I think that the direction the motor spins is not nearly as important as most people like to think.
The inertia of the tyres is far more significant than the inertia of the motor.
If this was not true then off road cars with the motor mounted longtitudinally. - (e.g. most shaft drive 4wds, b44 predator etc.) would all be total crap, and tip over to one side every jump.
My zx5 / losi hybrid 2wd should in theory be worse than any 4wd in that respect because only 1 set of driven wheels = less inertia from the tyres.
But I can't see any noticeable effects from torque reaction at all, and it jumps better than any car I've had previously.
The direction the motor rotates is a very small change in terms of car performance and really not worth spending a lot of time worrying about.
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