Mike

Are we shipping the kits out yet? I ordered mine on the day they came out but so far not received any shipment notification.... Looking forward to having the kit (now that I have been oogling the pictures as well)

Mohan

I was actually going to ask the exact same thing :)

The first batch has been shipped. They did drag for a couple days - I ran out of the m6 nuts that are pressed into the lower chassis and had to figure out a few things on the mfg side to enable faster production on subsequent batches and get the packaging figured out.

Thanks mike. Received shipment notification.

Mohan

I don't think the mount or brace would work with the stock lower plate -the new lower plate, upper plate, motor mount and chassis brace were all designed together and I think they are wider than the stock lower plate.
I suppose anything is possible, but it wouldn't be ideal to try to use these parts on the stock lower plate.

Does anyone know where I can buy 10mm bore Mod 1.5 pinions?

Just got the kit!
 

Nice kit! 4.7mm thick rear top and bottom plates. 8mm thick motor mount and chassis brace. Battery tray holds my two 6S 5500 G3's perfectly. Can't wait to start the build!

More pics
 

Here are some more pictures. And to my wife, the whole batch, batteries and all came to under $50. So don't be mad.

Very nice. I am wondering if this can hold a Lehner 3060:
http://wp1174817.wp202.webpack.hoste...masse/3060.jpg

Any thoughts Mike?

I have two bajas that I want to try it out on. I've got what I need for one of them but now I am trying to figure out if I can mount a 3060 Lehner on the other one.

My 5B V2 Conversion
 

OK guys I got Mike's conversion last night when I got back from work.

Took me about 2 hours to almost finish the conversion. All I got to do to run the truck is to attach Speed Controller (Shulze 40.160) to the Lehner 3060 7 turn motor.

The Polyquest 5S 6000ma packs sit 'perfectly' in side the battery tray and should be good to run the setup (10S 6000ma)

Got a 23 tooth pinion coupled to the Lehner. The Lehner sits perfectly on the motor mount. The wires will need to sold from the side as there is not much clearance from the 'bullet' female connectors on the motor.

This is another 1st Class Conversion Mike has done. Everything went really smooth - all the holes aligned perfectly.I had to shave off a bit of plastic behind the spur where the bearing is held onto the brake assembly. I also took of the brace behind the fuel tank as it fouled the batteries. I had to install some washers to take the gap of the brace.


Here are some pics


http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/IMG_0391.jpg


Lipos and Motor

http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/IMG_0390.jpg


Close fit of lipos

http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/IMG_0389.jpg


Pinion and spur

http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/IMG_0390.jpg

Close up of Lehner 3060

http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/IMG_0393.jpg

Rear view - space on plate for speed controller

http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/r...e/IMG_0392.jpg

I just added your setup to the top speed calculator and it seems like you are heading for a somewhat agressive top speed. Is this correct or did I miss something. A 7 turn 3060 is 1000kv right?

Looking good, Mohan. Don't forget to install a screw on the non-spur side top brace(mising in the pictures). I actually cut the middle of the cross brace off on my baja and kept the "ends" for spacing. Threadlock is your friend on the metal to metal attachments, too(the top brace, motor mount and brace plate, and lower plate connections specifically). That is a quite aggressive setup you have there, too(10s, 30 series motor, big pinion) - I hope you have a lot of space!

Yes you are right - it was like a crazed animal. I took the pinion down to 20 and it handles better and the Schulze is less warm. It wasnt boiling hot but it was getting warm. I can only get the throttle to about 30% before the Baja starts to spin around due to the speed. I am going to take it off the tarmac and try it on a reasonably muddy surface to see if it helps with control. Not a big fan of grass but if I cannot control the car at high speed on tarmac it will have to go on grass.

I had to 2 spare Lehner Brushless 3060 Motors (7 turns) with me. Therefore I wasnt going to buy another Castle 2215. I may reduce the pinion down to about 18 - at present I cannot find my box with the Mod 1.5 pinions... so I am going to try this gear ratio for now with a 20 tooth.

I will try and get a video of the Baja later.

Mohan

Sounds like fun Mohan! You should definitely get some video! Those big Lehners are definitely powerful!

Btw: if you have a spare Lehner sitting around, I can find a use for it... :whistle:

OK guys here is the Video - very short but it shows what the Baja is capable about and how bad my driving is....

I installed a Garmin GPS - as you can see it was reset to 0mph and got to 60 mph in a short burst. I am certain that I did not go past 1/2 throttle max due to my morbid fear of crashing onto the raised pavement slabs.

I will take it out to a more open space and hopefully open it up.

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