Tekin RX8 and RC8Te

[E-Revonut]

If you put to high of gearing (smaller spur or bigger pinnion) things will start heating up. I don't have any experience with the Tekin equipment but I know that on my setup I never got to hot. When I was racing I usually took it easy cause it was better to finish 4th every race than to get crazy and try winning and braking or messing up cause I was pushing to hard. There where times things would get a little warm when I did start pushing it harder because I had the opportunity to win though, but still well within the temperature range of the motors.

[Ivan]

Originally Posted by E-Revonut

If you put to high of gearing (smaller spur or bigger pinnion) things will start heating up. I don't have any experience with the Tekin equipment but I know that on my setup I never got to hot. When I was racing I usually took it easy cause it was better to finish 4th every race than to get crazy and try winning and braking or messing up cause I was pushing to hard. There where times things would get a little warm when I did start pushing it harder because I had the opportunity to win though, but still well within the temperature range of the motors.

God tip..thanks...
Do you use the original brushless conversion from team associated? I read in some place that this conversion (is mine too) has really small batery case. Since I don´t receive mine yet, I would like to know the size of the battery case, so I could buy the batterys. I´m afraid to buy a batery that didn´t fit on the RC8T case. If you use the original case, could you check the size?
Thank you for your help...
Best regards

Hey Ivan,

I have a RC8Te. I have a Tekno V4 conversion kit waiting to go on but at the moment I still run the Team Associated conversion kit. Anyway yes the battery tray is tight but I can still fit a Turnigy 5000mah 40C soft packs of 4-6S cell count. The 8awg wires are bit of a tight fit but it fits.

As for the motor I think the either 2D (2000kv) or the 2.5D (1700kv) versions of the T8 would work fine in a truggy depending on track, gearing and cell count you chose. I run Castle 1518 (1800kv) ESC in my RC8Te and the thing is a beast on 5S. On 6S I fear that the drivetrain wouldn't last long at all. I have 30K diff fluid in the center diff and it still lifts the front end if I am not careful with the throttle.

[Ivan]

Originally Posted by BIG-block

Hey Ivan,

I have a RC8Te. I have a Tekno V4 conversion kit waiting to go on but at the moment I still run the Team Associated conversion kit. Anyway yes the battery tray is tight but I can still fit a Turnigy 5000mah 40C soft packs of 4-6S cell count. The 8awg wires are bit of a tight fit but it fits.

As for the motor I think the either 2D (2000kv) or the 2.5D (1700kv) versions of the T8 would work fine in a truggy depending on track, gearing and cell count you chose. I run Castle 1518 (1800kv) ESC in my RC8Te and the thing is a beast on 5S. On 6S I fear that the drivetrain wouldn't last long at all. I have 30K diff fluid in the center diff and it still lifts the front end if I am not careful with the throttle.

Thank you. The batterys are so diferent in sizes today..its make me worry about it. Do you think that the RC8T conversion tray could fit this battery
http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...Lipo_Pack.html
Do you have a caliper (scale or ruler) to mensure the battery tray for me?
I still not receive the kit here (more than a month to arrive in Brazil) and if I need to wait the kits arrives to buy the batterys, one more month to get ready..:(
Thank you for the suport