Wow, sick looking conversion man! Its really gotten me thinking....

I would like to thank R/C Monster Mike for his parts and service with this conversion.

I started getting into 1/8th scale conversions from the R/C Product Designs thread on the R/C Tech site. I read and read that thread over and over. And I even ordered one of Dans kits back in December. I have yet to receive it. :whistle:

I hate that I ordered his kit first, but what matters now is what is in my car and running great.

R/C Monster motor mount for Mugen
R/C Monster Battery Tray
Polyquest 25c 4s 5000 mah battery
Castle ubec
And other misc parts all from R/C Monster!!!

Thanks again Mike! :mdr:

Now all I need is to keep some tires on this thing. :mdr: :mdr:

So how has your runtime been with the 4S 5000mah battery? Do you know when you will get to test the setup in track conditions?

It seems to be pretty good, but I can't seem to get an extended run in without tearing a tire or two off the rims.

I have run on and off for 20 or 30 minutes or so. I ran around my backyard track for at least 30 minutes on and off.

I have my lvc set to 13.2 so that may cut me back a few minutes. Better safe than sorry. :mdr:

If it will stop raining I take her down to The Grove and try to get some practice in. I'll post back with the results.

Well, here's the results from running down at The Grove.

After 3 trips to the track

Trip 1: Thermaled out 5 times. ESC got to 210 degrees.

Trip 2: Thermaled out once, broke a front a-arm all in about 30 minutes

Trip 3: Ran around pretty good. Went to an 11t pinion from the 12t I had been using. The on/off switch wires were shorting out under the board and it kept cutting on and off for a while until I figured out what was happening. Thermaled out once, LVC'ed once and then caught on fire. :mdr:

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...mbaSmaller.jpg

I wonder if the Glassdoctor will give a warranty on this? :mdr:

Good news, Mamba Monster should be available soon!

Damn, that toasty!:lol:

Like Cain stated, the Monster should eliminate this problem.

Well, Thanks to Glassdoctor I'm back in business.

I'm going to try real hard to keep this thing alive until my MMM shows up.

Thanks again GD. :mdr:

New Video
 

Well, I went and bought for $7.00 at Wallyworld, the Hot Wheels radar gun. :lol:

It is supposed to be accurate up to 100 mph or so it claims. I thought it would be great to clock my buggy for some speed runs. It only has a range of 40 feet but I figured I could still catch it.

So I headed out to my local huge parking lot for some speed runs and to get a video of the whole thing for the record.

Well the car ran great. But the Hot Wheels radar gun didn't work very well. I made pass after pass and it never registered more than 10 mph. If I run slowly and directly at the gun I got a reading of 15 mph once. But the high speed stuff was useless. I have a new theory that I want to try so I may give it another shot.

Here's a brief video of a couple of runs. She's real fast we just don't know how fast.
This is with a 12t pinion on the stock 46t spur.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HipzKIYPQh0

Just for the record: this is an offroad buggy that really does get run offroad. I'm heading down to the Hobby Stop today as a matter of fact for some track time. I only run it on pavement for the speed runs. :smile:

Just to up date my thread. :mdr:

Friday night at The Grove she started cogging bad then next thing I know she went up in flames.

I'm just glad my brand new 6000mah Polyquest wasn't damaged

http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...astyMMM002.jpg