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Jon · 05.28.2007, 01:17 AM

Quick update....

Got the car running Friday night. Pretty ghetto with my Century pinion (14 tooth). Ran 1 pack through, pretty high temps So I think I am over geared, but this is the only pinion I could find locally. Anyway, I took it to the track Saturday night to get a feel for the car. Loved it. Another guy was running his nitro version and this was just as fast down the straight. Easily took him in the technical spots. Anyway, the pinion lasted two packs till it got all chewed up. Now, it is dead on the table. Really like the car, lots of potential.

Issue 1: pinon gear is garbage. Still waiting on the plastic gear option. Went to Hobby Town to look at what options I can come up with. Nothing promising, so I went home.

Issue 2: I think I toasted my Novak Super Spot 5800 motor. The rotor shaft moves in and out about 1/8". No good. Thinking I blew a bearing, I took it apart and find nothing too unusual. After playing with it for a while, I figure the bearing in the endbell somehow moved outward the 1/8" causing the play. I removed the bearing and reset it in the endbell, but I think I really screwed something up now. Can't get it together again correctly... totally hosed. If I can' fix it, I will send back to Novak for help. Since it is the original Novak brushless system (discontinued) I figure I will see if I can get a replacement for soemthing else. They have a program where an out of warrenty product can be replaced with an upgrade to anything else. I am too tired to try and figure it out tonight (I also am a bit foggy from the Tylonel Cold and Flu meds I have ben popping like candy). If I replace this with soemthing else, what do you all recommend for a new Novak system? I want controllable speeds for racing, not nuts high speed runs. However, I would like about 150% of what the 5800 did for me. Thinking the GTB/Velociti 5.5R....

or...

I may just grab a Mamba Max System (4600 or 5700 ) and go two or three cell 5000 mah lipo.

Thoughts???

Issue three : Back to issue 1... I was thinking about replacing the center diff completely... maybe going to a gearbox from a 1/10 scale buggy. I have lots of those from the olden days, and could ghetto somehing together. Now I could run 48 pitch gears with all the options in the world available. Slipper clutch and a ball diff.... hmmmmm. Or... somhow replace the stock diff with the ball diff from the buggy gearbox and somehow use that.

Another thought.... "fix" a stock clutch bell and make it fit my motor. The hardened bell will be nasty I think to cut without a lathe. Maybe I can cut it with my sawsall. - off to the garage to make some noise.

Too many options for so late at night.

Later,
Jon

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Jon RC-Monster Stock Offline Posts: 27 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chandler, AZ	05.28.2007, 01:17 AM Quick update.... Got the car running Friday night. Pretty ghetto with my Century pinion (14 tooth). Ran 1 pack through, pretty high temps So I think I am over geared, but this is the only pinion I could find locally. Anyway, I took it to the track Saturday night to get a feel for the car. Loved it. Another guy was running his nitro version and this was just as fast down the straight. Easily took him in the technical spots. Anyway, the pinion lasted two packs till it got all chewed up. Now, it is dead on the table. Really like the car, lots of potential. Issue 1: pinon gear is garbage. Still waiting on the plastic gear option. Went to Hobby Town to look at what options I can come up with. Nothing promising, so I went home. Issue 2: I think I toasted my Novak Super Spot 5800 motor. The rotor shaft moves in and out about 1/8". No good. Thinking I blew a bearing, I took it apart and find nothing too unusual. After playing with it for a while, I figure the bearing in the endbell somehow moved outward the 1/8" causing the play. I removed the bearing and reset it in the endbell, but I think I really screwed something up now. Can't get it together again correctly... totally hosed. If I can' fix it, I will send back to Novak for help. Since it is the original Novak brushless system (discontinued) I figure I will see if I can get a replacement for soemthing else. They have a program where an out of warrenty product can be replaced with an upgrade to anything else. I am too tired to try and figure it out tonight (I also am a bit foggy from the Tylonel Cold and Flu meds I have ben popping like candy). If I replace this with soemthing else, what do you all recommend for a new Novak system? I want controllable speeds for racing, not nuts high speed runs. However, I would like about 150% of what the 5800 did for me. Thinking the GTB/Velociti 5.5R.... or... I may just grab a Mamba Max System (4600 or 5700 ) and go two or three cell 5000 mah lipo. Thoughts??? Issue three : Back to issue 1... I was thinking about replacing the center diff completely... maybe going to a gearbox from a 1/10 scale buggy. I have lots of those from the olden days, and could ghetto somehing together. Now I could run 48 pitch gears with all the options in the world available. Slipper clutch and a ball diff.... hmmmmm. Or... somhow replace the stock diff with the ball diff from the buggy gearbox and somehow use that. Another thought.... "fix" a stock clutch bell and make it fit my motor. The hardened bell will be nasty I think to cut without a lathe. Maybe I can cut it with my sawsall. - off to the garage to make some noise. Too many options for so late at night. Later, Jon