Brushless Associated Monster GT

[Batfish]

I had planned on attaching the mount directly to the chassis, but the aluminum I have isn't tall enough. I have 1.5" and need at least 2" to accomplish it. You can actually see the cut-out I made to allow it, but the motor needs to be high enough to mesh with the spur, which means I'd have to go at least 1cm higher. As you can see, my aluminum elbow won't allow for that. Also, I did channel the aluminum to allow moving the motor up and down. That's described in a previous post :)

I plan on moving the fans once I'm sure I have things where they will stay. In the meantime, the 'fan tower' keeps them out of the way while still allowing for cooling.

The diff is held in with a little more than just the 2 screws, but not much more. I shoe-gooed the aluminum piece on the other side of the diff to the chassis. I can get at least a 3rd screw (if not a 4th) into the other side. I never bothered to mark the chassis on that side so I'll have to take it all apart to do it.

Noone has given me my drive ratio! :) Have you guys lost your touch? heh

[starscream]

Hey Joe,
Nice work, I like it :cool:
The internal gears of the ofna diff won't effect the overall ratio.
So, with the 3.31 ratio of the diff and the 3.4 ratio of the spur/pinion your overall ratio is 11.25 to 1.

[Batfish]

I now have the 10L/12012 combo set up with 12/51 gearing on the center diff.

This Thursday night (10/6/2005) should be the first night we run electric monster truck on the indoor track :)
I'll have my MGT up against a G-Maxx with the HV-Maxx as well as at least 2 E-Maxxes running stock Titans. The 2 E-Maxxes have some suspension upgrades, but no powertrain upgrades (as far as I know).
This will be the first race outing for the Brushless MGT.

I'll report back on the success :)

[coolhandcountry]

I take you must like the setup. I watched the video of you testing it. It looked to handle good. Let us know if you beat the boys down.

[Thunderbruiser]

how is the hv maxx systeM? i know it's no where near as powerful as other combo's but just wondering

[Batfish]

Originally posted by Thunderbruiser
how is the hv maxx systeM? i know it's no where near as powerful as other combo's but just wondering

You can think of it as a power progression:
Low = stock Titans
Medium = HV-Maxx
High = various assortments of the systems you see here at RC-Monster.com, including BK/MGM/Feigao/Lehner.

They also rate the same in relative level of difficulty to install:
Low = stock Titans (easiest since the vehicle is RTR)
Medium = HV-Maxx (drop-in replacement, only the possible need for pinion/spur adjustment)
High = systems sold here (requires soldering connectors, changing pinion/spur in most cases, matching motor to controller, finding mounting locations for the controller, adding proper cooling where needed)

If I didn't know these high-voltage/high-power sensorless systems existed, I'd be ecstatic to have an HV-Maxx. Heck, I'd still put one in my stock E-Maxx if it didn't cost as much as the other systems sold here. :)

Nearly all of my driving is on a race track where anything over 30MPH is pretty useless. The HV-Maxx fills this requirement while barely breaking a sweat. The other systems here will do that with even less effort and are capable of much, much higher speeds.

Hope that helps!

[Thunderbruiser]

cool yeah...cause for a moment i was thinking of getting it for this truck cause i didn't wanna tear it apart but i figured for the same price i can go higher quality...i'll have ot find a way to mount a fan and all though

[Batfish]

I have decided that, since I never bash with this truck, I'm going to see what I can do about making it into a solid race truck.

First step was better tires, so I got Pro-Line Velocity Maxx size wheels and Pro-Line Crime Fighter tires.

Second was to see if I could lower the ride height and still be able to race/jump with it. At this point it may be too low, but it's very stiff so it may work out okay. These pics are where the height is now.

Once again, I'll be trying this out on Thursday to see how it does. If it actually stops raining and dries up a little, I'll be able to test in my yard sooner. I can run it off of my deck, which is about 2ft high to see how it reacts, and my bumpy lawn is similar in roughness to a rough racing track. We'll see how it goes.

[squeeforever]

what kind of shocks are those? they look like jato or revo shocks. got a picture of the chassis?

[Batfish]

Originally posted by squeeforever
what kind of shocks are those? they look like jato or revo shocks. got a picture of the chassis?

Yep, I got a picture, but I'm going for a little suspense until I find out if they work okay first ;)

Looks great fishbat! :D

[Re~Mix]

Hey, I might be picking up an mgt for a project. It has the basic necessary upgrades but not much else. I'm looking for a fairly easy/durable conversion to do for 12 cells. I figure i could mess around with battery mounting myself, but i need a setup for the center driveline/motor mount.

What would you all reccomend? Gorillamaxx Single Speed? Ofna Mbx?

I'd run the 7xl. Thanks.

[squeeforever]

gorillamaxx single speed.

-corey

[coolhandcountry]

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/show...4&goto=newpost
Here is a nother mgt thread you chan look at. It has the driveshaft lengths and such in there.