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Originally Posted by pedeboi364

do you plan on selling that mount? do you think an 8.5t LRP and novak Havoc ESC could move this truck?

Wasn't planning on selling any of the mountd. If your in a bind for a mount though we can talk about one. I am by far a professional and these are not the quality that Mike puts out. It was more of a personal challange to get a mount that would work for me made out of lexan. I am not familiar with the motor and esc you mentioned. May want to ask in the Brushless forum most of the guys have a lot more experience then I do and could give you a better answer on the pro or cons of running what you have.



Here's some more pictures of the mount in place. I thought I posted them but apparently I didn't. Wasn't a whole lot of creativity involved. Mostly adapting what Mike has already tested and has proven in his designs. Stolen design for the most part, but not even close to the quality of his products. I loved the keyholes for the motor mounts and the slot to get the right angle on the grub screw for the pinion. Lexan has it's limits when compared to aluminum, but it is easier for me to work with. With the Kyosho mount I would run into the 18mm bearing issue and it also mounts the motor on the other side. I wanted to keep from drilling anymore hole in the chassis for now. I don't own the CRT .5 or a RCM mount for it but it is the only RCM mount that I saw that would allow the motor to mount on the left side of the chassis. It may be a good alternative mount if you run an crt. 5 center differential in this. You would need to check the foot print of one.


The top tray will be cut and modified (bent) a little different soon. It is pretty plain right now. A clear battery tray is also in the future to match the rest of the setup. Similiar to the one I made for the LS10. I had pictured a one piece top tray and battery tray but that's still just a picture in my head. I don't have enough clear lexan to do just a simple battery tray like I would like too, so will need to find a piece that will work or order some from ebay.

These pictures show the edges rounded off and polished and heated to make them a bit clearer. I didn't screw up too bad while heating it this time. On this one I recessed the spur into the mount a bit and also did so for the pinion to sit into. It made the spacing between the two mount work out better using 3/8" lexan compared to the 1/4" stock size. I took a bit too much out of the first mount witch allowed too much flex between the pinion and spur. You can see in one of the pictures the first mount I made that has the a KD motor attached. Made some small improvements over it and well took a little extra care and had a little more room to mess with this one. Mainly because I had backup lexan in case I screwed this one up. The first one was a salvage project trying to make the most out of a limited amout of lexan.

It's only hit a few high jumps off some snow burms so far. Still need to do some fine tuning on the suspension when I get some consistent conditions to test it on. So still need to put it through some real good test when the weather clears and snow and ice melt away.

I've replaced the stock steering servo so far. Was acting a little erotically as I read that many have had that problem also. Just slapped in a JR Z590 for now to cover the duties. It's been used in the mud and snow so the stock could have gotten some water damage. We all now how great stock servos usually hold up. Also been trying out a few different buggy wheels and tires on it. A little more clearance and some experimenting with the traction on ice and snow.






















And yes the Neu 1512 1.5d on 4s is overkill to all of the non RCM memebers reading this. The losi eight is taking the winter off so you know, just had to do it. Will be hard to run something lesser in it if I don't do it soon.