Nitro to Brushless Buggy/Truggy Conversion

Originally Posted by BL_RV0

Looks quite nice. I swear to everything holy if you don't upgrade that TRX radio system...

Haha, yeah yeah, im working on the radio situation. Just a bit low on the funds at the moment. Just wanted to get it running, and that was laying around the garage!

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

awesome! Nice clean layout. are you hooked on brushless yet?

Absolutely, im hooked on brushless! While I was working on this build I also purchased an RC18MT that I converted to a Brushless/Lipo setup. It is so awesome just to be able to plug in the car and go! Instant satisfaction. Its definitely different after using nothing but Nitro cars for the past 6 years.

Originally Posted by simplechamp

Looks great!

Only suggestion would be to find a piece of medium/firm foam to cut down and fill the gap in the battery tray. Straps should hold the lipo in place, but if you hit something dead-on or come down on a hard nose dive you don't want the lipo smashing into the front of the tray.

Thanks for the tip. Im working on a piece of foam to stick in there right now. I'll definitely get it in there before I do any kind of bashing!

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

^^ good advice. losing the "extra" servo saver and just running an arm will tighten up steering.

Didn't even think about getting rid of that extra servo saver... Im so used to running my Tmax that the steering already feels super nice and snappy. haha. Ill try and get rid of that though. Thanks!

Originally Posted by Unsullied_Spy

Nice conversion, it came out looking great! You should pull the center diff out and put thicker fluid in it to help control the ballooning, I've got 30k fluid in my Muggy and my Hyper 7 and I still unload the front tires like mad. Still needs a better radio system and a better steering servo but it's looking great so far.

I will try some thicker diff fluid for sure. With the intense ballooning, my front rubber will be gone in a matter of days! Haha...



Anyways, thanks for the tips guys. I appreciate it!