Well I ran it tonight at a local park. It was dark but the park had a few lights. This truck is awesome!! The forward conversion does a really good job of keeping the nose down. I am running the stock bonz tires and wheels. The spur is a 47t and the pinion is a 19t and the transmission is the 3 speed. The truck was a blast. The Neu 1521 barely got warm. I think there may be plenty of room for more gear. Everything was going great when.......................... one of the wheels went flying off. It was too dark for me to find the 17mm hub. I am hoping that the local hobby shops will have a replacement in the morning.

I need to balance my wheels. They vibrate A LOT at full throttle. The duct tape I used inside of them is holding up great, NO ballooning.

When I got home I went ahead and replaced the 47t steel spur with the Golden Horizons 52t steel spur that came in. The Golden Horizons is a much nicer spur. The stock 47t that comes with the Savage X SS is really skinny. Due to how thin it is I could already see the wear on my hardened pinion. The Golden Horizon spur has much wider gear teeth, and I think it is going to have a much better wear characteristic on the pinion.

I have a variety of pinions coming from Mike. I will have everything up to 25t to play with.

What is the easiest/best way to balance my wheels?