Flux Motor Mounts

[suicideneil]

Trouble with a universal mount is that even if the motor you want to use is 1mm larger in diameter the clamps will crush the motor as they dont match the motor. A normal clamp works by being the same diameter but having a gap inbetween the upper and lower halfs- as you apply pressure and tighten the clampthe tow halfs pull together around the motor, they dont bite into the sides like a smaller diameter clamp would.

Best solution would be to have a clamp with changeable inserts for various sized motors, or a mount more like a conventional motor mount that bolts down in the same places as the stock version, but the motor is front mounted via 2 or 4 screws, much like the revo motor mount for nitro conversions.

[thzero]

Thanks for posting because I had all these same thoughts after I had originally posted.

You'd probably need an L mount that would attach to the engine plate in the Flux. Then you'd want to have a single lower bolt position and the upper bolt position being offset and in an arc, much like how most 1/10th scale 2WD setups are done, that would allow you to adjust the mesh.

Then again it might just be easier to get an extended engine plate made, that you could drop a truggy mount/center diff onto. I measured the width of my RC8T's motor/center diff combination and it was just a little wider than the Savage TVPs, so it would overhang a bit. But think that might be ok as most of the Flux TVPs I have seen have large open spaces in that area of the chassis.

Originally Posted by suicideneil

Trouble with a universal mount is that even if the motor you want to use is 1mm larger in diameter the clamps will crush the motor as they dont match the motor. A normal clamp works by being the same diameter but having a gap inbetween the upper and lower halfs- as you apply pressure and tighten the clampthe tow halfs pull together around the motor, they dont bite into the sides like a smaller diameter clamp would.

Best solution would be to have a clamp with changeable inserts for various sized motors, or a mount more like a conventional motor mount that bolts down in the same places as the stock version, but the motor is front mounted via 2 or 4 screws, much like the revo motor mount for nitro conversions.