Debating on buying hot racing front and Rear diff housing for the limitless.. anyone else using em?
Limitless Debating whether to fall down the hot racing rabbit hole again
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Why? I only find aluminum gearboxes justifiable for the off road vehicles specially in the rear. Unless you do insane speedruns idk
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Oversized bearing....
Aluminum vents heat too.
Already went that route with the kraton.
Is it a big deal? I didnt find it to be a problem on my trucks.
Why not Vitavon? Same price and everyone says how well made they are. Mine should be here this week for the Limitless build. If it's the wait I get it. Takes a few weeks to arrive via the slow boat.
I mean Raz Shiffrin uses plastic ones so I don't see why you shouldn't. I would invest that money in some bearings
Just throwing this out there but Raz seems to have money and an abundance of spare parts. I went with Vitavon because of the oversized bearing. Sure they look nice but if the bearing holds up better and I don't have to keep changing it out then it's a win in my book.
I am sure the guy has money and parts but wouldn't he just invest in some diff cases if he kept destroying the stock ones. I would just my the metal ones if I had issues with the stockers. Don't upgrade something until you break it.
Agreed. But my point was the guy probably runs new bearings and stuff every time he goes out. Maybe not. I dunno. Either way I like shiny things.
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Totally forgot about vitavon! Thanks!.
I love shiny things too lol. If I could have an all de anodized and polished car I would do it
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Already have bearings. Through even though there fast Eddie's. If I'm stripping it down again. Might as well throw some ceramic bearing in
That's what I did. Have some ceramics from Fast Eddie's on the way for the bulkheads. I leave in the morning for work and should be home Wednesday, so hopefully I'll have a couple packages waiting.
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I've heard of Vitavon, but never had anything from them
yet. My kraton is full of hr parts and I'm quite happy with em.. either way I am looking to get rid of some diff heat and over size bearings. I'll look into the vitavon tomorrow though.
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Does the Vitavon gearbox use oversized bearings?I've heard of Vitavon, but never had anything from them
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I'd go Vitavon over HR. The fit and finish are superb with the Vitavon. I didn't need shims at all. The bearings are larger but more importantly seem to be higher quality as well.
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I messaged em. Hopefully to hear back.. I can can confirm that hr does. 5x11x4 to 5x13x4
But can't confirm that vitavon does yet.
Nothing wrong with some aluminum parts. Some actually serves a good purpose and all adds killer bling
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I've been having the same debate with myself. After reading what everyone is saying I think I'll look into Vitavon and if I can get them here.
This is Raz's 192mph whip with the 1721...and that doesn't appear to be plastic. That's looking like HR to me:
