revo / e-maxx

ok guys I need some advice I have a rtr e-maxx and a rtr revo and I am wanting to make the revo in to a e-revo any advice before I start.I do indust. maint. and I have all the needed tools to work with I will go brushless when I get it done and have every thing worked out.I have all the parts to turn my e-maxx into a t-maxx so I am not going to loss a truck by doing this.

thanks
Camp Racing

oh yeah take it easy on me this is my first post here.

[TexasSP]

I am doing the e-revo with the stock 3.3 chassis. I am over the machine shop at my plant so I too have easy access to everything needed. When using the stock chassis you need to cut away some material to allow the e-maxx tranny to fit and drill some more mounting holes. As far as the battery trays I have cut out part of the motor mount and am machining out some trays to mount onto the side tabs which I have bent down.

The only problem I am having is finding time in the machine shop to get everything done but besides that it is pretty cut and dry.

I plan on working on the driveshafts this weekend and figuring out what I need but will probably just end up getting some custom shafts made by rcalloys.com.

Once everything is together I will run with the titans/Super Duty XR to get everything worked out suspension and driving wise until the Mamba Monster Max comes out at which point I will switch to the Gorilla single speed tranny and add the steel idler gear.

Hopefully with some luck I will have evrything running in the next two weeks.

[Serum]

Welcome to the forum!

My advice is to do the revo. It's got a tougher drivetrain and a superiour suspension geometry.

thanks TexasSP

when you say you have to cut away some of the material to allow the e tranny to fit.How much is it to much that if I want to go back to nitro I will have to buy a new chassis or will the mounting hole for the stock revo tranny still be there?

Thanks you Serum

I plan on doing the revo just wanted to get some info before I start.

[Serum]

You can check Dafni's thread about his e-revo, it's got lots of usefull information for you.

cool thanks I will have to check that out

[crazyjr]

You could always do a Gorilla chassis, not sure if you want a racer or basher, but its an option. How far is Douglasville to Atlanta or Macon?

Douglasville is about 20 min. from atlanta. Do you know where six flags is?I live passed six flags.I just want to bash with it and I dont want to lose ground clerace.where do you live,...macon?

[Serum]

You guys have got six flags too? nice... We have got one over here too..

yeah it is pretty cool haveing it so close but I dont go anymore.I went a lot when I was in highschool.

[crazyjr]

I actually live in Warner Robins, but macon is bigger so it shows up better than my town. I live about 14 miles south of Macon. We got a track here and i was going to tell you a little about it, but being a basher you might not want to go that far.

yeah let me hear it I like to race some times just not all the time we have a group of guys that try to get together on the weekends and go to the local bmx track and race.we don't have a track close by so we run where we can.but yeah tell me about the track and I will come and see it sometime.

[crazyjr]

Here is the website, there is a forum there as well as an address. We got a growing group of racers of about twenty right now, most are nitro, but a couple of us run brushless.

http://www.tkohobbies.tk/

[crazyjr]

Update on the track, it has closed. but the owners are going to build a track in another place and let the business part of it die