everclear1984 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 57 minutes ago, Wrighty8766 said: Jumping on concrete, only small jumps but it's took it's toll it was a new gearbox too as it's just had a rebuild On this occasion yes, got the car off eBay for £80 plus post and gave it a quick rebuild but it didn't come with the stock rear bumper, it is on order though.....this was its maiden run too Time to place an order for some tbones then! I packed my bag, charged the lipos and headed to the skatepark yesterday, only to find the motor had eaten a bearing last bashing session and tore itself apart within about 2 feet of where I started from! New motor and spur gear needed then 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ostewart Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 1 hour ago, everclear1984 said: Time to place an order for some tbones then! I packed my bag, charged the lipos and headed to the skatepark yesterday, only to find the motor had eaten a bearing last bashing session and tore itself apart within about 2 feet of where I started from! New motor and spur gear needed then Ouch... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrighty8766 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 1 hour ago, everclear1984 said: Time to place an order for some tbones then! I packed my bag, charged the lipos and headed to the skatepark yesterday, only to find the motor had eaten a bearing last bashing session and tore itself apart within about 2 feet of where I started from! New motor and spur gear needed then Nothing worse than getting everything ready, getting on site and then getting cut short without even having a little play at at least I got a couple of jumps in first lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 The biggest issue is that my esc is only 45amp, the motor was plenty powerful enough but finding a replacement 45amp motor is proving difficult. Guess I'll be adding an esc to that order lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewbacca Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 10 minutes ago, everclear1984 said: The biggest issue is that my esc is only 45amp, the motor was plenty powerful enough but finding a replacement 45amp motor is proving difficult. Guess I'll be adding an esc to that order lol. What motor is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrighty8766 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Maybe go for a lower KV motor to run on 3s? Should keep the amps down if you gear it right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 I only ever run 3s, I got rid of my 2s packs a long time ago It's a brushless system from a Maverick Strada, something like 3200kv I believe. Geared 26/87 it hits around 42mph with no overheating issues and loads of torquey goodness I could maybe get away with 2 more teeth on the pinion but the motor mount wouldn't allow for enough adjustment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vr5fx Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Reading this makes me want to get my Firestorm back out. I changed the gearing on mine. 3100kv motor with 18/50 gearing. Goes like stink on 2s, and shreds tyres on 3. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/381791273431 That's the motor, although I didn't pay that much for it. I think the motor/esc combo set me back around £30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrighty8766 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Have a look around on hobbyking for something around 10.5t 2 pole 3650-3660 sized, shouldn't draw too many amps, and if it does you needed a new esc anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrighty8766 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 1 hour ago, everclear1984 said: Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/381791273431 That's the motor, although I didn't pay that much for it. I think the motor/esc combo set me back around £30 https://hobbyking.com/en_us/turnigy-trackstar-1-10-12-0t-3300kv-brushless-motor.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Wrighty8766 said: https://hobbyking.com/en_us/turnigy-trackstar-1-10-12-0t-3300kv-brushless-motor.html Thanks for the link but I've tried one of those Turnigy cans before and it felt horribly underpowered. Has anyone tried one of these cheapo ebay systems? Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272478442762 Edited December 15, 2016 by everclear1984 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrighty8766 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 18 hours ago, everclear1984 said: Thanks for the link but I've tried one of those Turnigy cans before and it felt horribly underpowered. Has anyone tried one of these cheapo ebay systems? Look at this on eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/272478442762 I think to keep it under 45a you would have to go for a lower KV and run it on 3s. This is the cheapest I can find; https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/222144505079 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
everclear1984 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 (edited) I already run 3s so that's not an issue. The old motor was 3200kv geared as high as the motor adjustment would allow so I don't really want to go any lower. I think I'm going to take a punt on the one I posted above. Edited December 16, 2016 by everclear1984 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrighty8766 Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 (edited) For the price of it you can't really go wrong, if it's good your on to a winner, if it fails, it was only cheap and you can PayPal claim and return it Edited December 16, 2016 by Wrighty8766 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch Posted December 16, 2016 Author Share Posted December 16, 2016 Rcmart normally has some cheap combos. Also the leopard ones on ebay have been used in fs before. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ostewart Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Some bling ready for it's bash today 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjh23 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 heres a very short video of today firestorm and a blitz, we rebuilt the diff last night with some 20,000cst oil, feels nice and smooth now and seemed to drive ok, so what effect will a lighter oil have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Best Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 heres a very short video of today firestorm and a blitz, we rebuilt the diff last night with some 20,000cst oil, feels nice and smooth now and seemed to drive ok, so what effect will a lighter oil have?The car should have more steering at lower speeds and be a bit more agile. However you lose stability with a lighter oil. If the oil is too light you will notice that under power one wheel spins too much and this causes some understeer.Sent from my SHIELD Tablet using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EquinoxRC Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Motor Heatsink+Fan because Why Not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ostewart Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 I have t-bones on order, front and rear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EquinoxRC Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 yeee, TBones are a must. This little beast thinks its too cool to be running around with an extra Fan+Heatsink... Today i went for a walk and took my E-Firestorm, its not even fun to run with so much power on wet days but i like the backflips on jumps that it can do Also at the end i was jumping a set of stairs of about 1.5M high and it was unleashing sparks on the landing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stretch Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 Yeah not one of the best mods to do lol. Is it running too hot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EquinoxRC Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 On 3S it does. But not too much, i was mostly going for looks and extra cooling for whenever i want to do Speed Runs. For Bashing like a mad man not that good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishbashbosh Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Old quarry makes for good fun 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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