Traxxas Evo8 (1/8th buggy)

[brushlessboy16]

I definately recognize this from somewhere. howdy Ethan :)

Bl_Rvo:Thanks yea I was planning on keeping the diffs stock

Magman: That is what I'm doing....lol

Brushlessboy: Hmm yeaa I have put the project on quiet a few sites. Nice to see a familiar face on here =)


The Rc8 center diff still hasn't come ...but the guy who sent it said I should be getting it sometime this week *rolls eyes*

[brushlessboy16]

did you get a shipping notice?

Well I got a USPS statement sent to me Via email and it had a confirmation # on it. Unfortunately, the status says that all the sender has done has notified them to expect the person to send a package. I have heard though that it can stay at that status forever and the receipt can receive their package. Knowing USPS's tracking system I would believe it.So we'll see. The guy has 100% feedback on ebay so I'm sure it will come soon.

[brushlessboy16]

sweet, did you ever figure out what center drive's your going to use? I still say slider shafts and revo outputs in the center diff f

I do like the idea of have sliders in the center because then I really wouldn't have to worry about trying to find the right length of CVA or CVD.I could just cut the sliders to the desired length. Also that leaves a possibly of a tuning option not availible on other buggies..Motor position. If I had sliders I could move the center diff back and for to find the right wieght distrubtion for different tracks.

I do believe that CVA's would be better in the center though and possibly could be cheaper. I was looking at some Rc8 center CVA's but I'm not sure if they would work becuase of the length and also because I don't know if they would fit on the revo output shafts. If I can find some sliders for cheap I might just go that route. I'm just trying to make it as race orienated as I can and sliders don't quiet live up to that expectation. I guess I won't know if the Revo input shaft would work in the center diff unless I try it.

Edit* I just found a pair of revo sliders $10 shipped on ebay... hmmmm..

[brushlessboy16]

i know for a fact that they will fit. search "muggy diffs" and find the thread where lincpimp installed muggy (8th scale) diffs into his e-revo using the modified outputshafts and stock sliders.

as for the moveable motor mount, i guess it would be possible but there is no real need for it-once you set the weight bias you really wont need to change it.
what motor mount are you using?

ok well then I might just have to go with sliders.

Well I was thinking that if you wanted or needed more steering you could move it up and if you need more traction you could move it back depending on the track. I guess more practically though it would help with just figureing out the rigth weight bias.

I'm going to be using the Associated motor mount (Don't tell mike), its $23 compared to $50

[brushlessboy16]

the current trend for 8th scale is is all the weight as far forward as possible... so it might work to your advantage.. mikes mount may cost more but you get higher quality material and a higher quality piece... 2 things- there has got to be a reason for that low price, and 2 where do you think they got the design from (cough mike).

I'm sure Mike's quality is top notch. What can I say though.. I guess I'm just cheap. I'm 16 and work at Mcdonalds. 1/8th buggies are expensive enough. For the price I think the Associated mount will be fine. From what I have found , AE has great part quality and I think its a great deal for being half the price.

[brushlessboy16]

Originally Posted by EDS

I'm sure Mike's quality is top notch. What can I say though.. I guess I'm just cheap. I'm 16 and work at Mcdonalds. 1/8th buggies are expensive enough. For the price I think the Associated mount will be fine. From what I have found , AE has great part quality and I think its a great deal for being half the price.

you dont even know when i say "i know how you feel" just getting through my first week of work, I started at Kfc this past thursday. Im 17..

If you ever need any cad work done let me know.w

[supralover72]

Originally Posted by brushlessboy16

you dont even know when i say "i know how you feel" just getting through my first week of work, I started at Kfc this past thursday. Im 17..

If you ever need any cad work done let me know.w

At least you guys have jobs. I'm 18 in august and I'm broke. My state also has 15 percent unemployment and rising though...

Center Differential/Drive Shafts
Today I finally got the RC8 Center diff today. It came brand new in package and just like everything thing else 1/8th I was surprised by the size. After a few minutes of just messing around and building it I decided to try something that I had heard may work for the Center drive shafts. This is one of the only issues that I was worrying about with this project was finding some center drive shafts that would fit.I got the tip from brushlessboy16 (Who is now my new best friend:D)that I can cut down Revo axles to replace the input shafts on the center diff so that I could use sliders. I was curious and realized that I had some Revo axles on the buggy already since the Revo and Slayer use the same axles. I figured out it would actually work and started hacking away. They ended up fitting perfectly with some modification . I know that sliders don't show up in the racing dictionary but they are cheap, more "Traxxas" like, and they fix my problem of trying to find correct length Cva's that fit on the Revo diffs. Here is how I made the modifications to make the sliders work on the Rc8 Center diff.

1.First I had to shave about 1/8th inch off of the black plastic part where the axle hooks on to the sliders.

2.Then I spent about an hour and half using my hand saw to cut down the axles so that they where the same length as the Rc8 inputs.


3. That's about all there is to it after that I just started putting it back together.

(Right is stock, Center is cut-down, Left is the completed one)

4. Once you have it put all together it should look like this.


The diff mounts fit perfectly around the axle coupling so that the pin doesn't fall out.
And the diff in the mounts with the top plate..


Over all I was very surprise how well everything to fit together.As far as shafts go I just used the Slayer Sliders off of the front of the buggy. I figured I can get a set to replace them off of ebay because the Slayer sliders fit perfectly.



Ethan
Team Kassanova

[BL_RV0]

Looks great. Kudos to Ben for finding that solution.

thsi guy here made a truggy out of a revo:
http://www.beatyourtruck.com/forum/s...t=ruggy&page=8
thought u might pick somethin of his thread(meaning u might find it usefull)