Duratrax raze buggy conversion

[phildogg]

Looking good waiting for a motor mount for mine also..
phil

Motor mount arrived. This thing is a piece of art, great job Mike. Bolted up with no issues of course!





Now to just raise the funds for the electronics and lipo !

No update, but a question. I don't have an exact weight on the buggy, but it's definitely heavy compared to something like a Slash roller. I'm thinking the aluminum chassis is probably the worst culprit. I'm curious to hear from others any tips on putting this rig on a diet while still maintaining strength? I was thinking possibly carbon fiber, but I've snapped cf parts in the past before.

Maybe its not even an issue with the power that will be going to this buggy?

[Semi Pro]

Originally Posted by ecoli

No update, but a question. I don't have an exact weight on the buggy, but it's definitely heavy compared to something like a Slash roller. I'm thinking the aluminum chassis is probably the worst culprit. I'm curious to hear from others any tips on putting this rig on a diet while still maintaining strength? I was thinking possibly carbon fiber, but I've snapped cf parts in the past before.

Maybe its not even an issue with the power that will be going to this buggy?

i wouldnt spend any money on trying to make a raze lite, if you want to build a lite weight 1/8 buggy then buy a losi 8ight (you would be shocked to know how lite my lite weight 8 build has become)

Thanks for the replies guys. As for the battery and battery tray, will be ordering these through Mike. Just need to decide what battery I'm going with and then what tray I'll need. I'll also need to order some pinions from Mike too.

I've got lots of spare servos and a new rx for my DX3r, and am working on a deal for the MMM combo with the lhs (got to support your lhs when you can!). Just all needs to come together at some point!

[Raze ST Truggy]

I just swapped out the 36-60-2000 medusa for a 36-80-1600 Medusa in the buggy. The 60mm had a 12t pinion on it and a put a 20t on the 80mm. I wanted to see if I could make the motor sweat, after two seperate ~10min bash sessions of mostly speed runs the hottest I could get the motor was 120f. The MMM V1 is still going strong, and the 4000mAh 6S 20C Zippy didn't break 90f.

I'm going to go throught the diffs and add silicon lube and then I think that I'm going to sell the buggy with the 60mm and put the 80mm in the truggy.

-Brian