8ight T mount now available!
 

I just ordered mine up. I have a .21 nitro motor that was going to go in my 8ight T. Now I'm not sure that's going to happen. Looks like it's going to be a Neu 1512 2.5d and 4S! :027:

just ordered aswell.
along with neu 1512 1.5Y/f.

I just ordered mine as well. I've been running mine with a homemade mount, but Mike's is so much prettier.

I'm surprised that you guys are going to be running the 1512 in the 8ight T. I've asked the 1515 vs 1512 question a few times and started a thread on it. Most responses seem to think that the 1515 is more suited to the job. Obviously, you guys think otherwise. The 1512 1.5Y is what I had my eye on.

Good point - I already have two trucks running the 1515 1y (LST2 and CRT). As much as I love those motors I think it's time to experiment a bit. The 8ight is really much lighter than the LST2 and I figure would do well for an all out racer. I would really like to settle the 1515/1512 debate for myself and draw my own conclusions. If it doesn't work in the Losi truggy I have a buggy that's been begging to go brushless.:027:

I noticed Mike has a mount for every major buggy and truggy currently available

Does anyone know if these are 6061 or 7075?

6061.

I was kinda hoping that it was 7075. Oh well.

Don't need to worry about that; they are tough as nails. They really are.. Bolt it up to your chassis and it will be the most rigid mount you've ever felt.

We'll see. I bent my last 6061 mount. I can't drive very well at all.

It says that you have to modify your radio tray to make this work. What do you have to modify?

You probably have to remove the portion of the tray for the throttle servo, so that the motor will fit, and you may have to raise the tray to clear the front drive shaft.

Lol; seems that we both suffer from the same thing! I can build 'em, but driving is a whole other story. :)

me too. lol

:sigh: I guess some of us were simply meant to be just the mechanics...

i like building them more then driving them.:005:

+1 - lol Looks like if we ever had a RC Monster get race it would be a matter of last one running.

Don't worry, I'll turn off the lights when I'm done... :p

LMAO, yeah, I'm the guys whose stuff was always running good, but hardly ever won a race. I'll tell you what though, I may lose alot, but I look darned good doing it!!

LOL, that's funny Aangel..

Like Leroy (coolhand) says; who cares about the two different screws, i can't see it when it's passing by at 60 mph!

SAME HERE! LOL

Hmm, makes me wonder how many good drivers there are here. Sounds like there are more bad ones than good ones! :)

Actually, I've been practicing lately. I'm usually working on one thing or another, but I now have all bases covered and there's almost nothing left to work on. I milled a new battery tray for my 8ight out of delrin today, and I'm sure that there will be a few other things that I'll want to do, but I have time to drive now.

Who knows, I may make the podium one of these days.

I always win.... when I'm the only one on the track. :)

Actually, that's not right. Even then I lose sometimes... :sigh:

AAngel: You do realize that you have to post pics of the delrin trays when you're done. ;)

I didn't see these available until this morning and by then they were sold out :007:

i wonder how many mike made in the first batch?
bout the neu i see it this way;
lots use the 1512 in buggy and a 1515 in truggy.
but nitro guys are almost always using .21 for buggy in the newer truggies.
so it must work nice i'd say. no experience tough, but i do feel i did the right thing.

I got my mount in a couple of days ago. I found a couple of things that I had to "fix." First, the chassis mounting holes weren't nearly deep enough for the stock 8/32X1/2 screws, leaving only about 1/4" of thread engagement. It looks like the holes are deep enough, but the threads aren't. I'm going to have to get another 8/32 bottoming tap and chase the threads.

The second thing was that I had to mill a relief in the mount to allow access to the set screw on my pinions. It doesn't look like the century motor pinions will work at all, although I haven't tried them yet.

On the whole, it's a nice mount and looks pretty.

Mike made 10 of these mounts; all went pretty quick indeed..

To the bad driving, My track owner says i'm one of the best drivers........ Till i put a transponder in then i fall apart

Sounds like me at bowling.. All strikes in the warming up phase.. when the game begins i am throwing balls all over the place..

Maybe you relax more in the practice and warm up.
When the race starts or sport you tense up and try to hard.
I am learning this more and more as i play with rc and another sport.
It is like hitting a baseball. It seems if you try to nail it out of park.
You can't never hit it. You relax a little and swing more accurate some.

I bet it is hard to drive when you are on your lid huh.....

I got my mount a few days ago too. The only issue I had was the holes not being tapped deep enough. I didn't have a tap so I just cut off a little of the screw. other then that the mount looks great and let me finally finish my 8t.

The two screws that are no longer being used for the Batt. box work perfect for the rear diff/motor mount. Also, you may want to consider getting some longer ones for the front diff mount; with the spacer in place there are'nt alot of threads penatrating with the stock screws. I went from 1/2 to 5/8 in. long for the fronts.......................

I used 4mm screws for the front mount. The metric screws seem to have a bit more bite than the stock 8/32 screws. Unfortunately, I had to run out and buy some 8/32 screws. I converted everything on my 8ight (that I could) over to metric.

thanks, I did change the front ones to longer screws cause the regular ones wouldn't hold it very secure. I also changed to 4mm because that is what the hobby shop had.