mossie his Merv (the netherlands)

[Mossie]

ThX Dwmoss

will post the update and whole story as soon as i can type proper again
and when i can move my thumbs

[boston2612]

lol thats not good Mossie. Have you done anything with the stock shocks? The Bodies on mine busted apart after a week of having my MERV and bashing it crazy hard lol.

[Petertje60]

15 minutes on 160C. That is nuts. And hot. But you already found out the hard way. You should have read the book "Baking tires for dummies"
I hope the blisters are gone soon, my friend. Next Thursday I will go to the meeting at Spike City. Gimme a yell if you wanna go there and if I can pick you up.

[Mossie]

Oke !! Update

the thumbs are getting better and dont hurt as much as they did last couple of days

stupid mistake made with baking the tires of the rims

after 15 min at 160 c i was taking them from the oven with baking gloves on

the heat pulls right true the gloves and i felt it but hey i could not give up
so kept on fighting with them
When i wastaking of the oven gloves both my thumbs had blisters and hurted .......


@Peter
thats 1 may and i can come to spijkenisse
in the morning i got a medical traning and after that got an appointment with has something to do with new job

better next time Master


The merv

i did sold my Apple Imac 2 days ago to a family member for a good price ( 4 months old)
when he came over to look he screamt Ill take it without bidding on the price.

needed the money so was very happy with that

so the last couple of i am trying to read as much about BB

today i was waking up and thought the **** with it
i am gonna do it

so called almost every shop in the netherlands for a CASTLE CREATIONS SV2 SIDEWINDER 1/10TH 12V SPORT CAR ESC WITH 1406-5700 MOTOR

but there are probs at castle i learnt today and even the USA section can not deliver this

almost every online shop and normal shop is waiting on them

but the 4600 kv version is okee and can be deleivered at almost every shop

you guys know i like to speed run
so my question is will a 4600 kv do his job with a proper gear (31T/50) or (31T45)

i run 3s parallel 2x 1400 mah traxxas and 2x1500 30C lipo
the 2x1500 30c can provide 90A burst

is 1406 - 4600kv an option for me ???????


and what speed will i get from 4600 kv 31T50 with 3s and hpi rims and speedhawgs

i have seen movies on youtube that with the same set up but 5700kv the run 66 mph

[Mossie]

BTW THE 4600 kv version i can pickup if i want tomorrow !!!! for a stunning price

wanna know first how you ace guys think about 4600 KV set up!!!

[Petertje60]

I have the 4600 with the MMP in my Merv. When we meet somewhere you can see what it does with that combo. I had plans to go today, but I had to stay home because the lady had to work. I will give a yell when I go there.

Good to hear your thumbs are healing.

[Mossie]

i almost called with Bas and Eric the whole afternoon and they did a search for me too for the 5700kv
but even in the USA they wait on it for weeks now!!! Man they rock 4 real at bee racing

then i called PK racing also and he did ordered them direct from china and is wating now for 2 months on them
has something to do with production there and they can not deliver them !!!

as an alternitive Bas suggested a Robitronic 5400 8.5 turns and called the import guy for that
also probs with that engine and when they are in stock they are more $$$$$ then normal

he called me back and told me i got 1x 4600kv castle set in stock and he has layed it apart for me
i have been searching the whole day for details about the 4600 kv with sv2 esc but can not find
any got fact about speed and gears -> the details i am looking for is how fast a 4600kv will make the merv
i have seen that 5700kv with 31T50 will run 66 mph on GPS carminn runner.

[Mossie]

he also have a 7700 5.5 t in stock from robitronic with an hpi racing 60 amp esc

but i think thats al little to much overpower for the Merv


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[Petertje60]

he also have a 7700 5.5 t in stock from robitronic with an hpi racing 60 amp esc

but i think thats al little to much overpower for the Merv


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Maybe the power is not a problem, but that motor would be quite sensitive when it comes about gearing. No idea what you would pay in the Netherlands, but I saw this on eBay: http://www.ebay.nl/itm/Castle-Creati...#ht_2992wt_866

[Mossie]

started this afternoon and put the merv back together again

the only thing to do now is glue one side of the speedhawgs again

done ! -> shimmed diffs front & rear , and installed gpm knuckles , and filled the diff with oil

now waiting on the BB and Mount


BTW Peter !!!! is it possible to gear the 4600kv 31t45 ?????

[Mossie]

Maybe the power is not a problem, but that motor would be quite sensitive when it comes about gearing. No idea what you would pay in the Netherlands, but I saw this on eBay: http://www.ebay.nl/itm/Castle-Creati...#ht_2992wt_866

not worth the riks of custom stuff

also Bas has made a good price for me on the 4600KV MM (its the last one at Bee racing)

so i am going big block with in two weeks from now!!!

also ordered a HP racing Pit mat to work on !!!!!


