Help!!! Building an E-Revo as a new RC basher

[Hickoryhead]

Let me start off by saying I am new to the RC world. I have jumped in with both feet running but am still very new. I got started when guys in my home town started a Revo club. I have never been interested in nitro. So I built a brushless Stampede that can beat the body off a nitro revo if the conditions of the track are in my favor and my tires stay glued. My set up: Lehner basic XL, Mamba Max ESC, 6000 mah Lipo, DX2 spectrum radio. I got tired of hearing about never being able to do it with a Revo and if I never went to Nitro I wouldn't get any where. Then I read about the E-Revo's. Lots of stuff to read but way out of my ballpark. So I jumped right in and bought a good start. Its the chassis with a G3R (not the G2R) with upgrades. The tranny is the Emaxx 2 speed. Heres my problem: What motor do I run? I want to continue to run the MM ESC because I love the thing on my Stampede. I like the Lehner motor I run to. Should I stick with Lehner? 1940 or 1950 maybe? Then I will run Lipo's. I want 2 of them on the car but not tied together. I want the balance but I want a lot of run time. I feel if you run one battery for 25 minutes then the other you will have more run time then tying them together and getting about 35 minutes of run time. Am I wrong in this thinking? I will not be doing much racing. More bashing then anything. I am just way to new for this to do it on my own. Anything that will help me in my conquest will be great. Thanks. Again I might be over thinking all this so ANY info is needed.

[Sean]

you will be fine sticking with the mamba max ESC not to sure on the specs of Lehner motors so ill let some one else answer that ive all ways stuck to cheap ones :P

batteres there are 2 ways of wiring them together if you are only going to have one plugged in there is little point in mounting 2 in the car as its just un needed weight.

first way is to wire them in series this wil increase the voltage and give you more speed and the second way is in parrallel this will increase the run time if the packs are the same it will roughly double the run time.

Hope this helps

[Finnster]

I'm trying to figure out exactly what you mean about the lipo config..

I take it you want 2 batts in for balance, but run them one at a time? One for power, one for ballast, then switch when one pack is out? Deosn't make a whole lot of sence to me. Might as well run both in parallel if you all ready have one 4s 6000 mah batt. Its not like you lose eff by putting then in par., if anything you would make it easier on the batts as they could supply high currents easier. Put all that weight to use

Optimally you would have 2x 2S batts (one per side) and run them in series as a 4S pack.

The lehners are really good. From everything I've ever heard, a 1940 or 1950 would work. I may buy a 1940/9t or so for my Revo one day, so so far the 8xl is running well for me, but i don't race either (yet.)


Ditch the 1st gear and run a single speed w/ steel idlers. Easier, cleaner setup. 1st is usless pretty much w/ BL.

[Hickoryhead]

Great!!! This solves my battery questions. Never got the idea about parrallel or series. Makes more sence. Any other ideas about motors?