Originally Posted by kufman

I have been running the 1256 in my Tekno RC8 for a couple years and it works great. Never had a problems with the gears.

The gears are mod 1 pitch which is larger than 32 pitch.

Neither of those motors are suited for use in a 1/8th scale buggy unless you are tying to do a 2s setup (not advised). You need to find something in the 1700 to 2200 range to run 4S. There are some cheaper systems out there by Hobbywing and such.