30/may
 

Good evening Jerry,
As always it’s a true pleasure reading your posts.. WWoooowww you have some serious builds going on.. I was totally mistaken.. (My bad).. I do understand your point of view and I’m really looking forward to seeing your builds when they are ready!!.. I think everyone else is too… are you involving your kids in the process?? They might like the fact of learning with DAD!! (just a thought)

Unfortunately the kids have been living in California for about 7 years so my tiem with them has been very limited for teh most part. Their mother has played games with the system for a very long time keeping me from getting the tiem with the kids that I should have had. It was the decision of everyone that aftger losing their mother that spending a little time with their Grandparents until this big move was in the best interest of our kids. It helps them mourn and ease their way into this move. So the kids have seen the R/C collection when it was in its first stages, but they have no idea what has become of it. Yes I hope to get them involed in build projects very soon. I want them to learn from whatever I can share with them until the tiem comes for them to become adults and the leave home on their own. I will also share my woodworking hobby with them as well. I have a lot of shop equipment and nothing is beyond me. I also do all of my own automobile work on our cars, so they will also learn from that. All of this plus a love that we have all been deprived of for a long time.

Thanks for your supportive comentary as always Shaun. These kids have been through a lot of negitivity and it is time for them to have some fun in life, but also realize that there are responsibilities that they have to live up to.

Back to the 808 now. Is it finished yet? When will you have the final pics and videos up on here? We all look forward to seeing them:lol:

See my sig. :mdr:

Good morning team,
I just thought I would share with you some updates on my buggy. The Monster came through and got me all of my parts today and with the kid’s in bed and Pink Floyd playing in the background I decided to make some forward progress.


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Builders side note:
As once stated by Backfire and I quote him “the diff height in the RCM mount is designed to work with the tall center bulkhead of the XB8EC and XT8. The 808 uses a much shorter mount. I couldn't find my spare center bulkhead, so I just used some of the 1mm bulkhead shims from XRAY(#354032) to raise the height even. In fact, I always have used one set of these shims under both bulkhead pieces to raise the motor slightly off the chassis”.

Truer words where never spoken.. Thank you Backfire for warning us that would happen, it did and I was fully prepared for it.

Now I just need to receive my MGM controller I bought off a fellow member to show up and install the radio and she’ll be ready for a test run??... Well I also need to get my body back from the painters but that not another 10 days.. (bbboooo),,


Thanks for your time and have a great one team!!..

Done It Again
 

Once again TDC you have made these builds look waaaaay to easy. It is obvious that you do good research and prepare for what you are doing. YOu bounce step by step through the process and vuala there she is. Way to go, and now we will look forward to seeing the vids and photos of the completed project. This is getting much to east for you now. You need to make the next project a much more challenging build or conversion. Go for the high speed projects or something rediculously monsterous.:lol:

You're not helping me keep patient in my wait to purchase one of these.

Great documentation. Can't wait to see it in running form!

And what is a vuala? Is that a female reproductive organ?

Nevermind, TDC, the buggy looks great. Can't wait to read what you think of it when you run it. I have a few buggys myself (not as nice as yours though:oh:) and do enjoy running them in the park by my shop. They handle short grass and dirt better than anything else I have run. Handling is great, very precise!

Stop
 

linc stop trying to make people think that you are some kind of college professor or brainiac. I am a mechanic who loves construction work, so spelling is the last thing I need to worry about. If you cannot understand my writing, then you must have real trouble reading the newest generation with their text shorthand stuff. Besides I know that you knew exactly what I was trying to convey. So have a drink and go play in the R/C shop you old rummie.:lol:

voilà from French (français) , imperative of voir "to see" + la "there." :lol: j/k

Nice Shaun you get your projects together so quickly. Those fat carbon towers are so nice and that lipo looks like a great fit, I was pondering what size to get and your pics always make things clearer ! Keep it up Amigo.

Hay Jerry,
Thanks for the kind words it’s been a great build, as for a bigger and more challenging builds, well I’ve got that as well going on. I'm performing a complete ground-up restoration on a 57 Chevy as we speak.


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Of course it will require a little longer to complete then any of my RC builds, but she’ll be worth it in the long run..

Come on Matt, just do it!! I’ll bottom line it for you..
1. 808 kit 599.99
2. 2 sets of pro-line pre-glued with bowties $68.00
3. Monster mount, 15 t, battery holder and 5s $285.00
4. Neu 1515 1.5ys -$245.00 (I had this already) heee heee
5. MGM 22418 controller (used from a team member). $225.00
6. Custom painted body $75.00
7. Radio system (TBD) budgeted @ $120.00
Total investment is…………. Not to bad…

Hay Jayjay..
Thanks Man.. (for what it worth) I’ve been warned (Big TIME!) on the other TEAMRC forum (Xray driver’s) informing me that I'm totally overpowering it with my current setup (???) I don’t know well see…they are saying a 1512 or 1509 with 3 / 4 lipo’s is just right?.. but then they guys make there living driving them so every bit of weight counts, there’s might weigh in at just over 7 lbs and my will weigh in at what just over what 8Lbs??. .

Well I’ll hopefully be able to find out shortly....

Thanks for your time Jayjay and have a great one..

Thanks for the compliment lincpimp I know that don’t come often or easy :party:.. I'm hopoing it will handle extreamly well (if I can the weight ratio correct??) how much should this thing weigh??

thanks for your time Lincpimp and have a great one..

Shaun.

Buggy updates!.
 

Good morning team,
Thank you all for your above comments!!.. I really appreciate the feedback..

Here are some updates is should have included in the last one. Sorry me bad..

I thought I would take a second out and share with you the three modifications to date that I’ve had to perform in order to switch this Nitro burring, gas spewing, ozone depleting, garage smelling bad boy!. Into the environmentally friendly, local park driving, neighbor liking (E) buggy that kind of (hhaa haa) stand here today!..

The first modification required in order the fix the height deficiencies when installing a RCM engine mount. This modification was needed to increase the front side height of the canter diff. I ended up cutting a piece of carbon Fiber and drilled two holes on it to match up with the existing center shaft tower mounting holes.

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The second modification was to the battery tray.
I used a ½ forstner bit and drilled down just until the bit penetrated the base holder, this allowed me to countersink the existing body screws into the holder and use a longer bolt with a counter sink ¾ washer on the top allowed me to secure the battery holder to the chassis. I also noticed that I could take the battery try and use my belt sander to takeoff another 2mm getting me to 39mm in deck height. I'm just not sure what the stock deck height number is?? Do you know??.



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Once I mount my ESC and receive my body back I’ll be able to fine tune the battery try holder for maximum wait distribution. At its current location with a 5s 3700mAH on board it sits exactly 40.97mm (41mm) above the bottom of the chassis.


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The third and final modification was to accommodate the ESC, after reviewing several other member threads and trying different locations / placements it was decided that it really needed to be mounted in the center rear for (Ease of acess, clean wire runs and CG) but I need to lift it off the chassis and mount it over the rear drive shaft.. after several deep thoughts and a glass or two (hmmmm) I used the alum servo holder that I had and used (4) of the ½ double threaded spacers that come in the GorillaMaxx kits allowed me to screw it from the bottom and top and made a simple secure stand, I also used (4) rubber washers at the bottom of the stand over the chassis to help cushion the blow for my ESC.


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Here are a few more shoots of it almost completion, I need to install my RX box, antenna and install the Velcro battery straps. She’ll be running this weekend!!


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Well thanks again for your time in reviewing and for leaving your comments.. Have a great one Team..

P.s.
I need to find a digital scale to weigh this and my other trucks on, got any suggestions / links??? Or do have one for sale??


P.S.S.
My body is done!! Here’s a sneak preview :wink:


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Scales
 

Hey Shaun I was in the same boat for a digital scale and found a few on Amazon. I just punched up digital scale in my browser and that lead me to a few pics on Amazon where I found what I wanted and needed. I did some resarch on different MFG's and styles, and ended up ordering a postal/kitchen scale that goes up to 75lbs. I figured that way I can do a lot more than just weigh R/C stuff. It is accurate to .002lbs. Unfortunately they sent me a 35lb scale by mistake. I contacted them immediately and they shipped out a replacement that day. So it is on its way, and all I have to do is switch them out and send the 35lb one back return mail shipping. Anyway it has a detachable control panel, it is very lite, and it was only like $35. Brand new.

By the way I received those bearings from VXB.COM and they are exactly what I was hoping for. Double sealed, steel shields and high quality good for up to 80K rpms. I received 86 bearings and the digital caliper all for $170 shipped. I ended up ordering two more sizes due to the FLM savage diff cups needing a different size bearing (10X16X5). Once those come in I should be set for bearings for the next year. The digital caliper is very cool and it works perfectly for ($9.) with a nice fitted case.