Aluminum Battery Tray [BEWARE LARGE PICS]
 

I thought i would post a couple shots of what I managed to get accomplished Friday and part of today.

http://www.customvisualconcepts.com/bt1.jpg

Another shot

http://www.customvisualconcepts.com/bt2.jpg

It turned out pretty good with alot of sanding and a paint job. The LOSI is almost ready to run. I still need to rivot the tray to the chassis and add some straps.

does that fit under a stock body? what battery are u using?

It fits perfectly under the stock body. I am using 2 2S 5000mah Maxamps wired in series. The tray started out as raw 1/8th inch think alluminum plate. I made the cuts on a band saw then folded the corners up. It took some hammering and some grinding/sanding to get to this shape but i like it.

I have to drill some guide holes through the tray and chassis to get the rivots to go and add the straps and padding but it should be very solid after that.

very nice, is the tray right agianst the rear bulk?

There is actually about a 1/4th inch gap in there that the photos don't show.

Nice work - the spray plastidip is a good alternative to paint - What wheel/tire combo is that - thx

they look like bow-ties.

Yep..

MTR or MT - Standard rims?

I'm almost positive they are MTR's on Ofna 1/2 offsets.

I had some time this holiday weekend to put some time in on the 8. Here are a few shots of the changes.

1) I went away from the RX pack and switched to a ubec.
2) I added a RCM heatsink and 2 40mm fans to the Quark. Mounting is still throwing me for a loop so I am doing the zip tie thing on the center diff until something else looks better. I did see a mount somewhere that hung the ESC off the back of the center diff mount but can't seem to remember where i saw it.
3) Modified my battery tray a little and added foam to the bottom. Also drilled some holes for venting and adding zip ties for racing.
4) The body was painted by the original owner of the roller i bought but I added some RCM stickers which did WONDERS for it. :gasp:

Here it be....

http://www.customvisualconcepts.com/...%20001.jpg
http://www.customvisualconcepts.com/...ture%20002.jpg
http://www.customvisualconcepts.com/...ture%20003.jpg
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Are you gonna be ready to race this Saturday(Dec. 1), Skillx? I know they(T4BB) are having the truggy $ race which will probably have a long(25 min. +) main. I figured if your ready, maybe Robbie would let us qualify with the nitro's, then run our own shorter main. Could be fun......

The mount you are thinking of is from http://www.rcproductdesigns.com/ but I doubt if there is enough clearance for the 125b and the heatsink. Also, it is only one fan width wide. I think you would be better of fabricating a mount that utilizes the same location but is bigger......actually, I may still have my old one laying around. If I can find it and your interested, its yours. Also, FYI, quarks like to sit perpendicular to the chassis. Hard landings with the 125b mounted parallel will beat the ends off the controller. Been there, done that.

I'll be there with the 8. YEAH i would be interested in getting rid of the zip ties. Bring it with you if you can find it. On the ends I have done that as well so I have CA glued them in and haven't had any trouble since.

nice job im kind of going a diffrent rout on mine. im using 1/8 inch thick plastic to make a tray for my battery an speedo. going to mount mine as low as i can to the chassis. i'll try to put up some pics when i get it all done.i do like were you put the speed controler think i might mount mine there too. oh yeah show those nitro guys whats ups.

8T Update
 

I thought i would post an update on the 8T. I have never had this much trouble in my life with a race rc. This thing is really killing me. After a broken home made battery tray that put me out of a race, to the Quark Monster disaster during practice 2 weeks ago, I was starting to think this dang thing may not make it through a race weekend.

I have installed a new Schulze speed control. I really like this thing. It is super smooth and easy to program. Time will tell if it race worthy and up to the race trauma/beatings. I may mount a fan on the under side of the top plate but going to do some practice at race pace and monitor temps closely....

Here are a couple shots:

http://www.customvisualconcepts.com/losinewesc1.jpg

http://www.customvisualconcepts.com/losinewesc2.jpg