Pics of my 8lectic:

My new 8lectric pics:

Under the bonnet..................

[lxmuff]

Nice. Have you had a chance to run it yet?

[sapper_triple6]

Very nice. I'm still debating whether or not to convert my 8ight. Dont know if I want to drop the $$$ for LiPo and I think NiMh would be too heavy.

I have not(except for about two minutes in the driveway). Tomorrow's races will be the first runs on it. I am confident it will perform admirably. I have been runin' the Neu and Quark in an 8T for about 9 months already.

[squeeforever]

Originally Posted by sapper_triple6

Very nice. I'm still debating whether or not to convert my 8ight. Dont know if I want to drop the $$$ for LiPo and I think NiMh would be too heavy.

I don't see why everybody complains about the cost. You can get a set of LiPos as cheap or cheaper than a set of NiMH...

[starscream]

Originally Posted by squeeforever

I don't see why everybody complains about the cost. You can get a set of LiPos as cheap or cheaper than a set of NiMH...

You also have to factor in the new hardware needed for charging/balancing and mounting & protecting the Lipo's on the chassis as well as the learning curve for the new batt chemistry as not to destroy your new investments.
Lipo's are not for folks who do not want to worry about low voltage cutoffs, discharge cutoffs, current ratings and thermal runaway .
My vote would be A123's for those types of users as the A123's are lighter than nimh's and are not as fragile/temperamental as Lipo's.

[t-maxxracer32]

to get nimh battery packs to be as expensive as lipos you will need to get some QUALITY batteries.

he may be talking about some cheap gp3300s or something. you can get some nice little 14 cell nimh packs for less than 100 bucks.

compared to lipos that are around 140 for the cheepest 4 cell pack.

[lincpimp]

Actually if you look sround you can find lipos cheap. I bought a pair of 3600 12c 2s polyquest lipos for 32 bucks each from cheapbatterypacks a few months ago. They were so good I bought another 2. Now I have a pair of 3600 4s packs, so I have over 80 amps cont plus 7200 mah of capacity. All for about $130 inc s/h. My supervee runs really good now!

[squeeforever]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

Actually if you look sround you can find lipos cheap. I bought a pair of 3600 12c 2s polyquest lipos for 32 bucks each from cheapbatterypacks a few months ago. They were so good I bought another 2. Now I have a pair of 3600 4s packs, so I have over 80 amps cont plus 7200 mah of capacity. All for about $130 inc s/h. My supervee runs really good now!

Point proven.

Originally Posted by starscream

You also have to factor in the new hardware needed for charging/balancing and mounting & protecting the Lipo's on the chassis as well as the learning curve for the new batt chemistry as not to destroy your new investments.
Lipo's are not for folks who do not want to worry about low voltage cutoffs, discharge cutoffs, current ratings and thermal runaway .
My vote would be A123's for those types of users as the A123's are lighter than nimh's and are not as fragile/temperamental as Lipo's.

I'm just referring to the cost factor. Nobody mentioned the things that go with LiPo usage, like being cautious for one. Something that should be used either way...LiPo or not.

[t-maxxracer32]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

Actually if you look sround you can find lipos cheap. I bought a pair of 3600 12c 2s polyquest lipos for 32 bucks each from cheapbatterypacks a few months ago. They were so good I bought another 2. Now I have a pair of 3600 4s packs, so I have over 80 amps cont plus 7200 mah of capacity. All for about $130 inc s/h. My supervee runs really good now!

got me on that one.

i guess you have to search around.

[lincpimp]

Yeah t-maxxracer, I happen upon a lot of good deals while surfing the net, and some sites have clearance sections, so I try to keep a mental note to check them often. I just bought a sportwerks chaos from stormer hobbies for 110 shipped. The lhs is trying to sell theirs for 275, and I know that cost for them was over 200.

[starscream]

Originally Posted by squeeforever

Point proven.



I'm just referring to the cost factor. Nobody mentioned the things that go with LiPo usage, like being cautious for one. Something that should be used either way...LiPo or not.

Cost is a relative term...
If you are converting to Lipo then you MUST take into account ALL the aspects of the new battery chemistry.

If you are strictly referring to a monetary setback then you have to also take into account the additional monetary setback for the additional hardware needed to support the new battery chemistry i.e. charger's, lvc's, balancer's etc.

[sapper_triple6]

Yeah I was referring more to the cost of the whole package. Not just the packs. Also the fact that I am just a basher. Im not overly concerned with the best runtimes and max performance.

[macr0w]

Originally Posted by Chapito

Under the bonnet..................

Boy!!! Is that a 1515/1/Y/F in that buggy or what?

What kind of gearing and packs/voltage are you going to run?