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with that hardened idler gear you'll want to do yourself a favor and get the delrin top shaft gear if you're gonna run it. The 2 together will outlast that truck. Not so much metal on metal. Todd The steel idler and top gear i used are factory paired components on the xl5 and vxl rustler. They use ...

Well as soon as I got the engine broke in and making some power the plastic idler gear stripped. So I decided to build up a brand new transmission with a new case, new Bearings, a steel idler gear and a hot racing sealed diff with steel ring gear. Hopefully this one will hold up.

A rustler body works pretty well but can't say it would work with that exhaust. The new exhaust idea is kinda restrictive to the 2.5 but won't be an issue if you built a shelfer. Nitrohawks for the win! 8) :mrgreen: Todd Yea, I figured the stinger pipe would be pretty restrictive on a 2.5. but I de...

I recently got a wild hair and decided to pull my old nitro hawk out and give it a bit of a freshen up. My uncle gave this to me probably 20 years ago. Back then I modified it for a standard style crank, and put a disc brake setup on from a nitro rustler using the rustler input shaft and some custom...