Nick Carroll

Awesome, thanks.

ridgewaybodies

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I screwed the set screw in the rear of the arm and cut the hinge pin to length.

Here is a video of my B44 on a high traction indoor track. I'm in 2nd in white. Both B44's(leader) are basically running the same setup. One word: DIALED. THe car is better than I am, LOL

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...35804011&hl=en

Shadows

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yup in the hole!

Shadows

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pic of my layout.

OLDSKOOL BRUSHED BABY! OO YEH!

Shadows

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heatshrinked my cva pins. teh clips a nice idea... but if you dont glue them, they will move and eventually the pins will come loose.

some people have dremeled a flat spot on the pin itself and force the grub screw to "capture" .. but i prefer the heatshrink treatment.

Shadows

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mounted fan for cooling the motor.

B4james

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Hey Shadows,


What pinion/spur combo are you running on your CO27 and how are you going temperature wise.

There was someone on here before I think kimballion from VIC who was struggling with his.

Shadows

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well with the hot weather lately, been running 18/84.

Motor has been coming off quite hot. but can still withstand the "3 second rule" and not stinky.

font9a

18:84 in my 6.5R GTB rig with 5500 mAh bats lets me run top speed for 45 minutes and the motor gets *maybe* 99° F. That's real cool.

I moved to a 22:84 and it still spins the tires from 0 to 60 like there's no tomorrow. I stopped running after 25 straight minutes because it's too dark outside. This cannot be normal, can it?

Should I move higher to a 24 or 26:84? that seems insane. Motor is supposed to be 160° F when geared correctly. I'm like 60% off that thermal profile with way more room to grow. My driving skills can no longer keep up with the car....


-- carl

font9a

18:84 in my 6.5R GTB rig with 5500 mAh bats lets me run top speed for 45 minutes and the motor gets *maybe* 99° F. That's real cool.

I moved to a 22:84 and it still spins the tires from 0 to 60 like there's no tomorrow. I stopped running after 25 straight minutes because it's too dark outside. The 6.5R GTB motor was cool to the touch. This cannot be normal, can it? (~55° F ambient temp outside right now.) Bats are cool, too.


Should I move to an even higher 24: or 26:84? that seems insane. Motor is supposed to be 160° F when geared correctly. I'm like 60% off that thermal profile with way more room to grow. My driving skills can no longer keep up with the car....


-- carl

Warthog

Here's a simplier, albiet brute force method for keeping the hinge pins in. What my friends and I have done is to take a pin, put in a vice, then take a center punch to very edge of the pin and hammer away. the idea is to create a very tiny flange at the front edge of the pin. This seems to keep it from moving backwards very well.

Just watch your fingers!

ridgewaybodies

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Be careful, it sounds like that method is prone to some binding.

ridgewaybodies

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I made a handy B44 gearing chart for anyone that finds it useful...

Warthog

Nope, so far the a-arms flop around just as smoothly as before when the shock is removed. At any rate, I'm going to stick with this method until AE releases the a-arm mod.

Shadows

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nicework ridgewaybodies. will come in very handy.
cheers