thanks guys, i like the feedback, of course, i should have thought about the gearbox thing a bit better, my main intention was to just reduce moving parts in the box, therefore drag but the spur would fowl on the out drives, or u'd need bigger gears, ok so that idea is out and im guessing adding the extra idler probably wouldnt add much drag to the box anyway.
the batts, when you put it that way body paint, it makes sense, having the weight further back would help reduce the wheel spin, and im thinking now that having the weightmore spread side to side could help weight transfer to the outside wheel as well
oh and dont worry, i never thought the thing was broken/bad, x-factory do awesome stuff, im just sad it took me so long to look past all the people who were against the idea of cutting things up etc to make the X5, though i probably didnt have the skills or the nerve to "give it a go" back then but now im comfortable with a dremel in my hand lol.
so now im out of ideas for the moment, but i am sitting here wondering (and it may have been explained elsewhere) why x factory chose to base their 2wd and truck on AE cars rather than continue with the losi work.
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