Personally I think its pretty evident that the offset/width changes are happening. When losi released some parts on thier site the turnbuckles wer listed as 14-15mm longer than the old ones. They also released 0 offset wheels with the description of 8T 2.0 on them. I was one of the people who complaned about the wheel change at first so I see your delema. However I agree with tom yfz. Losi wouldn't do it unless it was going to help. I think the new truck looks awesome. I will be preordering one as soon as amain or tilted gets them listed. as well as about 6 sets of 0 offset wheels to glue my new tires to (decided not to glue them because of the threat of offset change). So all things considered its not the most ideal situation to have to switch offset but if it is going to be better and faster that is a sacrifice that will have to be made. I kinda like the new shell. with the engine sticking out as it is it should run atleast 10 degrees cooler maybe even up to 20. plus the body is so slammed that it will really let the wing do its job. I just don't see how you are gonna get fuel into it. I mean with a fuel gun. I really liked that about the original body. It was designed/cut so that you could use a fuel gun. other than that the body looks sweet.