I had the motor mount/center diff mount custom machined by Mike. Drop him an email for more info. It is quite solid. He even re-centered the mount for me (stock is set up so it's slightly off-center).

Yeah, there was room on the trays, but I didn't want anything mounted on the plastic for strength. Everything on the buggy is mounted to the metal chassis.

One last question, I edited into my last post...

Do you still have those unfinished battery trays? What are the dimensions, can I pick them up from you?

I made the one for my LST2, but I don't want to go through that hassle again if you've got a couple you're offering!

Sure, I'll be more than happy to get rid of them! Honestly though, they're quite crappy. With some work, they will be serviceable, but will never be pretty. I had already started fixing one of them before I gave up. I'm gonna turn in early tonight (dang cold :mad:1), but I'll get some measurements tomorrow evening and let you know.

That'd be great Brian.

No need for beauty on my rig, just something to secure the packs too would be great!

Just PM me the info when you get it!

Excuse my laziness for not wanting to read all 6 pages of your thread, but who made that centerdiff/motor mount? It looks awesome (as does your entire buggy).

I do believe the center diff/motor mount was made by Mike :).

Yea, look 4 post above yours. :p

Yes, made by Mike. Did a very good job too! Sturdy and purrdy! :)

Oh...wow...I actually read this page (and most of the one before it). I can't beleive I missed this. :007::007: :032:


Does it bolt right on, or do you have to drill holes? Also, did you need custom dogbones or did the stock ones work?

It bolted right on - no extra holes. And those are the stock bones. Not only was the CD moved to center, it was raised about 4mm - enough so the spur clears the chassis. And the bones fit better now than they did when the CD was in the stock location!

I'm sure it helped that I sent Mike the whole buggy so he could take whatever measurements he needed.

BrianG,

Can you tell me what gearing (pinion and spur) you are using?

Thanks.

46T spur and 14T pinion for now. It's VERY fast, maybe too fast since I have a 2600 kv motor in there. I'll probably get a 12T pinion so the speed is more controllable for the track...

Excellent work. So when are we going to see a vid of this beast in action.

I can try using my dig camera in video mode, but I don't think the quality will be that good. At any rate, it's gonna have to wait until the track is nice enough (not muddy) to drive on.

A few people have PM'd me about temps with this setup so I thought I'd do a little running. So, I took it out for quite a while today and this thing is FAST!!! Makes my Revo seem like a turtle and I think it's faster than my Jato. Anyway, ran it for 20+ minutes and nothing ever got even slightly warm... of course, it's like 40*F outside. I wish I could get a vid (and I found I can do a decent Q one with my still camera) but I can't take the vid and drive at the same time. And I'm NOT letting my 9yr old hold the cam! :)