Losi Ten-T Conversion

Arrived at the office this morning and to my pleasant surprise Mike's kit was sitting on my desk. First in Canada

Originally Posted by bparanoid

Arrived at the office this morning and to my pleasant surprise Mike's kit was sitting on my desk. First in Canada

Or so you think...

[mohanjude]

Originally Posted by 95ROLR

Or so you think...

The Plot thickens...

Seriously I have had so much fun with this truck it is like the first time I played with the brushless e-maxx all those years ago. The truck handles really well. Very nice truck to convert and hope the truck is going to be durable.

Installation almost complete, I would have had it finished last night but ran into a few snags. A few things worth of note:

- The battery strap included with the kit was too short for my application. Following further research on this forum I discovered longer straps are available. My fault. I just ended up buying the Losi straps at my LHS as I didn't want to wait for another order.

- I had a similar issue as IIICJACKIII with sizing of the screws. The original ones removed from the nitro parts were much smaller and a different thread size than the ones needed for Kit (both battery and diff mount) I ended up needing 5 M4 and 1 M3 screws to complete the installation. I figure no problem...so I head off to the LHS for some screws. Well I found out they don't sell screws individually and were only available in a kit at a price of $50.00!. Luckily I had a friend who had a few spares laying around.

Everything else was PERFECT! Thanks Mike and Brian for you assistance with this build. I can't wait to power it up.

Neu-Castle 2200kv
MMM ESC V3
20T pinion gear
2* 2s 5200mah 35C Lipos
Weight 7.2lbs (measured on a bathroom scale)

Originally Posted by bparanoid

- I had a similar issue as IIICJACKIII with sizing of the screws. The original ones removed from the nitro parts were much smaller and a different thread size than the ones needed for Kit (both battery and diff mount) I ended up needing 5 M4 and 1 M3 screws to complete the installation. I figure no problem...so I head off to the LHS for some screws. Well I found out they don't sell screws individually and were only available in a kit at a price of $50.00!. Luckily I had a friend who had a few spares laying around.

I ended up picking up some Traxxas screws to finish it up. they are sold in a pack of 4 or 5. I used 1 pack of 4m button head and 1 pack of 3m countersunk. Plus they had threadlock on them all ready.:) I ran it last weekend on a bigger track with a 3s 5000mah pack, 2200 mamba monster system w/ a 19t pinion. It was a little slow on the straights, but very controable on every where else. could use a bigger pinion, i will try a 21 or 22 next. temps w/ the 19t hit around 80-90 deg. F. 4s is just wicked!! I got a set of black chrome rims and losi king pins. they are smaller then the stock tires but look great on it.

Originally Posted by IIICJACKIII

I ended up picking up some Traxxas screws to finish it up. they are sold in a pack of 4 or 5.

Thanks, good to know.

Last night I mounted one of my old cell phone's with a built in GPS and speed program in the car to measure its speed. I ran about three passes and manged a top speed of 41mph. I might of squeezed more out of it but on my third pass one of those dam curbs came out of nowhere and sent the car airborne into a artistic flip consisting of cartwheels, somersaults and tipple axles (you know the ones that seem to go in slow motion). It survived the crash with only minor flesh wounds but I decided not to push my luck and called it a night. Brian, your top speed calculator was pretty much bang on.

This thread has been quiet lately....I figured everyone was busy gluing wheels

Originally Posted by IIICJACKIII

I ended up picking up some Traxxas screws to finish it up. they are sold in a pack of 4 or 5. I used 1 pack of 4m button head and 1 pack of 3m countersunk. Plus they had threadlock on them all ready.:) I ran it last weekend on a bigger track with a 3s 5000mah pack, 2200 mamba monster system w/ a 19t pinion. It was a little slow on the straights, but very controable on every where else. could use a bigger pinion, i will try a 21 or 22 next. temps w/ the 19t hit around 80-90 deg. F. 4s is just wicked!! I got a set of black chrome rims and losi king pins. they are smaller then the stock tires but look great on it.

You don't happen to have the Traxxas Part number laying around, do you? I'm having the same screw issue with the screws not fitting properly. I've gone through all my screws but didn't even think to pull out the ole Traxxas parts. If they don't fit, i'll just order some up.

Thanks!