Looks great! Looking forward to the rest of the project. :yes: Are all the screws metric on it? RC8 buggy as well? I remember on my old brushless rc10gt, all the screws were standard which is why I sold it... Good luck with the rest!

yup all metric

a mmm
a neu 1515 2.5d or a medusa 70mm 1600kv motor
5s
hopefully the rcmonster radio tray works if not i have to hack my stock one up that hasn't been removed out of the package

Super nice! Can't wait to see it finished. What batteries do you plan to run?

zippy 5s 5000

Looks great Eli. Cant wait to see it on the track.

Awesome batteries! I have 3 packs of the same cells in 4s configurations for my Losi 8ight and I couldn't love them any more. Zippy 5000 cells are great.

Ok here is cheesecakes informative post regarding the current rc monster kit for the rc8

The motor mount fits excellent. the radio tray is where the issue comes in. the radio tray sits to low due to the larger diff and the way the chassis brace mounts. There is a easy fix for it though. For those that have the rc8t kit you have shims that come with it to shim the servos up. instead of using them in between the servo and the radio tray use them on the stand off and the radio tray on the bottom it will raise up the tray. i used 2 large shims on each side to raise it up. it gives it about 4mm of clearance over the center front drive shaft

here are some pictures to help you out


Here are the shims i am talking about
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g1.../E-RC8T006.jpg

The thickness of 2 shims
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g1.../E-RC8T004.jpg

the shims mounted on the servo tray and the stand off
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g1.../E-RC8T002.jpg

a blurry picture of the clearance you get
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g1.../E-RC8T003.jpg

Radio tray and motor mount installed
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g1.../E-RC8T001.jpg

battery trad installed also using the same holes i use on my buggy
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g1.../E-RC8T007.jpg

and now i have to order a new tray and rc8 kit from mike and ill be all set as far as mounts and such go

lookin good

If only Asso did have the propriety to put a top steering plate made of aluminium in RC8 instead of plastic, They did it for RC8T. It's a non sense to put plastic there on a "Factory Team" kit

Looks great..look forward to your review!

well i ordered my motor a neu 1515 2.5d and my pinion and my motor mount kit. now all i need to do is order the battery tray now hopefully castle can fix my monster and send it back. its starting to piss me off i get 1 pack through it now i have to wait to get it back

Good motor choice, what voltage you going to run? I gave up on my Monster, went back to the MGM.

BTW, is that your dog on your avatar?

im going to run 5s. they have mine and now im speedoless for the truggy and it sucks lol

and yup that my wiener in my avatar