My new top speed vehicle!

[DRIFT_BUGGY]

Something different I guess

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by BrianG

Is the gearing maxed out because of the spur/pinion options or combined diameter? Don't know what kind of pitch that Tamiya uses, but I just replaced the stock Mod 0.4 pitch gears with 48p gears on my Evo III. There seems to be a very large selection of spurs and pinions with that pitch, and the switchover required no mods at all.

The M03 chassis has fixed mounts for the motor. It has 3 different sets of holes, for 16,18 and 20t pinion, but using 17,19,and 21t pinions yeilds a much nicer mesh. Tamiya use 48p metric pinions, and the 21t is largest that will fit. You must have a sliding adjustable motor mount on your evo, I have a dark impact that I swapped over to use a traxxas slipper (peg style) and 48p pinions and spurs.

Originally Posted by bruce750i

I like your 2p deans connector. Nice and transferable. Is that hot glue for insulation I see on it? Sounds like one tough little machine.

You can get the same connector on tower hobbies from great planes, they have all kinds of deands connectors and adapters. I just made this one. Soldered the 3 deans together and then coated it in epoxy.

Originally Posted by DRIFT_BUGGY

Something different I guess

It certainly is different. And fun to drive!

[JThiessen]

I used to have the 4WD version of that! Bought it broken and gave it away in the same condition when I sold off my Stampede and Sledgehammer. I agree - thats a heavy duty chunk of plastic. May end up being a good choice for what you are doing!

[lincpimp]

I was jumping the car off a home made ramp in my parking lot at work, had a blast, but I ended the day with a broken diff?! Turns out that I had jus stripped a wheel and the hex!

Since I thought I had destroyed the diff, I decided to revamp the vehicle and test some of my newly acquired used electronics. So out came the hacker/sidewinder, and in went a Novak GTB/3.5r combo. Still using the topped-out gearing, but switched to an orion 3200 2s lipo, as it fits the stock tray. I think it is doing at least 50 mph, and I need to readjust the front to closer to neg for better high speed stability. Nice to find that the original diff and drive avles are still going strong, they have hours and hours or time on them now.