CD's for the savage?

[Nixpus]

Had the truck out for the 1st "real" test drive.

Stupid lost his 13T pinion after a few mins... dunno why, but Im having trouble getting the pinion to stick onto the 1717 drive shaft!? After that all I had was a 11T pinion which should give a top speed of about 48mph. Slightly dull... and the motor got a bit hot!

Even with better toe in Im still having a damn hard time doing speed runs on asphalt. Im suspecting the mashers may lack traction?

On grass the truck moves nicely. turning radius is good and I really have to mess up to make it flip over.

I only had a mild slope (into a large draining pond - it was dry) to "jump" off... but the truck flew really nicely. Didnt catch much air but it did fly 1½-2 meters. Going the opposite way the truck would glide nicely through the air until it hit the bottom of the slope.

I did not get to play with shock length since my brother ini law parked his brushless-revo (actually the truck drive like that now) in my trunk... resulting in a broken tie rod!

I have ordered the integy tie rod eliminators now since our custom project is going reeeeeally slow ;)

Also ordered a 15T pinion which should give me 66mph... lets see how that turns out :)

Any input on how to improve asphalt drag race performance is greatly appreciated! Might need other wheels?