I believe the different pinion size is to change the gear ratio to compensate for the larger tires
1. MBX-6 T8 1900KV, RX8 ON 4S
2. MBX-5T 1520, MMM ON 5S
3. MBX-5 ONROAD CONVERSION 1515, MMM ON 5S
4. MRX-3 ON ROAD CONVERSION 1512, MMM ON 6S
5. TEN T 2650 T8, MMP ON 3S
I believe the different pinion size is to change the gear ratio to compensate for the larger tires
+1. You could run a Buggy pinion in your diff (IDK if you need to change the diff case or not, never tried it) and it would give you a taller gear ratio but you would have change out the pinion gear to get the ratio right.
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