Elektri-Clutch in a 1/8 Buggy

[jhautz]

I have been playing with a new setup for my Xray XB8 buggy using the Elektri-Clucth from the Tekno Revo conversion kit. A few pictures below of what I have so far.

I am using the M2C 3 shoe aluminum clutch setup that I turned the flywheel down to the same diameter as the clutch bell so I could get to the motor screws to tighten them. (please forgive the 2 different motor mount screws. Its just was was handy on the workbench at the moment. I'll fix it before I actually run it.) The dif has been flipped from the normal setup so the clutch bell can run next to the center diff housing. I used some spacers under the center dif mounts so the spur would clear the chassis. The other challenge is the motor clearing the brake disk and calipers. I am using a 48T spur so I get a couple extra MM of clearance and I still cant get less than a 18T clutch bell and still clear the disk. (see the picture below showing the disk/motor clearance) That means I will need a really low KV motor to gear it for track speeds of only around 35mph. I had a 1940/7 that I am going to change to star configuration and run it as a 1940/12 (1300kv approx).

I still need to come up with a servo mount for the mechanical brake, but I think I have a couple ideas on how to do it. (Thanks for the advice Mike)

Here are some pictures posted of the setup as it is right now. I'm still playiong with it and will probably make some adjustents still before it ready to run, but i thought I would post this up and see if anyone had any input on other ways to possibly set this up. I'm trying to keep it simple for now. I just want to see if the clutch helps make it easier to drive on the track. I always seem to have thm most trouble comming out of turns and hitting the throttle to hard and spinning out or just loosing traction. I'm hoping this will make it a little more forgiving. That and it just seems like an interesting idea I wanted to play with.

Let me know what you think so far.