Converting a GST 7.7 to brushless. Help?

That 2 speed won't stand 10 seconds under a 1717 , so ditch second gear. Lock it in first and ditch reverse also. I doubt the motor and esc would work well as brakes on a truck that size so i hope you plan on mechanical braking right? For mounting the motor your best bet is probably to make a custom motor mount out of some angle or see if mike can whip you up something. I've never really seen a GST 7.7 up close so I'm just kinda spit balling here.I'm sure someone else can give you a more detailed answer.--Josh

Yep, mechanical braking. Haven't done this before, so I need to find a tutorial on mechanical brakes hen I've gotten the components (Next week I guess.).

Here's a couple of pictures of a converted GST. It looks like the guy removed the tranny and just used the center diff spur;

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This is a pic of a conversion WITH the tranny;



This guy uses all the gears, and according to him it's working fine: