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JThiessen · 11.30.2005, 02:56 PM

So I've been reading up on electric conversion options for my revo. I just ran across the Kershaw link for the big brushed motors, and as that interested me, I've been doing some reading up on these setups.
Here on this website, everyone says NO to them, get BL'd. But normally there isnt any factual reasons behind those statements. Basically, someone like myslef is weighing three options: 1) Stock Emaxx setup, 2) Large Brushed motors (970's, etc), or 3) BL
To make a decision, one has to factor in cost, how you run your truck, when you run your truck, what kind of speed you want, what kind of durability you want.
Cost winner has to be given to the Stock Emaxx/Titans, then the big brushed setups. One thing I often see ignored when evaluating BL is the cost of batteries. One set of good 8's has got to run 100+. A lot of us already have good 6 and 7 cells for our rustlers/stampedes/rc10's etc....

Speed winner is likely BL, since there are so many options available. But with this the cost factor rises.

When/where you run your truck: I want to be able to run mine anytime I could run my nitro, and in slighty moist environment (here in the Pacific Northwest, we dont have an option). BL setups are well known to have a higher risk of smoking from water contact. How do the Dewalt motors react compared to Titans? I personally am not looking for the fastest rig out there, something in between a stock emaxx and stock revo would be perfect.

How about run times with the Dewalt style set up? Anyone have any info on this? I would assume it would be less than titans on the EVX (more power needs more input juice)

Batteries: I have several electric trucks, so I want to keep my batteries common, thus ruling out the 16/18/20 cell combo's. 12/14 is all I want to run. Lipo's are out of the question.

I'm just still trying to sort it all out.....being somewhat new, and having a engineers brain (not all that its made up to be folks!), makes me question the one liner responses to questions such as mine. NEED MORE DATA>>>>>>>!!!!!!

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JThiessen RC-Monster Brushless Offline Posts: 2,436 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Edmonds WA	11.30.2005, 02:56 PM So I've been reading up on electric conversion options for my revo. I just ran across the Kershaw link for the big brushed motors, and as that interested me, I've been doing some reading up on these setups. Here on this website, everyone says NO to them, get BL'd. But normally there isnt any factual reasons behind those statements. Basically, someone like myslef is weighing three options: 1) Stock Emaxx setup, 2) Large Brushed motors (970's, etc), or 3) BL To make a decision, one has to factor in cost, how you run your truck, when you run your truck, what kind of speed you want, what kind of durability you want. Cost winner has to be given to the Stock Emaxx/Titans, then the big brushed setups. One thing I often see ignored when evaluating BL is the cost of batteries. One set of good 8's has got to run 100+. A lot of us already have good 6 and 7 cells for our rustlers/stampedes/rc10's etc.... Speed winner is likely BL, since there are so many options available. But with this the cost factor rises. When/where you run your truck: I want to be able to run mine anytime I could run my nitro, and in slighty moist environment (here in the Pacific Northwest, we dont have an option). BL setups are well known to have a higher risk of smoking from water contact. How do the Dewalt motors react compared to Titans? I personally am not looking for the fastest rig out there, something in between a stock emaxx and stock revo would be perfect. How about run times with the Dewalt style set up? Anyone have any info on this? I would assume it would be less than titans on the EVX (more power needs more input juice) Batteries: I have several electric trucks, so I want to keep my batteries common, thus ruling out the 16/18/20 cell combo's. 12/14 is all I want to run. Lipo's are out of the question. I'm just still trying to sort it all out.....being somewhat new, and having a engineers brain (not all that its made up to be folks!), makes me question the one liner responses to questions such as mine. NEED MORE DATA>>>>>>>!!!!!!