24T Pinion in M-03 Chassis

[ManyTamiya3 15]

 So, a simple way to get a 24T pinion gear in a Mini without any butchery- it's as easy as finding a motor with the dual mounting holes and a thinner can/smaller diameter 540. This allows you to use two mounting holes on the front side, moving the motor back for the bigger pinion. With the stock bolts in the 16T chassis holes it just fits, although you might have to slightly enlarge the holes depending on the motor you find and if you use fully threaded bolts that would be .1mm smaller on the shaft portion. That's 20% more gear! Pics are from Aug. 2011 so at least that long ago...