You can get sheets of Lexan at many home improvement centers like Lowe's, Home Depot, Menards, etc. I've heard good things about GraphiteElegance to get the CF you need. However, it's not as "pretty" as stock pieces as there is some surface pitting between the weaves.

If you're not concerned with cosmetics as much, you could also use fiberglass. It is easy to work with and available locally. Just pick up the resin/hardener at most department store automotive departments. You can use either real fiberglass cloth or fleece (available in the craft section). I always look at the remnant section as it's cheaper. Color of the fabric isn't important IMO as you'll probably be painting it. The fleece is easier to work with IMO. Just stretch it over a frame (cover with wax paper first) and then saturate with resin/hardener. Do the otherside as well and you'll have a nice sturdy case. A little sanding and it can look really nice.

If you want some "safeer" lipos that are also perhaps the best performing cells you can buy, talk to Larry at Kokam America. Just ask for the cells that Shawn at Castle was using.

They are the ones you can put a nail through and they won't flame.

Or you can just buy a couple of the Orion hardcase packs.... I'm told those have the same Kokam cells inside, and they cost about the same as loose cells or shrink wrapped packs from Kokam.

Just FYI.I drove a 16d nail through a puffed cell a couple years ago and nothing happened except I could now see through the center of the cell..Your Mileage May vary...


pinolelst

Hey guys,

I just wanted to thank all of those that took the time to give advise and share their experiences with me on this project. For better or worse, I've settled on a setup to start off with. Luckily, it turns out that there are optional aluminum center diff mounts for my buggy, so I'm just going to mount the motor mount to the center diff at four points. This should be sufficient and I won't have to worry about chassis flex.

My setup is going to be:

Sportwerks Turmoil 1/8 scale buggy
Feigao 7XL motor
Mamba Max controller
Maxamps 4S2P 6Ah battery packs

This setup should pretty much duplicate my buggy's weight distribution before the conversion. I hope to have this up and running within a week of receiving the aluminum that I ordered.

Thanks again.