The mechanical brakes was the main reason I wanted ve8. That and the d8 suspension is just awesome. Go mechanical brakes!

I'm running 18/50 gearing, but would like to get my slipperential in there - problem is it rubs on the motor plate, even with a load of grinding (with the 48 spur - the 52 won't fit in at all). I'll have to see if Mike could do me a special 50T slipperential spur.

Thanks for the comments on the body, one of the guys at the track I race at jokingly said that my car ran on AAs, so I though 'aha - Duracell, maybe they'll stop picking it up when marshalling thinking it has cut.'

The copper colour was a little hard to find though. It's brushed on (as in hand painted - I don't have enough money, time or talent for an airbrush, but I could always hand-paint well).

Here are some pics of the battery mounted with the spacers i made to prevent the lipo from sliding in either direction. There is no vecro underneath the lipo & it does not move at all .

Strap mod
 

I modded one of the velcro straps. This will make it eaiser to get the lipo in & out of the car . Plus i it will be more secure . I have to get another strap to do the other one .
what do you think ?.

You will need it when it comes to the diffs, the screws are very long and get pretty hard to turn.

I did the losi straps on mine.

Here is mine:

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/atta...1&d=1263887753

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/atta...1&d=1263887753

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/atta...1&d=1263887753

- Tekin T8 1900 kv (shortened shaft)
- Turnigy 3000 4S 30C
- chopped MMM
- Tekno straps

I still have not much run time on it due to the snow over here. Looking forward to spring.

cheers

sebsta

Lookin good Sebsta!

Thanks!

btw I call it "the skunk".

Finally some pics of mine under the body:

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_pJNeulUYR5E/S1...20OK%20one.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_pJNeulUYR5E/S1...%20another.JPG

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_pJNeulUYR5E/S1...40/Another.JPG

You can see (just, the pics aren't great - there's no sunlight in the UK):
A Castle Creations MMP, with 3 220uF 35V 105° capacitors
A Castle Creations BEC Pro
An MKS HV-380 Servo - 0.03s transit times :gasp:
A Tekin T8 1400KV motor
A Neu-Energy 30C 6S 2500mAh pack
Spektrum DSM2 Rx
Lots of wires.

Just a note - I'm running the radio equipment on 9.5V.

9.5 volts! holy cow! No mechanical brakes eh?

I have my m11 setup so I can switch models and go from mechanical brakes to motor brakes with a touch of a button. Its MUCH easier to drive with the mechanical brakes. It just fits my driving style I guess. I suppose you could tune the way the car slides with the motor brakes with diff fluids... I am running the stock diff fluids and shock oils and I love the way it handles.

BTW, is there a pro setup guide for this car yet? Im interested to know what diff fluid combos you guys run and the shock oil and other setup help.

With the tracks I run on, the surface is so loose that you really don't want to entice the back of the car round. It's also not my driving style - I'm the more controlled - perhaps slower - 'let the rear follow the front' type driver (and my set-ups go the same way). I never used brake bias as a tuning option when I ran nitro - I just set them up equal front and rear.

I haven't seen any set-up sheets for this, though if you want a set-up 'guide' then there's always Hudy's offering.

Thanks for the link.. Some good reading there!

you do not like the internal bec of the mm pro?

It's not that - it only goes up to 7V. I'm running on 9.5V.

Anyone know if this ve8 motor mount will bolt into a d8t (truggy) verison for a quick e conversion?