Ok, I decided to work on the body and I discovered that the body wouldn't clear the ESC when mounted in the back. So I decided to move the ESC to the right side of the tranny. Body now fits, ESC proctected. Originally I wanted the CG centered left to right and slightly bias toward the rear. With the batteries mounted side saddle there is more weight on the left side (battery plus motor on left, battery, ESC, receiver on right). But, mounted side saddle the batteries are very low which lowers the CG, and theroetically should make it corner better. I decided to experiment and I mounted a carbon fiber plate on top of the rear shocks, using some alloy brackets and the rear body mount. On this I added the left side battery, so I had a battery on top and one on the right side. In this configuration the CG was almost perfectly balanced left to right with a rear bias, just what I wanted. But with one battery mounted on top this moved the CG higher. The top configuration I assume would be similar to a Revo conversion using the E-Maxx tranny with the motor mounted on top. The utimate test I guess would be to try both configurations on the track and see which works out better. I appreciate your feedback and suggestions.
Body trimmed and mounted.
ESC moved.
CF top plate mounted.
Pack mounted on top.
Side view.
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