hotbodies Ve8 pics

Looks great, FastXR! :)

I have been following this thread, even participated a while back, thought Id share pics of my ve8











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[rchippie]

Originally Posted by Frank H

I have been following this thread, even participated a while back, thought Id share pics of my ve8











=)

Thats a really nice looking lid . How much did you have to extend the wires by,also did you use plugs or did you sloder wire to wire ?.

[Bondonutz]

YES, The Duracell is KEENO ! Somthing so obvious but never thought of ?

Thanks! Painted it myself.

The stock motor wires ALMOST reached, but I cut them much shorter so there wouldnt be too much slack from the wires that came with the esc (I had a spare MMM esc that came with ~3 inch wires with 6mm connectors pre-installed.) I soldered wire to wire.

[rchippie]

Originally Posted by Frank H

Thanks! Painted it myself.

The stock motor wires ALMOST reached, but I cut them much shorter so there wouldnt be too much slack from the wires that came with the esc (I had a spare MMM esc that came with ~3 inch wires with 6mm connectors pre-installed.) I soldered wire to wire.

My motor wires are full length how much would you suggest adding ?. I'm asking because i have'nt taken my motor out of my ERT yet to find out . I may just end up getting another system . so i dont want to cut any wires yet .

that duracell body is the shiznit! what are you geared with the 1400 on 6s?

seriously only needed a half inch. If I would have propped my esc on a spacer or something, I wouldnt have needed any additional wire.

[rchippie]

Originally Posted by Frank H

seriously only needed a half inch. If I would have propped my esc on a spacer or something, I wouldnt have needed any additional wire.

Cool I will make up 3 jumpers about 1 1/2 - 2 long with a new esc side plug on them, to have them ready for when i mount the motor . Then i will trim them to the proper length when i solder the wires together . Im bored & looking for something to do .

have you not drove it yet hippie?

[rchippie]

Originally Posted by big greg

have you not drove it yet hippie?

No SIR i have not driven it yet . Im still trying to decide if i want to take the servo & MMM/combo from my truggy or buy another system . Either way i still need another servo for the mechanical brakes .

im still trying to decide if i wanna run mech. brakes, everything gets here monday for mine, it will be like christmas lol, car/ batteries/ motor,and a few other odds and ends, i even bought a new power screwdriver to put it together!

The mechanical brakes was the main reason I wanted ve8. That and the d8 suspension is just awesome. Go mechanical brakes!

[Marvin]

I'm running 18/50 gearing, but would like to get my slipperential in there - problem is it rubs on the motor plate, even with a load of grinding (with the 48 spur - the 52 won't fit in at all). I'll have to see if Mike could do me a special 50T slipperential spur.

Thanks for the comments on the body, one of the guys at the track I race at jokingly said that my car ran on AAs, so I though 'aha - Duracell, maybe they'll stop picking it up when marshalling thinking it has cut.'

The copper colour was a little hard to find though. It's brushed on (as in hand painted - I don't have enough money, time or talent for an airbrush, but I could always hand-paint well).

[rchippie]

Here are some pics of the battery mounted with the spacers i made to prevent the lipo from sliding in either direction. There is no vecro underneath the lipo & it does not move at all .