Shockwave 36 Electric conversion

[Team A-Hull]

Steve, do you have any pics of this build? Wouldn't mind seeing the setup inside.


Thanks

Jason

[Steven Vaccaro]

I will dig it out and post some tonight.

[Team A-Hull]

Cool!!! It would help out alot!

Thanks Steve

[Steven Vaccaro]

There's not too much to it. I need some stainless screws for the motor mount. As you can see, what I have is rusting.

[Team A-Hull]

Sorry one more question...

Can't seem to find the motor mount... Where did you find yours?


Thanks Jason

[Steven Vaccaro]

Jason thats the only slightly difficult part. I made it.

I used a very heavy gauge aluminum because it was all I had.

I first unscrewed the front motor plate from the kb45. I than made a photo copy of it to use as a template. Than glued down the template to the aluminum and drilled the holes. And than just made the bends with a metal brake. There are some cheap metal brakes on the market. It took about a nights work, but came out good.

[FE_Chris]

Nice Steven I dig the conversion! Very Cool! I always wanted to do one of these or a TC31 myself...glad to see it works well.

[SJFE]

I made a template out of thin birch. I marked the ouput shaft and used an exato knife to round out a tight fitting hole. Then slid the birch down the shaft to the can and traced it. Cut that out. Last i marked the bolt holes on the edge of the can and probed inward with the tip of the exacto blad until I found & marked them all. Then just rounded them out with the blade. I got a perfect template out of that. I will be sending it off with the motor as a matter of fact. If anyone wants a copy let me know before friday and ill make it.

[Team A-Hull]

Steve and SJFE thanks for the input!
I wasn't sure Steve if you made that or not but that is a nice way to approach it.

SJFE

What hull was that again you posted in this thread. First off, NICE setup! That is a work of art and should be framed on a wall after it's been driven hard. Thats the final result I aiming for. The motor mount; are you talking about a motor mount similar to the picture posted earlier that would work in my shockwave 36?

Thanks for the help!

[robby76]

is this SW36 project worth venturing into? am looking to build a mono hull. usually windy at lake so a good wave cutting, performing hull will be my direction.

[SJFE]

Iwould say yes. Look @ the results Steven got from a quicky setup. Stripped of its weight on s6 with that big KB this baby will be a FUN quick boat.

[Steven Vaccaro]

is this SW36 project worth venturing into? am looking to build a mono hull. usually windy at lake so a good wave cutting, performing hull will be my direction.

It runs good. But its no wave crusher. I'm sure I can put the tabs down a bit more but the speed will be sacrificed.

[SJFE]

Well I got one. T- One week for delivery. Going with the 11XL as advised HM200 amp esc. Batteries TBA....

[Magnus]

How are you going to mount the motor?

I'm looking to convert my SW36 to elec asap.. Its nice outside and I want to run it!! :)

[SJFE]

I am using a custom made rail mount.