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yup..... those are the technical aspects..... if we were afraid of everything that could possibly happen in a day, we'd hide in the closet sucking our thumb and whimpering ..... I prefer not to be that way..... just feel bad for the guy to put that much $$$$$$$$$$$$ in proprietary stuff..... but hopefully he can use it, not have any real problems, and enjoy it. Plus keep the Mrs happy....The concern is not voltage, but amperage. The correlation here is that 8s and 4s systems are generally used for higher power systems. For an example, this would be the difference between an Arrma Senton running on 4s on street tires with stock gearing, and a MT410, Kaiju, or Maxx running on the same 4s with meaty/knobby MT tires and running in sand.
For an xmaxx on 8s, you could certainly gear it high enough or swap to a power hungry enough motor to overdue the connectors. Or if you're a "balls to the wall" kind of driver and don't let off the throttle until the ESC hits LVC, then you might have an issue. Its hard to tell without knowing all the variables and how the truck is driven etc.
The worst case scenario I see here would be pulling too many amps through a connector, it heats up too much due to connector contact resistance, and the solder joints desolder themselves. You could use your imagination from there. However, I'm more of a pragmatist than a worst case scenario guy, so I wouldn't necessarily subscribe to "total destruction"
Couldn't hurt to try, monitor connector temps, and see how it runs.