RC-Monster RC8T build
 

Well I will start by saying thanks to Chris Long and Mike Cronin! Chris sold me a brand new RC8T and I received it in a couple days, great guy to do business with. Also as usual Mike has provided fast shipping on the parts I ordered from him for this build, 70mm 1600kv Medusa, MMM, 5s RC-M lipo, Hitec Servo, and Mike's full chassis conversion kit for the RC8T. I will be taking many pics as this is my first time doing such a build.

Chassis from Chris
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...T/HPIM0547.jpg

http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...T/HPIM0548.jpg

Mike's kit
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...T/HPIM0555.jpg

http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...T/HPIM0557.jpg

Rest of the goodies from Mike
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...T/HPIM0559.jpg

That is a sweet parts list - For the manual please could you try to keep the shots so that they just have the workbench in the background. Cheers

Looks like you'll have your conversion done long before I finish my RC8T. I still need a motor and battery:cry:

I was looking at Chris's RC8T but I'd did not have quite enough $....glad it went to someone here...enjoy the truck and look forward to your reviews w/Mike's kit

No more pics? Its 10:30!

Nice group of components you've got going on there. Looking forward to the progress. Quick question, does the RC8T use metric hardware?

Yes it does

OK, working on getting some pics up. Conversion is done but in general it's not. I need to mount the motor, esc, paint the body, get some 6.5mm bullets, and a little bit of wire.

I wish that you had already made a manual Chris! I had a few delays figuring things out. After all this is my first 1/8 and I'm not completely familiar with them. I will be adding some notes with my pics to help Chris write a manual and to help anyone else until he gets it together. Pics will be up before I go to bed.

Build Pics
 

Started by removing the rear assembly
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...T/HPIM0560.jpg

Installed the rear assembly on Mike's chassis
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...T/HPIM0561.jpg
This was the easiest step as there are only four screws that hold the assembly on the chassis plus the brace.

Removed the front assembly
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...T/HPIM0562.jpg
This was tricky for me, it involved a lot of finaglling, as I said this is my first 1/8th and first conversion. The front brace needs to come completely off so that you can remove the ball from the diff end and replace it with the one in the kit.

http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...T/HPIM0569.jpg
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...T/HPIM0570.jpg
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...T/HPIM0571.jpg
This was one of the steps that held me up, I had to dig around on here to figure this out after I had the rest of the conversion done.

Here is the front assembly installed on Mike's chassis
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...T/HPIM0565.jpg
Note that the front brace still is off to the side(not correct), with the new ball installed the brace mounts un between the supports on the front assemblies top plate rather than on one side.

Now the center diff is removed from the stock chassis
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...T/HPIM0564.jpg

I took the center diff apart to install the RC-Monster motor mount in place of the rear support and remove all the brake components, and of course install it on Mike's chassis with the new bottom brace.
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...T/HPIM0567.jpg

Basic conversion is done here.
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...T/HPIM0572.jpg

Better shot showing the relocation of the front brace
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...T/HPIM0573.jpg

Installed the battery tray using the included M4 screws as well as installing the servo using the original standoffs and the spacers and screws included in the kit topped off with the new plate that will hold the Rx and a transponder
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/i...T/HPIM0575.jpg

Looking good, can't wait till I'm at that step! I'm waiting on my chassis kit, slipperential, and servo to get here.

I'll have it just about complete tomorrow. I'll be waiting on some 6.5mm bullets and wire though.

Looks good! I ended up taking the lazy route with mine and have a used RC8T that was already converted with the RCM kit on the way.