[Krawlin]

Cool conversion, while I'm not a fan of the stock transmission, you have all logical reasons for keeping the trans. I must have missed it, have you said whether you are using 2 smaller batteries or 1 large battery? I know that on the left side you can fit a pack with the stock trans still in place, but the right side will be a pretty tight squeeze with the pinion/spur in the way, unless you stand the right side pack on its side. If you go the single left side battery route though, I would suggest a Gorilla Maxx battery strap, I use them on mine and they work great. No fussing with trays, just 2 holes, and a simple velcro strap.

The main 3 reasons I got rid of it in my MGT is that it takes up a large amount of space, it's rather heavy, and I got tired of constant wheelies back when I had my E-Maxx, when I switched to a center diff in it, I knew I wanted the same setup in my MGT. I love the handling benefits of a center diff, plus the extra space on the chassis for other components. And with 100K diff fluid unloading of 1 end of the truck isn't really an issue, as I rarely drive on obstacle where the front or rear of the truck sees a bind and unloads the center diff to 1 end.


Back on the battery issue though.... I have seen on URC where some guy used Savage Flux battery boxes, only issue I have with that is their length, and the way he mounted them, they still sit pretty far out like the stock mud guards. I am planning on milling slots on both sides of my chassis to accept the Flux trays, which will keep them more towards the center line of the truck, and improve the looks (be able to run a narrower body). I would like to attempt to shorten the Flux trays but I'm afraid it would ruin them. However, in your case, if you were to machine the chassis to move the steering servo inward and ditch both mud guards, and then use flux trays with the stock mounting, which would set them just to the edges of the chassis, you could run dual batteries, have no worries about the spur guard being in the way, and have even weight balance. I would do it this way myself (but with my center diff), but I want to bring as much weight toward the center of the truck as I possible can, so putting them right at the edge of the chassis isn't my first choice, as it isn't much better than putting them flat on the mud guards, but in your case it would be perfect because the spur is in the way of doing that.