Truggy, or Monster truck?

[Justinbolin]

I had an RC8T FT brushless conversion. It was an awesome truck. It's wider and as long as the EMaxx, so you definitely won't be losing the size of a monster truck if you go with an RC8T or a Losi, mugen 1/8 Truggy.
My RC8T was incredibly nimble, great jumping, speed, braking, anything and everything I wanted in a bigger scale rc.
I currently have a couple Gorillamaxx G4 chassis'd EMaxx trucks, and a Gorillamaxx G2 chassis that I'm building.
In my opinion, you went with the wrong chassis for your truck. If you had gone with a Gorillamaxx G2, or G4 chassis, either chassis would've lowered your center of gravity (cog) and changed it driving characteristics to more of a Truggy style rc. With the FLM chassis, your 'cog' is still monster truck high.
Try mounting your batteries to the underside of the chassis instead of the top of the chassis. This will lower your cog and your EMaxx will handle better.
If you like how it runs after that small mod, then pick up some UE Diffs. Of you have the older 2.5 knuckles on your EMaxx, you can install a set of UE 6mm Cvds and you'd be hard presses to bend those.
UE Diffs: $299 - new, $200-$250 used
UE 6mm Cvds you can pick those up for $70-$100 depending on condition.
You'll spend more then that on a new Truggy even after you sale your EMaxx. If you eBay your EMaxx you'll probably get $150-$200 tops, especially if you have the stock 3906 trans in it.
Ps,
The guy with $700 EMaxx roller on eBay didn't get paid for the truck. There's was a couple noobs that bid the truck up to a ridiculous amount and then never paid.