Mugen MBX5-T Conversion

I gotta stop thinking, it's doing my head in... Now I am not sure on the motor I should run...
I have 2 motors in mind, but am leaning towards the tekin...

-Tekin T8 2000kv truggy motor
-Neu 1515 2D/F

Is the neu really THAT much better??? Wouldn't mind saving some dollars here, but I really really need as much runtime as I can get, but they are close enough on paper for me not to be able to figure it out...

I need advice... Which motor do I go for on 4S, the tekin or the neu??

[Mozzy]

Go the Neu.

haha - too late man, already got the tekin 2000kv truggy combo on it's way =)

[Mozzy]

Baaahhhhh, you don't know what you're doing! LMAO.

Go dude, let me know how you go with it as I now have a bunch of guys asking me about BL conversions due to the racing rules changes.

I am actually thinking of going for a 6S setup on the T8 1350kv truggy motor... looking at the Turnigy 6S1P 30C 5k packs - but i'll run 2 of them - one on either side of the truck wired in parallel for 10,000mah, and should make 30 minute mains with the nitro classes - that way, i can even race at other 'busier' and more 'serious' tracks maybe? (the track i started racing at is pretty casual)

I'm gonna keep it on 4S and will run the RX8/T8 2000kv truggy combo till i can save money for the batteries tho (probably be a while -lol-), and will swap out this truggy combo and throw it in the buggy when i make the switch to 6S in the truggy... i wonder if the longer truggy motor in the buggy will be better than a buggy motor runtime wise, as it should have a bit more balls and run more efficient right?? Or is it not that much of a difference? i dunno - we'll see in a few months i guess -lol-

Not much else to report - been busy the last week, but will get round to it this week or weekend probably =)

Finally got a bit of time up my sleeve, so got started with the skid for the velcro straps for the lipos, and got the supports for the rear of the lipos made and mounted aswell... gotta love plastic chopping boards and the guy that invented the dremel hehehe

I've also got the motor mount installed and ready to go - i should have the rx8 combo on monday, and should be good to go then =)

Here's the skid plate shaped and ready to have holes drilled - i'm not gonna be a perfectionist about it - its a bit awkward/messy working in a small 1mtr x 2mtr area on the living room floor in a 1 bdrm aprtmnt -lol-


You can see i have made a channel for the velcro straps, so that the skid sits a little more flush on the chassis, and i can remove the straps and replace them if necessary without having to remove the skid =)


Here are the straps exposed...


I decided to only use 3 screws to mount it, as...
a) i was lazy...
b) it was very secure with only the 2 bottom screws, and i could surprisingly barely lift it, even prying it with a flat blade screwdriver!
and c) i was lazy -lol-

For the bottom 2 screws, I've used the same nut and position that the mud guards are mounted with, but used longer screws... i had to drill a hole in the chassis for the center screw (that is located further toward the front, in the middle of the skid) - just have a nut on the other side slightly offset underneath the rear driveshaft






Here's the small block i cut out of the plastic chopping board too, to use as supports for the back end of the lipos - they were not very safe to be left with the button head of the lower hingepin as the only rear support for them...
I sorta cut out the shape of the lower brace to conform, as the chopping board i had was a little thick to fit the lipos aswell...



I countersunk the chopping board so the button head hinge pin wasn't poking out, and that the chopping board was fluch with the lipos =)


Lipos in place...