Mike should start doing it and drilling and tapping the holes as well. Or Linc lol ^^^

Not going to even try to compare to Mike! I do have a really good machinist that is a good friend of mine. I have him do alot of my gunsmithing, and he does not mind fooling with rc stuff!

if you want crazy power, go for the Kb8xl, but be prepare to pull some crazy amps..... it's not too hot for this motor.. if you want some powerful.. go for the 11XL or 12XL.. it's already plenty for the savage... :)

It would make things on my end much easier. Should I run my kb45 8xl on 5 or 6s? anybody have any suggestions?

Ok, I will have it turned down. You want 1/8" pinions to fit, right?

my votes for 6S.. only 38K rpms...

ha ha. 5mm. Thanks man, I don't have access to any worthwile tools. aqwut is right 6s, just need an MMM...............................

You guys watch Peter Zichas dyno pull with the kb? I cant wait to see this thing rip!

Aqwut what is the amp draw on that KB45 8XL on 6S??? Any guesses....I need a good basher motor for an Emaxx of mine.

on my MGT.. about 86 Amps with my gearing... geared for 48MPH with 6S...
I hold the truck on cement and give full throttle.. it pulled less than 90 Amps...
52 Spur, 18 Pinion... 6S 3700 25C....

That's not bad at all. I bet an 8XL will pull as much as that.

that is the 8XL on the MGT.... :intello: I'm with the 8S it pulled close to 130 @ full throttle on cement... and the burning rubber smelled bad...

I just installed a kb45-10l in my 1/5th baja and it has great power. I was running a wanderer 9xl on 6s2p 123 with 20/66 32 pitch gears and it moved pretty good. I am running 30/72 gearing with the kb with the same batts and it is VERY powerful. I could not imagine the xl version.

I am going to keep trying to use my 7XL for bashing for now. If it continues to get hot I'm going with something different. Probably a KB45 then...

it's an awesome motor for that price.. only draw back are the 6mm shafts...

Linc.. nothing wrong with bashing with the 7XL... something must be right, it's still holdin' up...