e revo progress

heres some progress on my revo , still need to get another battery tray and mount them and wire it all up, thinking im going with 2 maxamp 5k packs for good weight dist.

added up all my equipment and i added 35.81oz to my bare revo(2.24lbs)with the batterys weight, anyone know how much a bare chassis weights aprox.?

or the roller with tires?

[jnev]

nice set up you have got there. Shoudl be pretty even in terms of weight on both sides of the chassis.

Sorry, since I don't own a revo, I can't take the weights.

[renny]

I have a question......
Why dose everyone always mount the ESC on top of the tranny?
I noticed that there isn`t to many people that made the rear shock platfourm that I have and it works well in keeping everything clean looking.

imo it makes ajusting pre load to hard with a plate over it... plus a simple l shape and ur done with the mount

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by renny

I have a question......
Why dose everyone always mount the ESC on top of the tranny?
I noticed that there isn`t to many people that made the rear shock platfourm that I have and it works well in keeping everything clean looking.

That is exactly why I went with a solution where the batteries are all on one side and the motor, steering servo, and ESC on the other. IMO, the ESC on the tranny makes it sit too high and will be one of the first parts to get crunched in a crash :eek:. But, as EmaxxRocks stated, putting iot over the rear (or front) shocks makes it tough to get to the adjustments or if you need to remove the shocks if you need to.

Then again, that's what is nice about doing custom conversions; you get to make them how you want. :)

i did mainly for weight and ease of the build, and i did not want my body to stick up an extra inch, looks weird to me to have the body really high to clear the esc fan, but to each there own, and if i crunch it ill get a better set up with a small esc and senserless motor, but i may still build a roll hoop to protect it, have to see what i have for room under the j concepts body, any other thoughts or suggestions

btw all my parts were made with just a dremal and a hack saw, no access to real tools

[renny]

Preload?????
Whats that?????? lolol
I have the purple 36 in lb shock springs in the rear and the preload colars set to max and it still bottoms out after a 6ft jump he he he ha ha ha


Just a side note.....
I was driving my truck on the road in front of the house about a week ago and you know the funny thing is that people actualy DRIVE on these roads OPPS......

MY little dodge got RAN OVER by a BIG dodge !@#$
impresivly enough the ONLY thing that WAS damaged was the body had some rather deep scraches THATS IT!!!! If only you guys could have saw that drivers face drop when I told him it was fine.

I guess the old saying still holds true......
YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR
needless to say after the quick inspection I keeped driving and I even let the real driver take it out for a rip because I think he was still in shock that my little truck was still in one piece

[luvsrc]

hi there where can you get a battery tray like in the pic?thanks

i got this at fine design rc , but, there are other options that are available that are more reasonable , it was like $35 shipped and was suposed to be blue but i did not want the hassle of returning for a differant color, btw it is under the losi truck section, hope that helps

heres some pics of the finished truck, almost, all i need is a body , mrc 989 charger , 2 maxamps 5k 7.2v packs , and some extended wheel base rear arms, thanks for all the help and inspiration , you guys are great and build some amazing stuff, hope i can build something else this summer, thanks for looking

[BrianG]

Looks very nice! How's she run?

dont really know yet , i had to sell my other revo to fund my charger and batterys , so when i get the money from the auction ill get my stuff and let you guys know, although i did run like 2 months ago with cheap packs and i did not evan have enough punch to shift to 2nd gear, so hopefully the snow will melt and ill get this going