i ask you people that dont like belt have you ever drifted one?? after many years of shaft i thought i woul dhave a go and try belt, i was plesantly surprised, smooth still loads of tourqe if not more from the belt, dead quiete compard to a shaft .iv been drifting belts for a year now and havnt looked back neva snapped a belt and i run a 8.5 brushless so that sets all u guys straight on that point that we snap belts all the time. if u havnt driven a belt and are paying it out, dont!!! until you have tried it.