17/49 - can you have this on a Savage X?

[AeroFinn]

Gents,

Maybe I missed something but I didn’t find a thread on the matter. Will a 17/49 gearing fit to Savage X without any modifications? I mean, there’s not much room to adjust the mesh correctly with large spur gears as the engine sits next to the chassis rail

Could someone kindly shed light on the matter?

 

[X]

17/49 should be fine. Been a while, but fairly certain you could go bigger. I found the 16/48 to be best for my savage x ss.