E-Revo dewalt conversion

[reno911]

Originally Posted by Coreypetro

@Reno- Which Dewalt are we talking? 12,14, or 18V?
@Arct- My main goal is to keep the price down so I wanna use as much of the factory equip as possible.
@ Josh- I wanna stay with Ni-MH to keep the $ down as well and to be honest don't know a whole lot (anything at all) about LiPos. What's their advantage?

I never knew other voltage drill motors fit everyone on the Trax forum from what I know is using the same motor. 14v.

Personally I would probably get a kershaw brushed motor. I don't know enough about the drill motors to mess around with them.

[josh9mille]

Originally Posted by reno911

I never knew other voltage drill motors fit everyone on the Trax forum from what I know is using the same motor. 14v.

Personally I would probably get a kershaw brushed motor. I don't know enough about the drill motors to mess around with them.

from what i remember there is no difference between the 12v and 14v motors, but i could be wrong. Now i cant remember if i bought a 12 or 14v lol. As far as KD stuff goes i would stay away from it, i have never heard anything good about their stuff, but i have never owned any KD stuff either. But i figured since it was all word of mouth then it must be true.

[Big House]

What is the benefit of using a drill motor...when you have Castle motors out there? Heck, for that matter the Castle clones in Leopard Motors? What is deal here?

[josh9mille]

Originally Posted by Big House

What is the benefit of using a drill motor...when you have Castle motors out there? Heck, for that matter the Castle clones in Leopard Motors? What is deal here?

dewalt motors are cheap, make big power for a brushed motor, have replaceable brushes unlike stock traxxas or KD motors. Its just a good cheap upgrade for people who dont have the money to go brushless.

[Overdriven]

Originally Posted by Big House

What is the benefit of using a drill motor...when you have Castle motors out there? Heck, for that matter the Castle clones in Leopard Motors? What is deal here?

Originally Posted by josh9mille

dewalt motors are cheap, make big power for a brushed motor, have replaceable brushes unlike stock traxxas or KD motors. Its just a good cheap upgrade for people who dont have the money to go brushless.

Well said Josh. I paid $28 bucks for my 14v dewalt locally. it was alot of fun before I decided to go whole hog into brushless and lipo. Being completely waterproof without affecting your warranty has it's perks too. I'll be swapping my dewalt and EVX2 back in and wrapping my lipos in seran wrap for some fun in the snow like I did last year.

I don't want to bad mouth Kershaw, but they're just rebadged generic motors. The dewalts are alot tougher. Mine did require one of the motor mount holes to be enlarged a little, the kershaw doesn't. But the hole I enlarged is not meant for standard 25mm bolt pattern motors, so it's doesn't ruin the mount if you want to use a different motor.

[crazyjr]

Originally Posted by josh9mille

dewalt motors are cheap, make big power for a brushed motor, have replaceable brushes unlike stock traxxas or KD motors. Its just a good cheap upgrade for people who dont have the money to go brushless.

another reason, there are some setups not truly made for brushless, Like the traxxas summit. Soft long throw suspension without swaybars and overpower do not mix

[Big House]

Originally Posted by crazyjr

another reason, there are some setups not truly made for brushless, Like the traxxas summit. Soft long throw suspension without swaybars and overpower do not mix

That is understandable, but I would think you get a low KV brushless system, that is not putting out the power but the torque, power it according.