hotbodies Ve8 pics

[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 .

[rchippie]

I modded one of the velcro straps. This will make it eaiser to get the lipo in & out of the car . Plus i it will be more secure . I have to get another strap to do the other one .
what do you think ?.

[bdebde]

Originally Posted by big greg

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!

You will need it when it comes to the diffs, the screws are very long and get pretty hard to turn.

Originally Posted by rchippie

I modded one of the velcro straps. This will make it eaiser to get the lipo in & out of the car . Plus i it will be more secure . I have to get another strap to do the other one .
what do you think ?.

I did the losi straps on mine.

[sebsta]

Here is mine:







- Tekin T8 1900 kv (shortened shaft)
- Turnigy 3000 4S 30C
- chopped MMM
- Tekno straps

I still have not much run time on it due to the snow over here. Looking forward to spring.

cheers

sebsta