Project for someone with fab skills.

[FG101C]

Hey guys, I just bought a Kyosho Spada 09. It's a 1/12, 4wd, .09 nitro powered on-road car. I'm sure most of you know what it is. Is there anyone here that would care to make a brushless motor mount and figure out the configuration to make it brushless. I have no where to run it in it's nitro form but have a really nice carpet trak by me.

The reason I want to convert this is to have something truly unique and the 4WD would be awesome on the carpet.

[FG101C]

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[FG101C]

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[Semi Pro]

that looks like sweet car, the motor mount shouldnt be that hard, keeping the balance will be the hard part

[MetalMan]

Looks like it would make an awesome project. Here are my thoughts:

-BL motor where stock engine goes (no-brainer)
-Lipo pack(s) using ~2100mah cells in fuel tank/brake servo location, perpendicular to the chassis
-if you want to keep the mechanical brakes, you could throw a mini servo (like Hitec 5245MG) at the rear of the BL motor
-ESC mounted above BL motor? (where the nitro engine's cooling head goes) or maybe the ESC could be mounted to a plate above the driveshaft

[bruce750i]

What is all that weird stuff all over the chassie? Looks like it has some tank to hold fluid or something?

[FG101C]

Originally Posted by bruce750i

What is all that weird stuff all over the chassie? Looks like it has some tank to hold fluid or something?

[lincpimp]

Looks sweet, send it to me and I will make it brushless. I need another project, the room looks so lonely with only 40 r/cs...

you mean the 40 that were blown away in the storm

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by e-rev project

you mean the 40 that were blown away in the storm

It was all a dream... (cue dream sequence music)

I always wanted to convert one of these and run it outdoors. What track are you racing at?

This would be a super simple, and cheap conversion, just make sure u keep the weight, a 12th scale NEEDS the weight it has to drive well, thats why theres no good solution for 12th scale and lipos. So I would ass weight to it after all is done, to make it the same as it is nitro

Id run a normal 12th set up, LRP TC Sphere, and a Orion 08 motor, IDK how fast you want it to go

[FG101C]

The only on-road track I have access to is an indoor carpet track. The AWD 1/12 would be so cool but....it just sold on ebay, so I guess I will stick to off-road.