem with the dewalt and still doesnt. maybe your gearing wasnt in the ballpark. by the way if i cant get the jist of the bl i will go back to the dewalt. by the way cost is next to nothing. [dewalt].