X- Factor Conversion

[lincpimp]

Got it all wired up and took it for a few test runs. I have not installed the rear steering yet, so it turns like a bus. I did put a hitec 85mg servo in to shift the tranny, mounted it under the chassis plate, and use a slightly modded old emaxx shift linkage.

Low gear is slow, like 7-8mph. And it has a ton of torque. High gear is much faster, at least 30mph. The truck is a bit unstable at that speed, but fun! I need to put the body posts back on and pick out a good body from my collection. I also think that the diffs could use some JB weld, as my mech locking job (rearranged the spider gears) sounds like it is slipping. Otherwise it runs great. I am looking forward to 4 wheel steering, and a proper battery tray. I used zipties to hold the battery for the test run, and that was not keeping them in place very well.

I used a pair of 2s 2200 airthunder lipos in series to run it. Mixed bashing, 60% of it in high gear got me 25 mins, not bad IMO. Temps were pretty good, the 10xl got around 140f, the MM was around 115-120f, and the lipos got up to 105f.

Nothing broke, but I did mange to bend a bolt that holds the shock to the canteliver. Ohterwise it ran well.