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I am running stock gearing 16/44 with the 2.5D. and as far as the pinions, I keep my mesh quite close and the pinion shows little wear.

I just redid my difs with 5k through all 3 as per the nitro team guys, so we'll see how this goes. I liked the same setup in my xray so it should get it around corners a little faster.

While I had it apart I added all the service pack parts and I noticed the front hinge pin carriers both sides of the dif had started to bend a little. things were still driveable but I saw the bend when I placed the parts on a glass table. Definately make sure you get a later release or you'll need a receipt to get your service pack. I didn't add the steering top plate.

I ran on a big track and down the straight I can hang with nitros. I think I could probably gear up a tooth or two. With a 16/44 on the rcm mount, I had to cut a couple fins on the motor case to clear the chassis brace. a smooth can wouldn't have that problem. That said, I don't really need to have more top speed, but I do need to find a line to keep the speed at the end of the straight and clear the massive triple. there's a long rhythm section though on a 180 turn after the big triple, and bottom end grunt allowed me to jump half the rhythm section and make it in 2 instead of the usual 3 and 4 jumps most guys made