brushless 1/5 4wd conversion about to begin! couple questions.

[RC-Monster Mike]

48 Rockwell hardness on my gears. I think the SDP gears are made of 12L14 steel, which can only be case hardened(this is OK, but not as durable overall as through-hardened gears of the correct material - less longevity)

[Ryu James]

woohoo! i got my motor mount finished today. went into shop and finished up work on it with CNC friend. turned out sweet. i made 3 of them so i have 2 extra. if anyone is interested in one pm me for pricing.

so here are some pics. let me explain a couple of things first. the notch on one side of the face of the motor was necessary to give enough clearance for the center diff outdrive cup. i couldve done the part without the notch but that would have limited gear selection.

the reamed out insidea area of the mount is in 3 steps. first outer width fits perfect around the fins of the motor, 2nd width fits snug over the screws that hold that front endbell on, and the 3rd width fits snugly around the face of the motor which is the smallest diameter. fits like a glove.

the motor mount will sit on 1" wide x 2.5" long x 3/16" thick plates that will allow the motor to slide 3/4" side to side to adjust for gear selection and mesh. this allows me to go from 12t to as high as like 20t pinion gear. the plates didnt get done today but will be done tomorrow.

i got the 40t spur machined and its in the pics. still needs to be hardened though.

anyway, i am really happy with how the mount turned out. it will be mounted using 5mm screws throughout. there are no holes in the top of the mount yet for a fan since i have not recieved a 60mm fan. i willl just drill and tap those myself.

[Ryu James]

[jnev]

Great work James! Really coming along nicely! I'll be watching this thread for updates.

[Ryu James]

Originally Posted by jnev

Great work James! Really coming along nicely! I'll be watching this thread for updates.

thanks Jnev!!

[Metallover]

Wow. I've seen your kits before and I had some really dang high expectations when you said you were doing a 5th scale. Needless to say, I'm blown away. Great job so far!

Can't wait to see it completed!

[BL_RV0]

That looks F*ckin awesome James!!!!

[kulangflow]

Let me know when it's done so we can head out to do some action video of it. Excellent work as always!

[brushlessboy16]

Wow, thats astounding- very nice! now get it running and take vid...

[nitrostarter]

The motor mount looks sick! I was wondering how you were going to do it. It looks just like the Tekno stuff, which is a great way of mounting the motor. I would say to make sure the chassis doesn't flex so the gear mesh remains the same.

Looks great!!

[Ryu James]

Originally Posted by nitrostarter

The motor mount looks sick! I was wondering how you were going to do it. It looks just like the Tekno stuff, which is a great way of mounting the motor. I would say to make sure the chassis doesn't flex so the gear mesh remains the same.

Looks great!!

i have thought this also so i have an idea for eliminating too much chassis flex. i will be working on it this weekend hopefully.

[emaxxnitro]

wow its really coming together

[aqwut]

Looks beautiful man..!

[lutach]

Awesome....When do you think it'll be up and running?

[zeropointbug]

Beautiful, simply beautiful.

I am anxious to see this thing running, and on some jumps too!