7th scale on road project

[lincpimp]

So I have a lightning street on road car. It has a .26 in it, and with the 2 speed is good for 45mph. It is a fun car, but I hate nitro, and have not run it for at least a year.

So I decided to make a fast on road car. Planned setup is a kb45 8xl on 6s lipo thru a MMM. I have all of the gear to do this, so I only need to make a motor mount and battery trays.

I will retain the 2 speed and mech brakes. So much room on the chassis that it does not cause any issues, and the lack of reverse is not a big deal as I have large parking lots to play in.

Current gearing is 46/42 spurs and 13/17 on the clutch bell. I plan to use 18/25 pinion gears, as I have them. This requires me to swap the 46t spur to a 49t for proper mesh. This poses a problem, as the steel spurs are specific to this car. I have a mgt 8.0 49t steel spur coming, and will have my machinist mod it to fit the 2 speed hub.

I may also have him make me a motor mount. The kb 45 motors have a 30mm spacing and use m4 thread screws, so a rcm mount will not work. I cannot use any adapter, as the motor shaft will not be long enough.

Heres a link to a few pics:

http://www.hotbodiesonline.com/light_street.html

I will get some of the stripped chassis and my proposed layout.