Hey Monster Mike: Maxx CD

[Rivermaxx]

Looks Like it will work good lito. The savage dogbone can be had for ~$12 shiped. Heres what I had in mind: not too sure if the g1 and g2 chassis are same demension wise though..
If I mount it this far up it might work without a chassis adapter plate. But I am not sure it will work until I get a diff with a 44 tooth gear. It might be to far foward but I have lots of room to move it back but a adapter like litos most likely will also have to be made.




It is almost as if the braces welcome the motor where they go down.Notice how the motor sits as low as possible for better cog and driveline angles.


The savage xl bone is ~141mm compared to the ue 132mm mono dogbone so I am not sure if its long enough to make this setup possible but it will move the assembly ~9mm foward more which isnt much. Anybody got a center diff with a 44t steel gear they want to sell? My ofna 46tooth hyper diff is just a hair to wide.

[ANGRY-ALIEN]

Originally Posted by George16

I chose to mount it that way in order to use available dogbones from my parts bin. I used UE's dogbone for the thunder with the mono in the rear and UE's 70mm titanium dogbone in the front. There is still enough space to drill new mounting holes if I decide to use different size dogbones but for now, this setup will do.

Center diff is an Ofna with 44T spur and a 15T RCM pinion. I'll be replacing the diff pinion with an Ofna 10T to lower my top speed. Right now, the diffs are buggy diffs(43/13). I'll be running this on 5S :.


I'll be making a new chassis plate out of 7075T6 aluminum. It will be longer by about 2 inches compared to the stock plate. Here's the template I'll be using:

Nice work on the CD mounting plate George... very clean, very neat...

Originally Posted by Rivermaxx

Looks Like it will work good lito. The savage dogbone can be had for ~$12 shiped. Heres what I had in mind: not too sure if the g1 and g2 chassis are same demension wise though..
If I mount it this far up it might work without a chassis adapter plate. But I am not sure it will work until I get a diff with a 44 tooth gear. It might be to far foward but I have lots of room to move it back but a adapter like litos most likely will also have to be made.


The savage xl bone is ~141mm compared to the ue 132mm mono dogbone so I am not sure if its long enough to make this setup possible but it will move the assembly ~9mm foward more which isnt much. Anybody got a center diff with a 44t steel gear they want to sell? My ofna 46tooth hyper diff is just a hair to wide.

That setup is looking good also... would be possible for you to dremel a little of the material away to facilitate the 46 spur? or would you rather not? Nice to see you could get the COG that low...

[George16]

Originally Posted by ANGRY-ALIEN

Nice work on the CD mounting plate George... very clean, very neat...

Thanks. I'll be lowering by adding 3mm spacers once I have longer screws .

The 46 and 48 will fit if the mount is raised. I tried 44, 46, 48, and 52T spurs but 44T fits better than the rest on my G1 chassis.

The x-braces opening/gap on my G1 chassis is 46.2mm measured with my digital caliper.

[Rivermaxx]

Originally Posted by ANGRY-ALIEN

Nice work on the CD mounting plate George... very clean, very neat...



That setup is looking good also... would be possible for you to dremel a little of the material away to facilitate the 46 spur? or would you rather not? Nice to see you could get the COG that low...

I mess around with it a little and got it to fit with the 46tooth gear in the vertiicle milled out area in the chassis. Its real tight and has to be in there perfect or the spur will hit the brace. The dog bone also is going to have to be pretty short though but it looks like it will work.

[George16]

Originally Posted by Rivermaxx

I mess around with it a little and got it to fit with the 46tooth gear in the vertiicle milled out area in the chassis. Its real tight and has to be in there perfect or the spur will hit the brace. The dog bone also is going to have to be pretty short though but it looks like it will work.
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Yup, the holes need to be drilled perfectly or else either side of the 46T spur will hit the rails. This is the main reason I went with the 44T.

It's easier for me to change the current pinion to a 10T truggy pinion to lower my top speed and diff ratio instead of drilling perfectly -lined/spaced holes in order to use a 46T spur.

[ANGRY-ALIEN]

Originally Posted by Rivermaxx

I mess around with it a little and got it to fit with the 46tooth gear in the vertiicle milled out area in the chassis. Its real tight and has to be in there perfect or the spur will hit the brace. The dog bone also is going to have to be pretty short though but it looks like it will work.

Yeah... that does look a little tight..