With a short motor shaft on this motor I couldn't mount my chosen pinion. I found a slightly shorter pinion which could work.

Installing electrics in the original Durango prototypes was somewhat of a nightmare by conventional standards and like it's big brother the DEX410 - the 'R' has slightly eased the conjestion by widening toward the front of the chassis to give a little extra room. The steering servo being tucked neatly under the steering assemble right at the front of the car means there's actually half-decent room in the car as long as you take your time and plan things carefully. Rocking in with a huge brushless system and trying to bang it in, in just 5 minutes - aint gonna happen.

Brushed is awesome - but I chickened out of racing with it. How things have changed.

Team Durango supply a plastic radio tray of sorts with an integrated antenna mount. Attaching your ESC and receiver to this enables lightning-fast disassembly for cleaning but the soft plastic of the radio tray and the proximity to the spinning spur gear can, lets say, interact if you're not careful with wiring.

I found the best way to install the motor was putting the screws in first - dropping the motor into the slots. Putting on the pinion loosely to set the mesh before nipping up the motor to stop it moving - then removing the slipper and pinion for good access to the screws to clamp them down properly.

I decided to use what decent looking electrics I had laying about - which amounted to a brand new Keyence brushed zero-V extreme 2002, and a new Reedy Ti motor. Classics. Ok - so, it was really just for photos and when it came to racing the car I got cold feet and just didn't want to trust the brushed system to get me through the race day without attention like I knew the Tekin RS Pro system would. So - take it that these photos are just for looks - I used Tekin in the end!

In the past I've mounted my personal transponder in the centre of the car attached to the side of the ESC - which is less than ideal due to the various wires and metal parts possibly reducing the signal strength. The 410R comes with the AMB PT mount moulded into the right hand side-pod and it's a nice addition.

Plastic radio tray can be removed with 2 screws. ESC and receiver installed - the wires still need to be tidied up so they don't foul the spur gear.

The lipo strap pivots up and grabs hold of the centre driveshaft to keep the pair at an angle of around 45 degrees and allow good access. No more holding the strap whilst massaging the cells in place. The cells go in nicely - I didn't use any foam between the saddles since I already have a small strip of lead weight between them which fills the small gap nicely and adds a small amount of weight at the rear.

NiMH cell mounts should be available seperately if you're man enough.