General information for all.

[50togo]

if you want a decent 3 cell that will fit the traxxas brand will do

[jhsmith87]

i got ya.. thanks.. also when your charging 2 lipos at one time are u soposed to charge in parallel? thats what i have thought. but ive seen more posted about series charging than any other way

[50togo]

you will need a parallel board if not stick to single at a time and balance each time

[50togo]

what happened to your battery?

[jhsmith87]

o sorry about that.. well i discharged it to like 7.39v then charged it on .5 amps untill it stopped. it stopped at like 8.1v or some where around there, so i dropped it down to .1 amp and charged it some more. i think i finaly stopped close to or around 8.25v or some thing like that, more than it did before but not as much as it used to

[50togo]

sounds like it lost some capacity.did it get too hot where your stored it?what battery is it sometimes those cheap chinese packs do that

[jhsmith87]

no it wasnt hot.. i kept it in my "rc workshop closet" and i would say it got no hotter than 75 degrees in there at any point.. if anything im like you i think it was just the cheap batteries.. o well it worked for longer than i wanted to stay outside yesterday, and if it dont work today, then o well i got my $10 out of it.. as long as it dont blow up in my car then we got a problem.

[50togo]

yep sorry mixed up the threads . i store mine in a freezer bag in the fridge .even at 75 you will start loosing capacity even though a small amount

[50togo]

4.12 volts isnt too bad but its getting there

[jhsmith87]

o really!!! wow i didnt know that.. thanks for that info i will surly start puttin my in the fridge.. my wife will prolly be mad though. she said i was invading her space when i converted her closet to a workshop, then i hardly ever worked on it in there instead on the coffee table and couch, now i'lll be taking over the fridge to this little thing has taken over my apartment... every where you look there is a part to something..

[50togo]

thats a great view those isn't it bet the wife would always say WHY DON'T YOU GET A HOBBY!

[jhsmith87]

haha.. i wish i had a dollar for every time i got fussed at when a part would come in the mail.
"i thought you was gettin me something" or "why dont you get me something" haha.. she makes me feel bad sometimes but she gets alot.. and her biggest presant is she dont want to work just wants to stay home, so since we been together she aint worked a day.. "i guess thats why i get to order parts every other day while you sit at home and watch tv"

[50togo]

ha yep maybe she needs a merv!

[jhsmith87]

haha.. she calls me a kid every time i mess with it.. (baby if you happen to read this, i mean it in the best possible way.)
she is lazy when it comes to doin stuff like that, seriously her dream day is littarly sleeping untill she cant sleep one more wink, and sitting on the couch watching the house wives of beverly hills (without me saying a word about how stupid it is).
untill mid night and doing it all agian

[50togo]

yep need a hobby for sure! you should take her a give her a spin on your revo. i take my 13 year old daughter up to the jumps and once took my 19 year old daughter she actually had fun!

[jhsmith87]

ive tried.. she thinks its made for childern.. she call me a child all the time. so o well to each is own, if she's happy just watching tv, fine by me. satalite is not that expensive.. haha..

any way... so i was thinking about gettin another set of wheel wideners, but maybe not as wide as the others (25mm) maybe just a little wider, where could i get those.. just something just wide enough to help me on the rolls.. and that itll look good when i get the speed hogs.

[50togo]

with the hpi ss monster 2140 and speed hawgs it will be stronger and wide enough

[jhsmith87]

ok cool.. i am thinking about gettin the 2125 instead of the 2140

[50togo]

i think it is 2160 rear ones not front

[50togo]

not that i am telling you what to do!

[jhsmith87]

well what is the differance.. and the 2125 is the crome ones.. but witch one would be best and why fronts or rears?

[50togo]

2160 are chrome too

[50togo]

They are setup for 2wd bearings. The 2160 is the chrome version of the 2140 I run.

[jhsmith87]

well what is the differance? why would i want front or rear over the other? arn't they both the excact same size?

[jhsmith87]

so witch ones do i need the front or rear? and why does it matter.. i know you said something about the bearings. but what differance does it make?

[50togo]

Axle length will be close some run without the thick washer but street bashing isn't as hard as what I put it through. I cut down some barrel nuts that you have seems

[jhsmith87]

i think so but post them again if you can.. so from your experience and knowledge. if i want the crome hpi what number do i need to get for all four?

[jhsmith87]

o and i was wondering (and i may have asked this before) but for a monster truck build, would the pushrods from a 1/16 summit fit on my merv? if so it should lift it up quite a bit huh?

[jhsmith87]

man check these rims out... i cant tell if they are 2in wide though..
http://www.ebay.com/itm/RPM-Front-Sl...565#vi-content

[50togo]

You would need 2160. Rpm looks nice but don't know about the thickness at the axle from my experience they are usually pretty thick and need to be cut down which isn't easy

[50togo]

pretty short

[jhsmith87]

woah what is that pic? is that the barrel? did you make it?

[jhsmith87]

and how does that work? like how do you mount it to the car and the tires to it?

[50togo]

I cut it down from one like you have from the Widener kit. I threaded a 4mm bolt with a nut to hold it in a vise,cuts very easy then took a 4mm tap and chased the threads down, then filed the taper off the tap to thread it down as far as it will go.sounds like a lot of work one takes minutes to finish

[50togo]

Fits right in to hold the tire

[jhsmith87]

Wow that sounds complicated.. ha.

[50togo]

Nope. After the first one piece of cake

[50togo]

It would be easier to make it not as short and use washers to take up the difference
Then you just need the bolt and nut.if you look at the treads of your barrel nut its not threaded all the way down

[jhsmith87]

so what do i do cut mine down? it would be kinda hard cause the way mine mounts is, you take out the axle pin and put the widner on where it was and put a new pin back in then just mount the tires on the other end

[50togo]

If you run the 2160 you don't need the Widener. In street driving you might not need the barrel nuts