Talk 1520 - your experiences

[nuz69]

My 1520 is ordered ;) Just finished to adjust shimming of my MBX5T's diffs. The chassis is ready to eat the torque of the Castle beast ;)

[Bondonutz]

Originally Posted by moogenite

Site has good taste.

I suppose TRX is the best ?

[nitrostarter]

Keep in mind, the present day 1717's are equipped with 6mm shafts. CC is in the process of changing them to 5mm at the moment.

[nuz69]

This timing issue disturb me, I have made a new thread about it, hope that some Castle Personnel will answer...

[ANGRY-ALIEN]

Originally Posted by JThiessen

My 1520 is in my Muggy
Slipperential in the middle, 50K, and slipper tight.
5S Neu pack, MMM (dont know what settings I have it on right now)
50/18 gearing

I have only run it up and down the street a couple time so far, but its got plenty of power. Does NOT lift the front wheels off the ground, little slip on take off (dry pavement). But it does seem to run real cool so far.

Originally Posted by magman

1. I did put small washers between center diff mounts and chassis to raise everything up a bit for more clearance

2. I have the motor timing to 0

3. IMO the 1717 is too big for a truggy, heck the 1520 is a bit on the large size, but, I wanted a motor that I would not have to worry about. I was running a 1515 ccneu before and that was just fine as well

Hey guys... can you post photos of your 1520 setups... it will help to illustrate a 'clearer' picture on how you have modded your trucks facilitate this monster....

Oh yah + 1 on the 0 degree timing...

[SunnyHouTX]

Nothing to be disturbed about. You got it right the first time.

[bruce750i]

V1 MMM Pushing 6s to a 1520 on 15/54 in a RC8T.


I had my 1520 up to 130*F after a hard 15 min of off-road & street runs. Here some videos of the run.

Off-road, sorry for the shaking, I had my camera mounted on top of my TX and was walking into position.


On-road

[ANGRY-ALIEN]

.. nice!... that thing moves around well... what timing/punch setup are you using? do you know its weight?

Looks like a whole lot of fun man... thanks for sharing

[bruce750i]

Thanks, I went and pulled the settings. 0% punch, 60% brake, 13 for timing. It weighed in around 12lb RTR and 120k CD fluid. 13 for timing sounds a little on the hot side, I dropped it down to 9 to try next time.

[ANGRY-ALIEN]

Originally Posted by bruce750i

Thanks, I went and pulled the settings. 0% punch, 60% brake, 13 for timing. It weighed in around 12lb RTR and 120k CD fluid. 13 for timing sounds a little on the hot side, I dropped it down to 9 to try next time.

Nice... can you make comparisons with temps on different timing setups? Oh.. and also run times...

[Kcaz25]

Sweet! Clearly those (savage) tires are taped, right? Otherwise...

[nuz69]

According Castle, best efficiency is reached when timing is between 2-4.

[bruce750i]

Kcaz25,
I am pretty sure they are not taped, I got them used pre-mounted. I do have some rubber bands on the outside I guess that might help a little. I plan on doing a fishing line wrap soon to them.

Thanks Nuz69,
I can drop the timing to 4 and re-try.

[V0RT3X]

This is a 4-pole, right? Could you even feel the difference versus a 1521?

[Kcaz25]

I would have thought with that much power the tires would have exploded without taping. IDK. Nice rubber bands! lol