On-road BL project

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by squeeforever

Maybe you can use a Revo aluminum diff cup? The appear to be the same correct?

Nope, not even close. Each half is sorta cone-shaped. One half is a little deeper - that one has the ring gear. So, the ring gear wraps around the diff making it sturdy. Looks sturdier than a Revo diff. You can see what I'm talking about here and here.

(Edited to answer your edited question :)): I don't think so, but time will tell. Stock 30k seemed way too loose. I guess I'll find out when I get this done and try to turn! I used 50k mainly because I had it. I forgot to pick up stock 30k diff fluid while at my LHS. :(

[squeeforever]

Yea, I realized that after I looked at the exploded views on Traxxas' website :007: :013:.

[BrianG]

lol. I was wondering why you asked that. I figured you wanted me to do all the "hard work". :027:

[Mike.L]

surprise us brian!!!!!

[BrianG]

Well, now the Jato is done! All I need is a motor and ESC and I'll wait for the Mamba Max for that. I'll post a picture sometime (if my semi-broken camera will let me) because it's just soooo pretty that I have to share! :004:

[Ozark-al]

So when do I get to see this thing on the track at hobby haven?

[BrianG]

Actually, the Jato was more for parking lots and such. At some point I'll get specific on-road tires or maybe the 3.3 Jato tires since they look cool, but I guess I could take it to a track once or twice. I still need to wait for the Mamba motor/ESC to become available though.

Do you work at HH, or just hang out there a lot?

[Mike.L]

Brian use the victory tires for on road and count how many runs it takes for your bl to burn the rubber right to slick. Any you got some road slicks. No money wasted lol.
:)

[squeeforever]

I would just get the Anaconda's.

[BrianG]

A couple pictures of the finished product sans motor/ESC. When are the Castle Creations Mamba parts going to be available already! Arggg!

Anyway...

I ended up creating the motor mount to work like stock. Creating straight sliding slots with a dremel is MUCH easier than trying to "machine" out a motor adjustment like on the e-maxx.

[glassdoctor]

nice.

Can you have the battery laying flat on the chassis... regular style 6 cell pack? The MM should be able to fit next to the motor... it's smaller than I expected.

I got mine at Hobby Haven last week.

[BrianG]

You live in Des Moines too?

The batts might be able to fit flat along the motor mount, but I made the holder for a 2s2p eMoli pack, but happens to fit a hump 6-cell NiMH pack as well. That's why I made the holder walls angled. Even then, the dirt guards on the sides angle up and there are screw lumps where they mount to the chassis and they get in the way. You'd have to raise the battery holder bottom about 9mm to clear the screw lumps and angles. For strength, everything is mounted to the Al bottom, not on the plastic dirt guards.

[BrianG]

Sweet!

I've been visiting the Castle Creations site every couple of days hoping that the "Product is currently back ordered approximately 3 weeks" notice would be gone. Well, I got tired of waiting and checking so I placed an order through them for the 4600 system. I just got an email saying it was shipping today! Yippee! :dft003:

[BrianG]

BTW: What size shaft do the Mamba Max motors use? It looks like 1/8", but I want to be sure before I order a pinion...

[MetalMan]

It's 1/8".