BUT thx again for the thinking with me Peter (YOU ROCK)

[Petertje60]

No problem, buddy. Just got back from Bee. Got myself a 2650Kv Castle motor.
I remember getting the same combo without any tax issues. The risk is always there tho.
I run it on 31/45 and that is nice on 2S. Every once in a while I put my 3S ones in but I dont think they are able to deliver the amps the combo wants.

Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

[TQi]

Oops, sicks build so far!

[Mossie]

@ TQi -> thx !!! not being in this hobby so long since begin 2012 -> doing every 3 weeks a mod

@Peter -> HMMMMM i dont own 2s only 4x3s -> still gonna give it a try anyhow with them and maybe buy some 2s with it
have fun with the new 2650Kv toy and let us know how it ROARS

[Mossie]

Update !!!



Teflon meets his new friend


wrapped


and mounting them


FINALL

then shimmed diffs time



and filled them with thinner oil

[Mossie]

and put it back together






The new ALU GPM racing knuckles

[Mossie]

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Picked up the HPI racing pit mat today


a better place to work on the Merv

[Mossie]

all stuff together now and a nice place to work on my Little friend

getting crazy from working on the dining table with 50 pieces of ..... on the whole table

better place for me now!


now got everything together in one place

[Mossie]

Then picked up the Bigblock with new esc today

[Mossie]

looking forward to install the Beast

but waiting on a motormount and a 45t spur gear


then future plans are

- rpm arms
- rear alu bulkhead from GPM
- t bone skidplate

trying to do this before summer

will keep ya updated about my project

[50togo]

Making that much power I would order those rpm arms today!

[Mossie]

dont do Rpm arm untill i break the ones i got now!!!

but they will be the next mod for sure!!!!

[dwmoss]

Great stuff mossie!!!!

I need a pit mat myself, it looks so nice compared to my coffee table mod mat!

[Mossie]

i did my pit stuff on the dinner table

but you know girls , wifes , ladys when there are 50 pieces of an rc on the table

they become

so decided to make a own place at the attic to work on the Merv
better for me and better for everybody in the home

[Petertje60]

Nice stuff, my friend. Keep on goin the right way

[CMD-J]

nevermind - posted in wrong thread, sorry.

Ok, at least i can post something useful then..

Just want to say: Very nice build you have going there Mossie.
And i really like how you post all the pix, please keep them coming.

I might have missed it, but what weight diff-oil did you run now?

[Mossie]

@Peter bigtime thx ! master

@CMD-J -> 10K in the front diff and 4k in the rear diff (10.000 and 4000)

[50togo]

Isn't that a little light? Would feel like when all the diff fluid leaked out

[Mossie]

nope filling the diff with oil was easy and dont leak out

just like the stock 30K its a gel like oil

i got this info about the thinner oil from 2 guys from BEE RACING which is a shop with two guys who are famous in the dutch race scene and do lots of competition also

the giving me this advise when run most of the time on hard surface to put 10K front and 4k rear
because there is no need to lock the diff to much when running most hard surface and drivin a straight line

most of the guys do bashing and off road stuff and indeed then they advise go for 30K or more and even 100K

[jtalaue]

Gorgeous MERV

[korn0307]

Congratulations on finally getting a BB mossie!!!!!!!

[samk]

[QUOTE=Mossie;5154902]Update !!!



Teflon meets his new friend


wrapped

[QUOTE]

Is this to stop them from going loose all the time?. I have HR knuckles and they appear to be getting loose very slightly after a run...

[Mossie]

yes it is to prevent that they come loose!!!!

i did this on advise of some of the guys here , i belive it was Korn who told me this

[dwmoss]

because there is no need to lock the diff to much when running most hard surface and drivin a straight line

No mossie, where is the fun in that??

[Mossie]

No mossie, where is the fun in that??

i am not much of a jumper , basher and mudslinger
from time to time i take a little grass or sand with the merv but most of the time running it on asphalt like
a person who got a day of from the mental clinic

just like to speed it up to the MAX

[Mossie]

motor mount came with the mail today





still waiting for the new spur gear and then the BB build can begin

[Mossie]

did some reading about the stock motorplate thats its bending with a tenbol mount

so do i need the Traxxas 7380 Motor Plate instead ????

[korn0307]

That motor plate wont work with the tenbol mount. And the stock plate is made to support a 380 size motor not a 540. Some people run the tenbol mount and never have problems with the plate bending. Some people have had the plate bend. I still believe the traxxas brushed setup is a whole lot better. And simpler.

[Mossie]

Thx Korn gonna give it a try with the stock plate then

[Petertje60]

Thx Korn gonna give it a try with the stock plate then

I hope you mean the stock plate for the brushed version.