LiqrSicc's Carbon Fiber Build

[LiqrSicc]

Originally Posted by JThiessen

Why not just cut out the opening for the motor - wont hurt the strength IMHO. Check out Mistercash's LST build for tips on cutting the CF....

Yeah but there's no more room to grind. The battery mount sits right at the edge of the motor opening in TVP.





In this picture I have the motor sitting as far up to where the shaft hits the tranny. It's a bad angle shot but in reality there's only about 1mm or so that I can remove.

[JThiessen]

Originally Posted by LiqrSicc

Yeah but there's no more room to grind. The battery mount sits right at the edge of the motor opening in TVP.





In this picture I have the motor sitting as far up to where the shaft hits the tranny. It's a bad angle shot but in reality there's only about 1mm or so that I can remove.

Move the battery mount(s) too. Easy to make a paper template of the hole pattern for them. Ya gots this much invested, I'd wouldn't shy away from making it what you wanted.

[LiqrSicc]

Originally Posted by JThiessen

Move the battery mount(s) too. Easy to make a paper template of the hole pattern for them. Ya gots this much invested, I'd wouldn't shy away from making it what you wanted.

There's just no where to move the mounts on the motor side TVP.

Here's where I'm at right now:






The CF parts are definitely nice. Not exactly the best fitment but nothing a Dremel cant fix.

Now I need to make decisions:








1518, 1520, or 1717. I butchered the grind job on the 1518 to fit the stock mount. Fits fine but its ugly as hell from the dremel going all over the place.

I can fit the 1520 in there without having to take too much out of the TVP. I have an HPI HD motor mount coming in next week which I got bored out from GCM so it'll fit the can just fine.

The last couple pics show how the 1717 fits in it. As you can see there is just no way to get that thing in there without having to cut out a chunk of the CF which the battery box mounts to. I can definitely cut that chunk out. I dont think it'll have effect in the integrity of the TVP but it does mean I'll be using just 3 mounts to hold the battery box. Not too sure if that's a good idea. I do have the GCM battery box mounts coming in as well. Maybe I can just get away with 3 mounts. Either way I still need to get a mount made for the 1717.

The last pics shows weight with everything in except for the batteries.

11lbs 14oz

Nearly 12lbs. It'll be around 13.5lbs with 6s in there. Not bad for an XL sized Savvy?