Planning a summer E-Revo build!

It's actually pretty well balanced with the 9XL hanging over the left side. It's not absolutely perfect, as far as I can tell, but it's not obviously out of balance. We'll see when I get the shocks in how out of balance it really is.

Had this baby up and running! But not even a pack through and I went and did this:



No photos of it in running form. Sorry. :(

Also busted one of the shock-side shock mounts. Sooooo... naturally I was a tad disappointed. I've got all the replacement parts ordered, which include 6 GTR shocks. Also took the fall and grabbed a TeknoRC sway bar kit to help with rollovers.

The good news is this gave me a reason to do a complete teardown and throw in my 3.3 chassis. So... after a few drinks... I deanodized it, and it looked rather sloppy, so I busted out my stainless steel detailing brush, and gave the sucker a nice brushed look:





BTW... regarding the balance: It's really well balanced. It wasn't noticeably lower on either side, and the rockers looked perfectly even when it was sitting.

Got some parts in yesterday, and it was enough to get the Revo up and running on the 3.3 chassis. So today I took her out for a quick bash, and I swear it's running faster with the Quark than it was with the MM. Anyway, here are some shots after the fact:


Almost no cutting required to fit the E-Maxx 3905 transmission in. But you'll notice my motor is mounted in an uncommon way as a result. It really helps with balance, though, which you'll see in a later photo. The ONLY cutting I did was to make room for the spur gear. I had to do the usual grinding to make room for the driveshafts, and had to drill holes for the screws on the right side of the shot, but that's it.

Here's a shot of the balance. This is right after I dropped the truck onto the floor. The difference on each side is nearly negligible.

Here's one of the bodies I plan to rotate. It's a Ford Expedition from Parma. I'm not finished trimming it yet, and the paint is on it's way. It will sit MUCH lower when I'm finished trimming. Looking at a simple purple to black fade for this one, and team3six is taking care of the other body. Props, dude!





Still haven't run an entire pack through it yet. I'm having trouble with the clutch. I can't get it tight, so I've just been supergluing it locked. I have another slipper kit on the way. Does anyone know which spurs work best with the E-Maxx 3905 transmission?

[team3six]

Man when I am done painting your body, Im gonna be afraid to give it to you because youll wreck it,. Oh well. it will look pretty for a couple of weeks

Haha. Yeah... I won't bash with it too much, but it will have seen better days. :P As long as you take some serious photos, the memory will be there!

News: Got the slipper sorted out... broke another pushrod and both top and bottom arms on the right side... again. They're only cracked, though, so I'll run them until they break completely. One of the bearings in the rear diff case decided to lose one of its balls, and that ball single handedly exploded the diff cup. The gasket got shredded, and there was a load of black gunk inside of the diff cup when I opened it. Two of the screws holding the ring gear were sheared off. None of the gears are damaged, though. I ordered a couple of RD Logics aluminum diff cups to replace the one that died, and a new set of bearings.

The good news is I finished painting my first body! It's so pretty I'm afraid to put it on the truck, but I'll have to use it for bashing when the team3six body gets here. No camera, though... it got trashed after a game of 166 cup beer pong (166 cups between 4 people per side). Soooooo... :(

Figured I'd unload a small update on you guys. I got a new body painted, and threw it on for a little bash after an afternoon drizzle.

Here's what mine looks like on its best behavior... after some fun in the mud:







Lastly, but not least:


Still haven't run an entire pack through it all at once. This session ended when the pillow balls popped out of the knuckle.

I'm a tad disappointed with the Quark. It's rated at 6s, but I'm inclined to believe that it's reaching the thermal shutdown after about 10 minutes of running WITH a BEC on 4s. Either that or the 9XL is thermaling. No smoke, just a lack of throttle response. I'm tempted to take it out of the shell and run it like that, or even shrink wrapped to help with airflow, as the "heatsinked case" doesn't appear to be very efficient at all. Looks like there's a MMM in my near future.

It's running on two broken right arms. The initial cracks formed pretty easily, but they're holding up really well despite being broken. I did a LOT of cartwheeling on this last session, and the left side knuckle popped off before I fully broke the right arms. I'll get a photo up soon.

Also, I got the body in from Norm at team3six. It is GODLY. I'm really pretty impressed with it. I haven't mounted it yet, as I'm going to do a tear-down of the Revo beforehand, and get it cleaned up for a potential photo shoot.

[team3six]

HOLY CRAP! you scared the bejesus outta me when I got the email about this thread. I had to look rightaway thing it was the new shell I did for ya.

lol. Sorry to disappoint. I have to tear the chassis down and clean it so I can bring it in for a presentation in a week or two, so I'll try to get the body mounted soon. I really want to see it mounted, too!

EDIT:
Here are the photos of the breaks. They're pretty hardcore, but the arms are holding up fine. No sense in changing them out until one breaks entirely.

[stum]

You could always setup like this.. it is flawless weight distribution and makes for the best racer I've ever owned/built :)

Yeah. I love the weight distribution.

A little update on the body for Norm: The Savage size bodies aren't quite wide enough to clear the various components of the chassis. I'm still looking for ways to mount it, though, because it's just so bad ass. I could mount it higher so that it doesn't need to clear anything, but not so sure about the actual monster truck look.