man its awesome and way under rated. I've swapped in a 2.5 in its place only to come back to it. and motors I've beat in drag racing in like NTC3's with same gearing and some with "better" gearing. I'm still the guy to beat.....
Motors and cars that I've taken out on a 200' straight:
Sirio's - .12 and .15 turbo
Traxas - Nitro 4tec 2.5
OS - TR .12, CV.12, CVR .15
and a HPI RS4?(shaft drive) with a .21 mounted in it......I will give the .21 this though.....a couple more feet or drop his 1st gear to a lower ratio and let the motor hit the power band.....he really had it geared tall.
You can still find them (hyper CV-x's) in stores and online for pretty cheap. Although since I have all the stuff to put my 2.5 t-maxx motor in my car, I might just do a Sirio .18 or the fantom .18 over winter since I usually race in outlaw class anyway I figure why not .:stickup: