I like it too. It's always hard to find a good spot for the esc. That spot looks perfect other then possible damage from shock tower flex. Shouldn't be a problem with the shocks mounted in front of the towers like in the pictures. I'm using plastic towers and they can bend a massive amount in a bad landing.

Very Nice!
 

Jamie,

Looks great and plenty of room for huge packs.

Tony

I just received an e-mail from Gina at Fastlane. She says the kits will be out next week. Hurray!

Awesome. :yipi: :party: :yipi: :party: :yipi:

FLM, any chance an A123 will fit down in there?? And if yes, how many, 5, 6, 7 :smile:

Thanks!!

Will this conversion kit allow the transmission to have reverse or is it forward only?

Good question. Probably not enough space for the servo for the tranny reverse but that's crap any way. You could lock the tranny in second and have reverse I think.

There really is no room in between the tvps for the reverse servo. Maybe you could get a micro servo in there? Or if that would even work?
I never ran my Savage with reverse, so I am not used to having it.
I am sure you could put the servo on the outside of the tvps. I think the best thing would be to lock in the tranny if you really wanted reverse.

As for the a123 cells. I have stick packs and they fit just fine.

Yeah, lock it up in 2nd, and you will have reverse....

Awesome kit, I wish I had the $$$

How do I lock the tranny in second gear? Also wouldn't that make my truck take off slower? What if I run a three speed tranny, would I only need to lock the second gear? Thanks.

When you lock it in second gear you need to remove the other gears or at least stop them engaging or some nasty stuff will happen. There are threads around here on how to lock the tranny. It's possible though that a micro servo may do the trick if you want to use the reverse module.

That's great new on the stick pack thing too jamie. When are we going to see this thing in the stores and who is going to be the first to stock it? or is it still in testing? Sorry I can't wait to get my hands on it.

The conversion is out of testing and production has already begun a few days ago. The only thing we are waiting for is the drive shafts to come back from heat treat. I am hoping they will be done by 12/20. As soon as we get the shafts the kits will be sent to rc-monster. He will have the kits exclusively for some time.

As for the reverse: I am sure you could get it to work. But for now there will be nothing in the kit to allow it to bolt on. However if you really want it on there we can help.

Awesome. Thanks for the info Jamie. Now I just have to start hassling Castle for them to release the Monster Max :lol:. I'm still picking up this chassis and then I'll decide on my battery pack and go from there.

That looks sweet as heck, very nice, also thanks for the info to Jamie

Are the drive shafts finished? Is the kit coming out for sale this week? I can't wait, it's killing me. I have to spend money on RC....going into withdrawal....help....help.....