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Shark413
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04.06.2008, 01:31 AM

Update:

I was worried that the stock Revo 2 shoe clutch wouldn't be able to handle the weight of my truggy. So I ordered a special 3 shoe flywheel which arrived yesterday. So today I turned it down so it was even with the bell. This flywheel is the special NewEra flywheel made for the Revo. A little background, I have the Tekno adpater that allows you to use a standard Revo flywheel/bell, which uses two shoes and is smaller than a 1/8 scale bell. I wanted to use a heavy duty 3 shoe fullsized 1/8 scale flywheel/bell which is taller and normally wouldn't fit (too long front to back). The flywheel I got is specially made to be much thinner and allows a full size 1/8 bell in the same space as the stock Revo flywheel/bell.

I hooked it up with alloy shoes with no springs (so it engages sooner) and hooked it up. I took it for a spin and the clutch works great, it spools up smoothly before it engages, but once it engages it is very strong. Unfortunetly it was a little too strong and the combination of sticky tires, super powerful motor, wornout diffs and 100% traction blew out the rear diff. The diffs on this project have a lot of milage on them and were in need of a rebuild anyway. I spent the remander of the afternoon rebuilding both diffs. I hooked everything back up and ran it on workbench and it seemed to be working perfectly (too dark to run on the street). Off to the track tomorrow to see how it performs.


NewEra flywheel and full size 3 shoe 1/8 scale Ofna bell.


Stock Revo 2 shoe flywheel/bell.


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