E - LSP 80% completed

Build List:

LSP-R kit
TURNIGY Sentilon 100A HV
NEU 1515 2y
RC-Monster motor mount
RC-Monster mod1 14 and 17 pinion
Kyosho 46T spur
Ultimate BEC
Dace 23mm hub adapters
Pro-Line Velocity HD Series wheels
Pro-Line Masher 40 Series Tires
Hitec HS-5955 servo
Futaba S3153MG servo
Futaba 3PM 2.4ghz

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Its been a couple months since I started this build and this is what I have so far. For bashing, I'm planning to use 2 TrueRC 8000mAh 4S2P in a series and 3 Polyquest 2500mAh 4S1P for drag racing. For the battery trays, I cut out a piece of scratch board ( same material used on clip boards ) and I used counter sunk screws to mount is onto the chassis. I put two layers of mouse pad on top and with the double sided velcros, my batteries dont move at all. I have a piece of .09in carbon fiber that I will replace it later with. I tested out my truck Saturday afternoon in an open parking lot. The first run I used 26 nimh rebuilt radio shack batteries in a series. With 4lbs of battery weight, the truck was riding pretty low. With the ESC I was using, I noticed there is a delay in throttle response at any speed. The front tires pretty much balloned on every speed pass. I radared the truck doing 47mph with 14/46 gearing. The truck is pretty stable at that speed and my turning radius wasnt that great with these wide tires. I have 4 Maxamps 2200mah 3S2P I have used on my mini quake. I wanted to wired all 4 batteries in a series, but my mechanical brakes wasnt working and the parking lot wasnt big enough. So I wired it as 4400mah 6s. I radared it at 35mph and I noticed my acceleration wasnt any much faster. I think the reason is most of the power is going to the front wheels. I have 50k oil in the center diff and I think the front and rear diff has grease in it from the factory. I bought the truck from lincpimp couple months ago, so I dont know if he put any diff oil in it or not. I hope putting 7k oil in the front and 5k oil in the rear will help with the balloning. I hope I get my diff and mechanical brakes fix for the next HAMDRL. I want to see if my lipos would puff up wired as a 12s and how stable my truck will be at that speed.