I'd say it depends what your after Chris.
If you want minimum hassle then it's going to be the B44 but if you want the best car it's going to be the BJ4.
Slipper is ace on the B44 and the wider spacing on the pinion gear bearings means that the pinion does not strip as easily so you can pretty much say that the B44 transmission is bulletproof.
However try as I might I just couldn't make the B44 handle the same as my BJ4, I also found exactly the same with my S44 and S4.
The B44 has lost the sharpness and awesome feedback that maket the car so fantastic to drive, it's as if Associated have stripped the car of it's soul and then chucked it in a box.
I have just bought another S4 (BJ4 based Atomic Carbon car) and I have to say nothing else I have ever driven can compare to it.
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