i disagree on the direct drive...especially in the volcano.</p>

it will give much more top end, but you will loose a ton of low end torque. the truck will take off like it is trying to pull a bunch of weight behind it....and it will not even spin the tires in the dirt.</p>

once it gets going it will have much more top end speed. I got the direct drive with the 13 tooth clutchbell and i was sadly dissapointed. it's actually harder to control at both slow and high speeds. at slow speeds, i like the low end torque to help you throttle out of slides and stuff. with the direct drive, the low end just isn't there to do that, top end wise, it's so much faster that it is hard to control. (this is all in my opinion...everyone drives different)</p>

from what alot of people were saying about it, i was expecing the same or more low end, with a big increase in top end...but instead i lost a ton of low end and gained a ton of top end. i literally pulled the direct drive out and put the stock trans back in the very next day after i installed the direct drive.</p>

given the tire size and gear ratios with the volcano the only way that i can see to improve both low end, and top end is with a more powerful motor...but then, the drivetrain will take more abuse than it can handle.</p>

from what i have read here, the 2 speed trans may not be the best either. say you're off roading...climbing ahill or something. the truck is in low gear, pulling fine up the hill. the trans shifts to second, and you loose rpms, torque and momentum. other opinions have said that the 2 speed is good if you are running it on the road all the time, and that it's not good for offroad because when the trans shifts to 2nd, the rpms drop, and the torque drops with the shift. it's harder for the engine to get back into the torque peak to give the best power.
again, these are just my opinons based on what i have read here. Ido not own or have i ever ran a volcano with a 2 speed in it.
i'm just saying that from what others have said, it may not be the best option for serious off roading.
if you are looking for flat out top speed on flat ground, then it may be what you want (either the 2 speed or the direct drive.)
i like to have major bottom end power for off roading....top endspeed isn't always what it's cracked up to be, especially if you are running it in the dirt with hills, jumps and bumps.
think about real monster trucks, making 1100- 1200 horsepower. top end speed on them is maybe 50 mph depending on how they are geared for the track that they are running on. all of the show and awesome stuff is done with low end torque.
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