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Another idea for you - I got these for my TXT, Ebay (UK) 330596391517. Theyre threaded all the way & there's lots of unused length to the bodies (Could easily be cut down with a hacksaw & the caps refitted). The shafts are 4mm (Standard for 1/8th scale). They come in a variety of fruit flavours & lengths & they do a piggy back version too. The seller will probably have the bearings & other bits you need too. I have to ask though, why on earth do you want a frog gearbox? - they're renouned for being fragile & I'm quite sure it would be a bad idea to hook a brushless system up to it!

that is another idea.
my plan is to make a racing fav with brushless, metal geared servo, etc.
i have read that the frog gearboxes are really good so that's why i want one

i mean another good idea

Aah, youth and the quest for maxiumum speed in an unsuitable car ... takes me right back - I seem to remember running a Willy's Wheeler on 9.6v & and a self-wound 15 triple motor

TBH I can't just blame youth - recently I came to the conclusion that my TA03F drifter really needed more power than a 23T Sport Tuned motor to get it to break traction more easily - so I put a 5.5T brushless in there ... even with the lowest gearing possible, the punch & timimg turned down to minimum & being really gentle on the throttle, it's still practically uncontrollable. Honestly, I didn't realise it was possible to "balloon" hard PVC drift tyres so much they'd fly off the rims


The Frog gearbox is not great and handling a lot of power - but in some respects it's better than the OE Wild One one, hence the transplants ... the Frog diff can/does expand, warping the gearbox sides & causing the gears to slip ... but you can bolt the outdrives together to stop this - take a goosey at tamiyaclub.com/...4&sid=3142

balooning hard plastic tires, WOW.
upload a vid of them balooning

iv'e got some new pictures here, they were taken on the same da i killed a rear traling arm
alloy side panels, you can see my fix for the wheel below





led spotlights




me driving






in the image below, you can see the lest rear wheel is bending; the cause for that is that the tires grip really well, i was turning right and the rims were so deteriorated and crscked so the bend easily

Jonny wrote:

...and a self-wound 15 triple motor

how do you wind your own motor and where could i get a hand-wound/blank super stock rz rotor from?

zephyrin wrote:

balooning hard plastic tires, WOW.
upload a vid of them balooning

Sorry, I superglued them down to stop that kind of naughtiness

zephyrin wrote:

Jonny wrote:

...and a self-wound 15 triple motor

how do you wind your own motor and where could i get a hand-wound/blank super stock rz rotor from?

I'm not sure I'd recommend it - I only did it back in the day when powerful motors were not easily available, and too expensive to consider - as much as a set of radio gear or 80% the cost of a cheap kit - think of the equivalent of

i modded some cheapy whels to fit my WO