Originally Posted by 8ight-e

If you don't find a good deal on a used setup (check the for sale forum) here is another option.

#1 get yourself a towerhobbies account
#2 snag a D8t (hotbodies) ~280 shipped w/ coupon
#3 apply 60.00 coupon and free ship (if your a member)
#4 place a second order for electronics if buying new and use another 60 coupon and free ship (could be found cheaper used or on ebay with little effort)
#5 grab a conversion kit from rc-monster.com OR from tekno (impakt-rc.com)
#6 sell nitro parts off to recoup a few bucks

Lipo's - cheapest are hobby city, best buy iMO is Hyperion, Electronics I favor the castle MMM esc, I was told the currently on sale castle 1512 1800kv motor will work great in a truggy and is only $60 new on castles site.. 4s will work as well but just a touch slower, but not bad depending on the track could be a good thing. Snag the MMM esc used or on ebay done..

Just do a few searches.. lots of details on truggies man. Need to decide what you want and just go after it.. if your LHS carries certain parts (losi, ae etc) you may want to consider this in your thought process as well. Again watch the for sale forum on here, buy from someone who has sold a few items, use paypal, and don't use 'gift' unless you are sure you won't have issues with the seller.

You need to add some detail though, do you have a rx tx? do you have anything or starting from scratch?

Originally Posted by quixoticboi

Is there like an ABC's to Electric? I see stickies on the Nitro Off-Road forum but none on the Electric Off-Road.

How do I know...

What batteries to use? Including how to properly charge, balance, etc them?
What motor? What to look for in a motor?
What esc?

I just don't know where to start. I mean. I love the concept. Plug it in and go! Call me noob, but hey, we all gotta start somewhere. Links would be great!

Originally Posted by Divey

Hit it right on the nail there. I bought 3 of those 1800kv motors and run 2 in my rc8t's and 1 for a spare. All 3 shipped is still cheaper than an new MMM combo. Those motors are bad and with the right gearing and cell count, you will easily be able to keep up and the best of all is lower heat which is more efficient which equals longer run times. That's a win win for me. I just sold 2 2200 motors for 75$ a piece which is a great price. Barely used with maybe a couple hours on it. I might have a tekin system for sale depending on my setup. RX8/1700 T8 truggy setup.
Terry

Originally Posted by quixoticboi

Towerhobbies has the 1512 motor discontinued! Is this right...?

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXZGP9&P=7

Originally Posted by Posvar

DIVEY....what cell count are you running with the 1800kv motor. I have several 4s 4500 Turnigy that I run with my Ve8 and would like to use those for the truggy.

Thanks

Originally Posted by spunkysandoval

If I were just starting out in 1/8 electric, I would have to pick up the OFNA NEXX 8. If you get it from towerhobbies it is only about $209 shipped!! Then I would go over to hobbypartz . com and pick up the 2250 kv hobbywing combo for $132 shipped. Then go to hobbycity . com and buy 4 battery packs and one 10 amp charger with power supply, and a radio setup all for under $150. You can even get a decent servo, but I would spend the extra bucks on a savox servo at around $70 shipped.

That should be a very nice budget and keep you fairly competitive out of the box!!

Do it

$139 shipped for 1/8 power!! Insane

http://www.hobbypartz.com/07e-c-combo-m1.html