Originally Posted by SE-Rican 
What breaks these gear boxes is wheel spin and the shock to the gearing when boost or power comes in too hard all at once. With traction and the proper boost ramp they hold up decent.
Originally Posted by Boostlee Actually, not only wheel spin, but more a combination of wheel hop and the gripping/loosing traction battle (tires) that rages and sends all sorts of shock loads to the gearset.
Power is not necessairly what breaks things, but more power + immense traction all the time. That's why those 4wd launches (in Evos, STIS, etc especially with slicks) broke all sorts of drivetrain things
Impulse. There's a reason we hit nails with a hammer rather than pushing them in with an anvil:
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