New updates on mods done. Car is now SLAMMED to the ground, wing modified for high speed passes and front bumper modified with radius curved deflector for high speed. Soon to have some video passes :yes:

Wow. That looks awesome. Looks like it's going 100mph just standing there. Can't wait to see some vids of it.

Alright guys after talking to Neu I ordered 2 1527's a while back in case I do twins or single and also a 2215 is coming. So now its time to figure out where the heck to fit the crap. The goal that had said to try to achieve was 140mph. I don't think its possbile, but I'm willing to try and I have been wrong before. The tires of course will be foam now since NO way the HPI's will stay together much past 80 as is now.

You must be made of money or something... That's gotta be at least $1000 in motors. But the results of them should be very interesting!

I'm just asking to see if its possbile to even reach 140 and what kind of watts is needed. Heck the record is 134.4mph and that's with a purpose built RC that looks like a spaceship and is lightweight. This heavy and big monster buggy with a buggy body that is not aerodynamic can't be easy to reach those speeds...lol

I will take some pictures tomorrow of what will be the body for my propose built speed car. The body will have the famous tear drop design. I will also be designing a very nice active system to keep my car on the ground. The only problem is finding the time to do all of this :lol:.

Yeah I am trying to avoid purpose built body's and such. I think a buggy body isn't "bad", but its not the best either. But its cool when you can go fast with a regular body and such.

A 100mph should be very doable with a 1/7 scale car and a single motor with off the shelf parts higher speeds are posible but at a much higher cost IE custom chassis and running gear to trim as much weight as posible custom spur and pinion gears duel motors ect.

Tires I found some foams awhile ago at towwer hobbies made by Jaco for the Tmaxx there the largest dia foams I have seen but I dont know if they are still avalable?

Layout wise I found in my CRT conv everything fit and was ballanced running the 1515 motor forward and duel packs in the back? pic 1

On my CRT.5 conv I tied the motor mount into the battery mount that runs from the front of the chassis to the rear pic 2 I found this eliminated just about all the chassis flex and made the car alot more stable at speed vers a friends CRT.5 with a std motor mount? If you can incorporate a mount like this in the XTM with it's exessive chassis flex it will help keep the car going in a straight line at speed.

Weight? get rid of as much weight as you can my CRT weighs in at just a little over 11lbs RTR with 2 8000mah packs you should be able to come in under 13-14lbs RTR?

Just a few things to think about when you are laying everything out.

BTW What KV 1527 motors did you end up getting?

Running 2 1.5D's. Will be running 12S through each motor.....so both will be spinning WAY over RPM's.....probably not good :gasp: , but I will try it.