Is there such a thing as overkill?

Nah, You guys are right, I dont think there's a such thing as overkill :intello:

Prolly have to shot email to Mike, if he can get the motors. Medusa MR-3680-1600V2SE-5 is only pre order, in their website now.

I was playing my radio last night and I noticed that Throttle travel was set to 100% and I could still punch it to 150%. Should I keep it 100%?

And another thing about my MA 3s2p lipos. Does the numbers look ok, in the charger (its fully charged). Both has been puffed a little bit, any chance I could drive them? Now they arent swelled though. They probably won't give the full punch anymore, so have to look at the temps very carefully..

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Tested the new tyres
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That truck looks like a whole lot of man... Nice build... It looks a little soft on the suspension though... what weight oil are you using in the shocks (if you don't mind me asking)?

Alien

Ty. Not at all, but I really don't know about the shock oils, haven't changed them. They are almost as stiff as it can be now from springs, cause there is lot of battery weight.. Im not the best guy when it comes to tuning shocks etc. Now it keeps lifting the rear wheel up when turning hard..

I would leave the throttle EPA at 100%- moving it higher may cause issues (you wont gain any speed, but the esc may stop working properly as full thottle from the radio is higher than it was programmed to accept in terms of signal frequency of something like that). As for suspension tuning, I dont know much about that either really- best to talk to a racer; I just stuck some uber stiff springs on with the stock oil (40wt I think) and called it good, lol.

I'm running just about the stiffest springs with 60wt oil and it seems about right. Cheers

Hey Hardstyle, I did some searching and found this thread... ( REVO SHOCK SETUP ) I think it might offer some direction on setup for your shocks. With all that power, it's good to get a little more control.

Alien

Thanks guys for great advices! Im gonna test first the sway bars like Arct1k recommended earlier if it helps, what I think it will. It's not really that important to me, main point is that the truck moves :intello: what it doesn't now.

I think I broke the car yesterday :oops:.. I was on track yesterday, it didn't go so well. First my front steering block ate the bearing from the left, lost couple hex pins at the same time, friend figured that the hex's tighten nut has to be extreamely tight. Then my psu ate all my fuses and then this happened.. It just popped off :D. Have to look inside the box if it broke something else there

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But sh.. happens, its the nature of this hobby :tongue:.

Looks like you killed the little roll-pin that holds the input gear onto the shaft; I did that recently too. You can just use a hex key and grind it down to size (diameter and length wise) for use as a stronger replacement. Use a little JBWeld or Epoxy to secure it in place and bob's your uncle.

You think I can still fix this or do I have to buy something? The gear is still in there, have to look at it tomorrow, hehe..

I was wondering here that is there any kind of center diff mount thingies to g2r? That would be sweet, no need for gearbox at all.. I have looked through couple threads in here, but they are mainly self-made systems.

wow freaky I did the same thing last weekend. I believe you can also just use a mod1 18 t pinion to. I just opted to replace it for now. Will look at something else if it happens again.

Its a simple fix Hardstyle. Just open the tranny up, hunt down any loose bits of pin that are inside the tranny, punch the remainder out of the shaft (if any), and then re-attach the gear to the shaft like I explained earlier. I found bits of pin stuck into the output gear that caused binding, so be sure to remove them and then re-grease the gears before putting it back together.

Ok, Thanks! I think I got it now, should be piece of cake.

Opened the tranny. Just few pics..

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There's the pin in half :smile:

So about the center diff mount. Anybody knows, could Mike do such a thing for G2r? Is it profitable upgrade?

On the center diff issue, Mike can and has built them for a very lucky few (custom order). The only issues I am aware of are:

1) requires drilling new holes into the lower chassis plate to mount the unit, so you will have to send in all or part of your truck.
2) Limited to about a 44tooth spur spear on the center diff, meaning you will need some small pinions to get the correct gear ratio, but the calculator should help with that.

No idea about price ro timescale, you will have to email Mike about that. It is a nice upgrade though for a racer, if you can get it tuned just right, but for a general basher or speed machine, I dont see it as being so useful. The centrally mounted motor is the biggest draw for me, but I think Im starting to like the whole offset motor thing now...