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I can mount on all the buggy?

[Sower]

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Any more news on this? I'm very interested in a successful Jammin CRT conversion. Please post any latest news if there is any.

Thanks.

Sure...lets see, I went to Monster Madness a bit unprepared. Still eating pinions every 3 runs or so...there I had a electonic meltdown...didn't realize it till after the event but I did band-aid it back together and TQ. Had a horrible main (my own fault) and finished 2nd behind Monster Mike... after that race I did some revamping. I bought an "L" shaped motor mount which is WAY better than the boat motor clamp. I swapped out the diffs for the LSP diffs in order to get a 25% reduction in gearing. I ditched the metal spur for one of the Kyosho 46 tooth spurs which Monster Mike sells here. Since all those changes I've run it several times and raced at the "Battery Blast" which was a decent race sponsored by RC Car Action at my local track, Xtreme RC in new Milford. I managed to take down the win at that one. I'm planning to run it again this weekend at the Lou's Half Fast Gas Blast which usually draws some interesting E-Vehicles (including usually Monster Mike's!)

I'm thinking of moving some components around for better weight balance next year, minor tweaks really. I have seen one which had the mechanical brake setup working and that is SUPER slick...I WISH I had brakes so I may try working that into the mix. My notes for anyone taking this on, ditch the steel spur ASAP. Also get a motor mount that is adjustable. Finally, try to incorporate mechanical brakes if possible.

Good luck.

DM

[Sower]

Nice. Thanks for the update! So how did that person run the manual brakes? That would be great.

It sounds like the change out to the LSP center diff and appropriate gearing was the big thing, eh? Any photos of your current setup?

Looks really GOOD!

Originally Posted by Sower

Nice. Thanks for the update! So how did that person run the manual brakes? That would be great.

It sounds like the change out to the LSP center diff and appropriate gearing was the big thing, eh? Any photos of your current setup?

I was a bit preoccupied so I didn't get a chance to see his setup. I'll likley see him at the Barn race this weekend so hopefully I can spy a bit more...I'll post some new pix of my the truck soon, it's a mess right now and will likely remain that way till after the race. Then it gets cleaned and I'll snap a few.

The LSP gears make it easier to gear, up and down...which really helps quite a bit.

DM

[squeeforever]

Originally Posted by Sower

Nice. Thanks for the update! So how did that person run the manual brakes? That would be great.

It sounds like the change out to the LSP center diff and appropriate gearing was the big thing, eh? Any photos of your current setup?

I don't think he changed the center. Just the front and rear.

[Sower]

Really? I thought his trouble was with the interface of the pinion and the center?

Did you change out the front and rear diffs?

[squeeforever]

He changed the front and rear to get the lower gear ratio. 4.3:1 instead of 3.31:1. He didn't change the center, only the spur...

Exactly as Squee mentioned. Front and rear Diff from an LSP and in the center I just popped the 46 tooth plastic spur on there. Without the change front and rear the gearing is WAY too tall to support the 46 tooth spur. You have to lower the ratio in order to use the smaller spur. (assuming the motor and batteries are the same)

[Sower]

Oh, I see. I was thinking for some reason that the center was how you changed the gear ratio. Cool. So was the 46T spur hard to get into the center assembly? Did you have to do much modification to it? I'm assuming the LSP front and rear diffs just dropped in to the Ofna diff housings?

Thanks for all the info by the way.

[glassdoctor]

I run the 46T kyosho gear also, as well as a couple custom modded HPI Savage spur gears. They kyosho gears fit just like stock, only smaller.

I run a 1700kv motor so the gear ratio is not a problem with the 46T.

My CRT works great.. I got 2nd at my local trophy race... but I won't have it much longer though... it's going to a new home soon.

[Sower]

Any photos of that doc? As you probably have seen, the CRT is the vehicle I'm going to convert next and I would love to see more examples of conversions. So are you selling yours? Is it already sold?

[glassdoctor]

Actually it's headed to Castle Creations to be used as a test platform for the Monster Max :D I'm within driving distance to CC and they want a truck to play with...

I think I have pics here somewhere.... hang on (searching fourms for "Jammin truggy".................................................. . )

Jammin thread with a couple pics... actually this is in the mock up stage with plastic motor mount etc but it shows the layout...

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/show...=jammin+truggy

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Cool Glass!!!

you are helping us out to get the monster maxx sooner!!

That's great man!!