on the track there is very little difference in performance between the X2c & the monkey.. me & a mate bought ours at the same time - he got the X2c & i bought the monkey simply because of the battery problem in that i didn't fancy shelling out money for batteries when what i had were useable, plus i already had the rat anyway so the batteries are used in both.
I specced my monkey up with bearings & better shocks (which are the same as the X2c ones) etc, we run the same electrics (apart from batteries & the fact he has LRP & i run the equivalent Nosram speedo - plus i run one of Eric's shells as the kit ones are like paper) & we have about the same driving ability & we are both running pretty much the same set-up.. the laptimes are very similar & if anything i have slightly more rear ended grip with the monkey due to the back end being wider, hence i don't run much weight under the battery & what i do run is smack in the centre, although i am informed if i fitted X2c rear wishbones to the monkey, it would help to eliminate the problem a little as they are a slightly harder plastic so don't flex so much... just waiting for the back ones to break now!
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