Brushless MGT owners..
 

Question to anyone who may know - a mate of mine just borught an MGT to convert to brushless, with an Emaxx tranny. I have it infront of me, and I can't see how the tranny is ment to go down low enough - do you have to make many modifications to the chassis or am I just looking at it wrong?

Cheers.

Leroy has got a thread about it.. the bl mgt owners here are rare, but Leroy is raving enthusiastic about them.

Hopefully he'll chime in here then and explain how the heck it fits in :) I've seen a couple of vids of EMGT's running with maxx trannies, just no clue how they do it.

here, read this

your best friend looks like this;

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LOL

LOL, thanks for the link mate, since the site was redesigned I never seem to find that button. Well thats my execuse anyway.

Accepted.. now you know what it looks like.

you knew you can choose your own skin for the forum in the user cp?

I had completely forgotten about that, thing is the new looks grown on me since it came about a few months ago, just don't like the design at the top. Hard to get to PM Inbox, etc. And the search should be closer to the main content like every other forum! ;)

Yeah, you get used to it though.

Aye you do indeed.

Unfortunately I can't find the info I'm looking for in Leroys thread, only frustrating me further because thats the 3rd one I've seen today with the tranny in :(

Be patient, i am sure Leroy will offer help.

I guess he is riding his new bike to gain some muscles....

Yes, he has become a true biker!!!! Also, he put a center dif in his MGT....

You trying to tell me you guys don't live on here? j/k :007: I'll try and be patient :)

Sometimes it may look like that..

Leroy is cheating on us with his bike...

Damn Bike! I think we should snatch it some night so we can get Leroy back here!

I think it's better for him if we left him..

You can never escape this hobby, he'll come crawling back..

LOL didn't knew a centerdiff MGT was that good of a crawler..?

I have not left you. I am still around. :D
I made some adapter plates to go under the tanny and mount it to the mgt
chassis. The last one i did I cut the bottom out of chassis so it would go down
I like the center diff better at the moment. I got others to bash with tranny.

Yeah I been riding my bike. I don't consider it cheating. You know about it ;)

So you haven't left us after all!

Thanks for the info, so if I cut the chassis on the underside to let it go down, the dogbones would reach the diffs etc okay?

Btw..you think it'll need custom dogbones ordering, or do you know of some that will work? Perhaps even stock, or some Maxx 3.3 sliders, if they bolted up to the diffs?

With the sliders, you need a shaft that comes out of the diff instead of a cup.

Good to see you are biking..!

IMO, that's the worst kind of cheating! Blantenly right in our faces, no beating around the bush, no lying, no hiding! LOL J/K man!!!!:005:

You would have to mod a slider to fit the pinnion of the mgt diff. It is 8 mm diameter. I not sure how strong it would be if you did that. I used like a 100.5 in rear ue ti one. Used I think it was a 89 mm or so for front. Don't hold me to the front one though. I think i listed it in the thread i had.

CHC, you should post that vid you made!!

89mm, thats one from a savage, correct?

Try a buggy. :D Mbx for sure.

Shouldn't you be out biking? LOL

LOLOLOLOL......Go pedals! A lot more diff than pulling the trigger on a radio!

Tomorrow i will be going out for a fieldride.. I guess i am cheating on you guys too.. (i bike a lot too, 3-4 times a week is my goal..)

You've completely confused me now, granted thats not a hard thing to do though!

What do you mean by modding a slipper? The plan is to drop the whole Emaxx tranny in with a Strobe on? Do you mean maybe mod the slider (drill it out) to fit the MGT diff?

Thanks for the measurements btw, they sound correct :) Now to find some dogbones on the cheap that'll work.

I feel compelled to mention I bike quite a lot as well, trying to get back into shape at the moment, failing but trying. Don't think I'm regular enough to be cheating yet though :010: :)

I said slider. ;)
I meant the slider part. It only fits like a 6mm shaft not 8mm. But the mgt has the thru hole in it. You could try it.

Sure ya did ;) :D When I next have the car then I'll chop the chassis apart and modify a pair of sliders. If nothing else it'll work until some dogbones of the right length can be found cheap-ish :)

Its getting my old 9920 and 9XL in, and the plan is to drop 6s2p of them emoli li-ions in eventually, but in the mean time use 14 GP3300's. Using 40 series moabs (7 inchs tall, pretty big). What sort of gearing do you think it should use? 18/51 on the 9XL/14 cells? Or is that asking a bit much of the motor/batteries?

Just spoke to my friend who has the car, he has the tranny out the MGT, tried putting the emaxx one in, but the mounting lugs don't reach the mounts on the chassis - the tranny is too narrow. Any suggestions? I thought it bolted straight up :(

just make plates that connect the transmission to the mounting holes. i did this once when i had a MGT.............

Sounds so simple..its really hard to picture what needs doing, when I don't have the car here :(

Do you think lexan plate adapters would work okay, or would it have to be metal?

Depending on the thickness..

hmm, have some 6mm laying around. The holes are gonna be pretty close for using lexan, but i might give it a go anyway.

It's easy to work on, so it's not a big waste of time if it's not working the way you planned.

Damn Serum, you never sleep man? :D

When I next have the car I'll give it a go..if not, i have some 3mm alloy that should do it okay.

I had mine mount to the chassis. I made a plate for the bottom to run the screws thru. I had to dremel the chassis out for the screws to pass by. It only rested on the outer edge of the trans. It is easier to do the plates. Looks better to do the other way.

LOL, I don't sleep much to tell you the truth.. It's driving my girl crazy.. But there is a time-difference between you and me, so i consider you where the one that hit the deck quite late..

Leroy, i understand your signature like no other man. You are sooo right.
I have got tons of RC standing upstairs waiting to get finished. i have got the urge to make, to do something. But i am driving my bike for about 4 times a week now, so that's quite an energy absorber. But i get a good feeling back from it..

Daniel left a bit on us too. His last post was quite some time ago.