New Revo Owner

[MetalMan]

It was only a matter of time... I found a good deal from a pretty reputable guy on another forum. It cost me $225, including shipping. It's a roller, and it has the stock tranny and fuel tank, but those will go. This is the description the guy had for it:

I have a roller with 3 racing ext. chassis, Traxxas ext. arms. Makes it 49mm longer then the 2.5 & 19mm longer then the 3.3.

The pictures he gave me are attached.

My plans start with removing the fuel tank and tranny, as well as the radio box and engine mounts. I want to use a diff in the center, so as to reduce the weight. For those who have thought about this using a stock chassis, what have you come up with?

Also, I haven't followed the Revo much on this forum. I would appreciate any tips that you guys can give to a first-time Revo owner.

EDIT:
DUH! I forgot to mention that this will be electric... At this point I'm thinking of using my Maxamps 4s 6300mah 15C battery, Mamba Max ESC, and Feigao 540C 8XL. The motors going to have to wait a couple of weeks, though, since I spent all of my cash on the roller.