8ight T 2.0e Build

Hello,

I thought I'd post up some progress pics of my Losi 8ight T 2.0e build. For this new truck my goal was to make something simple, clean and well thought out. My old E-CRT was great and I will always love that truck but it looked like a mess. Wires everywhere, 5-6 tie wraps visible and all the electronics exposed to the elements. For this race season I wanted something that didn't only run like a winner but looked like one too...

Gotta start out with the obligatory box shot:


Here is the truck as it comes out of the box, along with all the nitro guts still in there:


All that Nitro junk was removed post hast:


For this build I actually bought both the complete Losi Nitro conversion kit AND the RC-Monster 8ight motor mount. I wanted the best of both worlds. Here it is almost complete, the battery tray, center diff and aluminum servo horn are in place. What you can't see is how much dremel action it took to grind down the center diff mount to work with the Plastic Spur. I know it would have been infinitely easier to sand the spur but I felt like if I break one at the track, I want to be able to use a new one without needing to remember the sandpaper.


And now the (near) final product. The only part missing is the motor. What amazes me is how clean this looks for a conversion. No wires all running amuck. Everything seems to be in it's right place and well fastened. I was hoping to use the MMM ESC top brace off the BL-E-Revo but it's not out yet so unfortunately one Zip tie was used. The MMM is mounted ontop of industrial grade velcro with the Zip tie as insurance. I use a Nomadio Sensor so there is an extra pair of wires running to the radio box for the battery voltage sensor. I did have some major troubles fitting the rather larger sensor rx inside the little box. I hit a show stopper but figured a way out. I couldn't close the lid so I had to drill a new hole in the rx box to let the antenna out in a different place, still couldn't close so I had to remove the wires from the servo lead on the voltage sensor and I shunk wrap them by hand, bent them at 90 degrees so they were perfectly flat on top of the rx, then the box would close. I didn't do this for the other servo leads b/c they were OK, only the voltage sensor was too tall.


I didn't install the motor yet b/c I would be too tempted to take it outside and it's a bit snowy and wet today. Maybe next weekned I'll take the 8ight T 2.0e out for a quick test drive. Spring can't get here soon enough!