Yeah, 3s 5Ah pack and the 9L would make a very good combo IMO. That's what I plan to use to replace my current MM 4600 setup, which gets too hot for my liking. Plus, the 9L has enough torque to gear up and/or use normal 2.2" tires if you really want fast speeds.

mm , 540 9L , and 5k 3s lipo ordered, thanks

now i just need another Rx, bidding on now

every thing is here except the 3s battery(shipped today) and i put it together and tried it out on 2s, a little slow, but i could gear up to 18/46 im at 15/46 now, temps were great so far, 95f for esc. and motor

thanks for the recomendation BrianG, this should be sweet on 3s

here it is ......
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btw: should i get the rc-monster heatsink for this???
the can looks the same as the xl so i guess i should
cant wait till the chassis comes out in the store for this!!!

Sweet! Yeah, 3s should give you a good amount of speed. I don't think you'll need to gear up unless you really want to go fast! The RCM heatsink/clamp will help keep the end plate from popping off and will cool it at the same time. I would get it, just make sure you get the L version, not the XL...

I don't know if you have changed it from the pics, but make sure you cover those motor connections. The ESC will let out that magic smoke if they touch!

I was wondering the same thing, but then I saw the "unshrunk" heatshrink tubes on the wires in the second pic. But yeah, definitely isolate those suckers! :smile:

yeah i did shrink them, that would suck to smoke the esc., 3s battery is on its way, and i think i may get the rc-monster chassis once it comes out in the store

just an update....

got my 3s pack in the mail today and had to test this thing out,

WOW!!! :party:

thanks for the recomendation this thing is perfect, i am very impressed and i have the punch control @ 70%, to bad it diffs out so bad, i will have to put some heavier diff fluid in the front for sure, and maybe turn down the throttle end point, after a few high speed runs it wore down one of the front tires pretty good, man i cant wait until the ext. chassis comes out and i put some truck tires on it, i was geared 15/46 so with bigger tires ill probably go to 12 or 13 on the pinion

oh and even though its only 55f out today temps were : battery=70, esc.=85, motor=80

i am GLAD to hear the the 3s is working great for you ill be running the EXACT same setup in my lightning stadium 10 (MM, 9L, 5ah 3s maxamps) which should be here this friday. What kind of runtimes and speed are you getting out of the setup? i cant wait for my stuff to get to my truck built.

btw any videos?

well i raced it on 2s and the 5 min heats were taking about 1500 mah out of the pack

on 3s i really have no idea yet, may race this weekend though, i ran it for ten minutes bashing on 3s and only dropped the pack around a .5 volts

no video yet, and my wife will have the camara this weekend so i wont be able to have any tape @ the track

so your prolly looking at over 20 minutes of runtime with the 3s depending on what your voltage cutoff is set at.

20 minutes should be no problem, i would think...