This is what i do when i cant run my boat......

[kfxguy]

Looks good, I might have further questions to ask , have a 1/8 buggy sitting on the shelf for the last 7 or 8 years, been thinking doing a conversion.
Anyway, at work and I have not had the time to go over everything you wrote. Thanks tho!
Cheers!

Mines been sitting for years too. Hated the hassle of nitro. I'd rather drive. Last night I went ahead and stripped my kyosho inferno yo convert it too. Its gonna be for my son. The o'donnell buggy you see above was such a success he wants one too. We've beat on this thing and cant kill it. You know how tough 1/8 buggies are. If you need any help with it let me know. I made my own battery tray out of carbon fiber but I ended up ordering one from a guy on ebay. He makes custom trays out of plastic. $10 shipped and it should hold my lipos better and be safer. I can make you a motor mount if you need one.

[srislash]

I too have a Revo on the shelf. Bought it awhile back for $100. Collecting parts,Kershaw conversion kit,1518 1800kv motor, MMM ESC,RPM arms, and MIP axels and centres. Oh, and 6600mah Dinogy 3s batts. Parts have been there for awhile now, I keep finding boats that have my interest better. LOL

Really got to get to it though, yours looks like sooo much fun

[kfxguy]

I too have a Revo on the shelf. Bought it awhile back for $100. Collecting parts,Kershaw conversion kit,1518 1800kv motor, MMM ESC,RPM arms, and MIP axels and centres. Oh, and 6600mah Dinogy 3s batts. Parts have been there for awhile now, I keep finding boats that have my interest better. LOL

Well maybe you could sell me the batteries. Lol. They'd get some use with me! The way I see it is its harder for me to run my boats than my cars. I have to pack everything up and drive 15 minutes away to go run or test them. The bugies.....run right in front of the house anytime I want. Don't think im giving up on my boats tho! Only during cold weather will I not run them.

[srislash]

Yeah I have a 2wd Slash with a 1415 that gets chucked out every now and then for giggles. I have Robinson gears in it 21/54 geared. Goes real fast at the top when I put the air dam on the nose, otherwise it blows over. Amazes me how long 5000mah lasts in it. Good for like a 1/2 hour. Boats??? NOT.

[kfxguy]

Yeah I have a 2wd Slash with a 1415 that gets chucked out every now and then for giggles. I have Robinson gears in it 21/54 geared. Goes real fast at the top when I put the air dam on the nose, otherwise it blows over. Amazes me how long 5000mah lasts in it. Good for like a 1/2 hour. Boats??? NOT.

I know! My 1/8 buggy goes over 20 mins ( if not it feels like it!) On a 5000mah pack. I get tires of driving it sometimes and hand it to one of my kids to run the battery down.

I found out the other day at 68mph the exo wants to blow over. I removed the hood and the next pass it picked up 5mph and didn't come up on me. A wheelie a 68mph was a little scary.....but cool looking. Too bad I didn't get it on video!

[srislash]

Mines been on the roof so much that I bought the last body based on roof thickness. It sure slides far on it roof from 60+ mph. Had a few of us that used to meet for night runs at the big mall parking lots. Pretty fun.
Thinking a 1518 in the Revo should be good too.

Have you had issues with keeping tires together?

[tlandauer]

I believe mine is an OFNA 1/8 buggy but they called it UltraGTP http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&P=SM&I=LXDPC2, but mine is an older version, like circa 2004-5. I never ran it, the motor is still not fired , I never had luck breaking in any of the nitro motors.
What do you do with the pinion gear, how do you figure what ratio to run first, I hate mathematical formula and I know there is a formula!

[kfxguy]

I believe mine is an OFNA 1/8 buggy but they called it UltraGTP http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&P=SM&I=LXDPC2, but mine is an older version, like circa 2004-5. I never ran it, the motor is still not fired , I never had luck breaking in any of the nitro motors.
What do you do with the pinion gear, how do you figure what ratio to run first, I hate mathematical formula and I know there is a formula!

You use a mod 1 pinion. That's the pitch. (Module 1) depending on what your wanting to do. For the track I'd start off with a 14-16 tooth and bashing/high speed runs use a 18-20t. I figure most buggies are going to be around the same rations because the clutch bells they offer are interchangeable. Just buy one pinion to begin with. No matter what, that one pinion is gonna let you know which way you need to go.

That's what I did. I bought an 18t just to see. It ended up being perfect for all around running.

[tlandauer]

You use a mod 1 pinion. That's the pitch. (Module 1) depending on what your wanting to do. For the track I'd start off with a 14-16 tooth and bashing/high speed runs use a 18-20t. I figure most buggies are going to be around the same rations because the clutch bells they offer are interchangeable. Just buy one pinion to begin with. No matter what, that one pinion is gonna let you know which way you need to go.

That's what I did. I bought an 18t just to see. It ended up being perfect for all around running.

Thanks!