Ok guys I have now put this truck through the Savage Sam ringer and the truck has passed with flying colours, I built the truck with the set up right out of the box and changed nothing what so ever, the kit went together perfect for me with each step fitting correctly.
I ran with the 100k/100k/50k diff oils, 700wt/700wt shock oils, Tekin RX8 speed controller set to max on every setting, current, punch, timing I maxed them all, 17t pinion with SMC 1900kv motor, SMC 4s 5200 lipo and Ko Propo servo, this truck took everything I threw at it for 30 packs over 10 days.
I did manage to break both of the battery straps doing the kind of driving that should come with a " do not try this at home " sticker, the battery just slid back and forth and created a wear rub that caused the breakage, I did not run the long strap from end to end, that would have maybe stopped this happening, I also broke the front bumper after a great deal of trying silly stuff, still amazed at how well it held up, finally the grub screw came loose on the pinion which moved and cause the spur gear to strip on half of the thickness as shown on the below video.
I love the truck and think it is the most amazing and bullet proof monster truck on the market, now lets hope there is a nitro MT410 monster truck kit or conversion kit in the pipe works, go on tekno do it......
Huge thanks go out to the guys at Coast 2 Coast Rc and Tekno Rc for supplying the kit and running gear for me to test it to the limits, this truck gets a big Savage Sam tick of approval.......Teknotastic