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Originally Posted by gramey
 Looks to be coming along o.k., I recently finished building my 8 E-T with a Tekno conversion, Neu 1515-1Y & MGM controller. I'm sure you'll have some fun when it's finished, I'm sure it was perception issue that when I ran mine back to back against my nitro 8T the E-T appeared to be slower. I think it simply seemed that way due to the lack of noise as it drove the corners better and was easily as quick down the straights.
I mounted my esc on a plate having put longer bolts through the rear chassis brace so it's mounted centrally in the rear to try and avoid heat from the motor adding heat to the esc and vice versa.
Post some more pics when it's finished and let us know how it goes. |
I hope to have the parts today... then I'll upload a few more pic's, but I agree with you from the heat on the motor. I purposely made my mount extend over the center area of the truck to avoid most of the heat generated from the motor... some heat will travel through the aluminum mounting plate, but between the 3m tape and the graphite mount on the botttom of the ESC very little should transfer through. I race though and couldn't afford to go with something less sturdy and chance a break in the middle of a heat or main. I actually had an old 3mm chassis laying around from something and just cut a chunk out and it screwed right in nice. I used two opposite screw holes and after testing found that was enough to hold it without issues.