how much does it cost?

I was wondering what is the average cost to build a e revo with brushless just to get it running.

No aluminum arms or anything, but just the "required" parts needed.

I'm expecting $600 total.

how much have you spent?

[jnev]

Thats sounds about right.... Revo roller for about $250 - $300, and electronics for about $250 more or less. Then it depends if you have a charger and/or battery already.

I was thinking of waiting out for the MMM, but i will never run more than 4s lipo. I would try 5s lipo, but i like the universal factor when i can use batteries in other trucks or cars. You think MMM is worth waiting for?

[legobrains]

many of us are waiting for it, so yes.

Or you can pick up a maba max and run it a little slower until the MMM comes out

i guess i'll wait. I'm in no rush actually. I'm going to run my nitro revo 3.3 until it comes out. I will buy the parts before the summer and hopefully i can pick up the MMM if its worth waiting for.

[E-Revonut]

The cost of building an E-Revo all depends on how you want to do it! You can use the kits available to modify an existing chassis or what I did was went the gorillamaxx route. Gorillamaxx is with out a doubt the more expensive route but I'm extremely happy with it.

Used gorillamaxx rolling chassis on ebay(came with radio and steering servo as well) - $300
Novak HV 4.5 motor +esc on ebay - $230 (not the best choice but I didn't do any research, your on the right track!)
Tires and Wheels (Traxxas talons mounted on traxxas gemini rims) - $80
2 fast chargers $70
2 4500 mAh packs from ebay - $60
2 4200mAh 7 cell venom packs - $120
body and paint - $45
battery connectors - $15
Now upgrading to a 5mm shaft in my motor after snapping the 3.2mm, gorillamaxx single speed tranny from e-bay to allow a revo spec slipper(e-maxx slippers suck!!!) another $150

Altogether it can be very expensive! How dedicated are you? As I said I'm extremely happy with my E-revo, I have pulled off a full back flip just from punching it from a stop and I don't have to tune it for the weather! I wish I had done some research on here b4 I built mine but I did it all on a whim one night and went crazy on ebay. The gorilla chassis is expensive but it's awesome. The Novak motors and esc aren't the best choice at all. If your not in a hurry I recomend waiting till some people get the mmm in their hands and see if they're happy with them, otherwise go with the faigo or neu or something along those lines but I recomend staying away from Novak. Altogether right now I have about $1100 wrapped up into mine, compared to the other $1400 total I have into a T-maxx 2.5R, Revo 3.3, and brushless RC18T combined! No one ever said R/C was cheap! If you wanna play you gotta pay and if you wanna run with the big dogs you hadn't better be affraid of melting ur credit card, LOL!

I have plenty of pics on my myspace profile www.myspace.com/jt13031

[lincpimp]

Well, heres the breakdown on my tekno conversion

revo 3.3 roller from the traxxas forum - $155 (came with a ton of spares)
tekno conversion kit - $150 (I paid less via the per-order discount)
Aveox motor from ebay - $85
Quark 80 airmaster - $80 (lhs hookup deal)
pair of 2200 5s 20 c lipos from united Hobbies - $110
ccbec - $20

Now there is the case of whether or not you have a charger, and will use the stock servos and radio gear. The 2055 steering servo could be used as the brake servo and upgrade to a decent single steering servo with good specs.

[tmaxxdaddy]

In my case /already having a decent radio / servo's
A $400 dollar value

Revo roller $250
Tekno conversion $125
Neu 15151y $290
mgm 16018 $250
pair of Maxxamps 6000 2s + nice new charger $450
misc (clutch/bell/shoe etc) $50

thanks guys, i get an idea. This would probably one of the most expensive project i have ever had. haha. Well maybe, I had spent $600 alone on just my HPI MT2 18ss.