Community E-revo.....
 

Well, I bought BrianG's chassis and started my conversion. Here's some pics.

Enjoy!

Chassis, Took off his receiver box, may use it later we'll see.
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Thing I like about this design is it leaves me room to mount the stock rollbar. So after I get my trany mounted I will add the rollbar for added protection.

For goodies besides the usual quickturn and steering goodies, I'm also springing JDcarbon.com pushrods, turnbuckles and hingepins. Love these things!

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Got most of everything mounts up, will do the rest once my trany arrives

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The bottom of the chassis is alitlte messy, and most of you racers now. A smoother bottom always means faster. Awhile back I bought a complete skid plate of ebay for like $5. ITs nothing special but I think it may do the trick to clean up the bottom and make it smooth.

Also got my kicks all put together. Clay boas, with 3 stage racer edge foams, and 23mm Pro-line 1/2 offset wheels.

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Cool!

Yeah, the bottom "skid plate" wasn't designed for a low-slung suspension. It would probably catch on stuff when racing. My suspension sat higher up. I just made that bar to protect the tranny from my poor driving (if there's a rock around, I'll somehow land on it in the most damaging way!). Dafni was able to use the stock skid plate, but I couldn't figure out how he did it without cutting it up too much, so I went with the bar idea.

Nice project!

I am anxiously waiting to get my g2r so i can finally built my revo. they are one of the nicest vehicles that go around in rc-land.

Please report about the cf hingepins, if they last or not. Seems to me that they might wear relative quick on the aluminum plate.

You are not going to use the pivot-ball dustcaps?

I agree; where is the little boot and clip? They certainly help keep the dirt out of the ball joint so it moves freely.

They are one of the nice things of the revo..

Hey, uhhhh, I think you have a little toe out on the left front.....:005:

Nice job. I may get some of those rods. They are sweet looking....

I think someone is waiting for his cf turnbuckles....

Nope. Have the turnbuckles but my steering assembly isn't attached lol. Waiting on my trany so I can play with the driveshafts and get something that works.

As for the bottom, yeah I'm hoping I have a fix, If not I'll make another one lol.


I love the G2R but to spendy right now, I've kinda adopted Dafni's center diff idea. So I'm cadding a e-revo truggy. Basically a truggy for my e-revo with center diff and the goods. the truggy style diffs would work great on it as well. I'll get a protoype made when my wallet is full again.

Trany arrived today. Getting closer. will post pics when I can

I did away with the dust boots as well. I think there a pain in the ass. One question though...Your going with a E-Maxx tranny, right? If so, the RD Quickturn will be to short. Also, why are the shocks backwards? Oops..I guess thats 2 questions :005:.

the RD quickturn, will be to short, but when you use the old reverse shaft from the revo trany your good to go!

As for the shocks. WTF was I thinking? lol. Was alittle tired.

I was wondering why they were going on so wierd. Funn thing is, after 4 forums. your the first to notice lol.

Got the trany installed. Enjoy the pics.

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Before Single Speed
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After Single Speed
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and then the pics of it installed

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Just need to do the front extended quick turn.

Does anyone have the reverse shaft that they took out after the FOC conversion? I need it, pm me if you want to get rid of it.

Let me know what you think. Not sure if the stock roll bar will be high enough but we'll see. I may install the EVX and titans until I can afford the 9xl.

Purchase list still is:
9xl
UBEC
Steel/Aluminum Idler Gear

Do you mean the pre-FOC shaft from the stock Revo tranny?

Yes,

Its the shaft you took out after the FOC was installed.

I have an extra one that I wouldn't mind parting with, but what the heck are you going to use it for?

EDIT If your LHS has it in stock, you can just pick it up there pretty cheap: http://www.buytraxxas.com/product_in...oducts_id=2164

It fits perfectly in an RD quickturn, This way I can extend it to work with the E-revo.

Check it out on the nitro version
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call me crazy but its cheap and easy. Guess I'll stop by the LHS and see if they have one. TY

it doesn't HAVE to be that shaft in particular. The stock maxx shaft should work, ad would the FOC shaft and others...

Although, the FOC shaft is lightened (Ti coated aluminum??) - some people may not want this for the strength aspect. It's held up fine in my BL Revo...

Installed my extended quickturn today. Modded a revo output shaft to fit, had to cut the chassis alittle bit because the e-maxx trany is square center for the chasiss.

I hacked up a revo trany shifting clutch to hold the bearing in place.

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That setscrew; is that a thru-pin? or just a setscrew?

Its just a set screw. The hole normally has a pin that goes all the way through. But I made the diameter larger and then tapped it to fit a set screw on one side.

I hope it will hold up! it's rather soft aluminum. Can't you use the thru-pin?

Yeah I hope it will hold up as well. this is a test for now.

Thru pin wouldn't work as I'd have no way to secure it unless I used some CA. But have you ever tired to drill a hole with that small of a drill bit and only having a dremel? lol Its not fun nor does the bit last long before it snaps.


Luckily it doesn't server any real stress purpose. It simply keeps the OW from backing out. So it should do its job.

you could've used a revo/Emaxx axle as well its the same diameter se the RD one way bearing

GOOD NEWS!! Everything arrived today, motor, UBEC, idler gear, pinion gear, etc...

I have mobs of homework and a test to study for. Once I'm done/take a break I'll get some pics!

Well I'm getting closer. Check it out. If you want more pictures or info you can go to the build up HERE

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I also re-shrank the esc.

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Cool man!!!

looking very nice.. those rims give the revo a huge wheelbase..

Yeah there 1/2 offset. So its a wide mother trucker lol.

What reciever are you going to use? I have that same RPM box, but dont have any recievers small enough for it, and without having good knowledge of what's good/bad, I've been a little leery of buying one. I dont know if this makes any difference, but I'm also looking to purchase a good multimodel transmitter.

The specktrum receivers are really small I hear.

With some patience I'm able to fit my JR RS300 receiver and UBEC with all the extra slack wire in the box. It takes some time but it does fit.

The JR RS310 receiver is even smaller but I don't have one.

Yes, they are very small. I am using them on both my Revo and Jato if you want to look at the pics to get an idea about how small. And, I think Spektrum even has a mini version.

Yea, I think its the Pro version thats smaller.

Yep, I have that very same RPM box and the standard Spektrum receiver fits in there like they were made for each other. :003: The bonus is that the antenna is so short you don't have to run a mast. I do love how the box bolts nicely into the servo spot too.

Really? Any range issues with such a short wire?

The length of the wire is determined by the frequency of the radio transmission. Higher frequency=shorter antenna. Since Spektrum uses 2.4GHz, the antenna can be quite short. As a matter of fact, Spektrum says you can cut the antenna (to a precise value) without appreciable loss. In my Revo, I have the antenna base mounted to one of the stock brake "caliper" holes and the mast doesn't even exceed the top of the stock rollbar. Range is about as far as I can effectively drive it (500-600 ft at a guess).

None at all. In fact the range is much better than my FM setup ever was. I posted this in another thread, but here's a pic of the receiver in the RPM box.

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Everything is installed except the steering servo. Need to find my servo mounts lol.

Waiting on a custom , yes custom. mmuuuaahhh spur gear setup so I can't drive it unless I find my old pinion gear laying around.

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Let me know what you think.

Very, very nice!!!

thanks. can't wait to run it but need a pinion for the stock spur.

I got the mod1 for my strobe setup but need new slippers.


Should have a custom slipper setup coming soon. :030: :005: :004: