brushless 1/5 4wd conversion about to begin! couple questions.

[KaztheMinotaur]

Just my Rampage.

You deffinately got a lot of nice parts with that.

You can use a piece of 5/32 drill bit as a temp dog bone pin...fits nearly perfect.

[Ryu James]

so here is some work from today.

installed stainless screw kit.
a few aluminum hop ups.
hpi aluminum nuts
made carbon front top plate
installed MT front bumper. i know its a truggy but this thing needs more protection than a small buggy bumper.
bad horsie shock covers

upcoming:

installing HPI baja swaybar kit
carbon rear top deck large enough to mount speed control on
mount battery trays
custom mud guards

[KaztheMinotaur]

I like the front CF brace you made.

You can wire brush that copper color off of the rar hub carriers if you don't like it. I did that to come of my copper stuff.

The stock shock shafts are very thin and bend easily. I am running the Baja front VVC heavy safts. They are a little long but you can take that extra lenght up with some tubing under the piston.

[Ryu James]

Originally Posted by KaztheMinotaur

I like the front CF brace you made.

You can wire brush that copper color off of the rar hub carriers if you don't like it. I did that to come of my copper stuff.

The stock shock shafts are very thin and bend easily. I am running the Baja front VVC heavy safts. They are a little long but you can take that extra lenght up with some tubing under the piston.

that was the main reason i bought that parts lot on ebay. it has a set of shocks with the 6mm phatdad shafts already on them. i will just end up using those. i did also already buy a set of front VVC shocks though that i was gonna use but then found that i couldnt really mount them up. if you switch the shaft do you need to switch the parts at the bottom of the shock case that provide the seal around the shaft?

[KaztheMinotaur]

Yep, you need the VVC bottom caps also.

[Ryu James]

hey kaz,
do you know if the baja 5t body fits well on the rampage? i love the 5t body and it looks a lot more like a truggy body but i dont want to drop $180 if it doesnt fit very well. mainly i want the sides of the body to extend at least down to the chassis. i have my body posts lowered all the way and the rampage MT shell comes down all the way. just wondering if you have tried the 5t body?

btw, the 2215 can handle 12s i believe but that pretty much maxes out the rpm capability if i recall. anyway, i will be running 10s and just use gearing to get the desired speed. i used the rc calc just the other day and it estimated this thing at around 60mph with what i put in. that will be insane. i am thinking its gonna be in the 50mph range. which is fine by me. my buggy does 55mph and it is so insane already. i cant imagine this huge beast doing more than that.

[Matthew_Armeni]

If you're still considering 1/4 scale servos, here's one from Hitec for $40, puts out 343oz in .14sec at 6v.