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I'm sorry ahead of time for a long post, but I thought I should be thorough in explaining.
So I bought a lightly used et48.3 about a month ago and I'm trying to get it dialed in with a few upgrades and I need a little bit of help / advice. Right now it is set up with a Tekin RX8 Gen 2 ESC and a Tekin 4038 2000kv Gen 2 truggy motor with a 17 tooth pinion. It has a 44t steel spur gear, aluminum Servo horn, + 2 mm wheel hubs, a tbone bumper, and I have some Pro-Line Badlands 3.8 wheels and tires on the way. I plan on running 4s and it will be a basher . I am trying to pretty much bullet proof it upfront because I am disabled and only want to have to get help maintaining it periodically (fixing broken parts because I'm hard on things and yes I know teknos are already tough as nails). After reading through the forums I ordered these parts from m2c racing along with a 15t pinion for running the heavier MT tires.
M2C 6980 E TRUGGY 48.3 REAR HORIZONTAL CHASSIS STIFFENER KIT
https://m2cracing.net/tekno/309-m2c-6980-e-truggy-483-rear-horizontal-chassis-stiffener-kit.html
M2C 6775 TEKNO 48.3 TRUGGY REAR CENTER BRACE
https://m2cracing.net/tekno/266-m2c-6775-tekno-483-truggy-rear-center-brace.html
M2C 6905 TEKNO V2 ALUMINUM SOLID CENTER BRACE
https://m2cracing.net/tekno/289-m2c-6905-tekno-aluminum-solid-center-brace.html
M2C 6900 TEKNO MT410/ 48.3/48.4 ELECTRIC CENTER DIFF CASE
https://m2cracing.net/tekno/284-m2c6900-tekno-mt410-483484-electric-center-diff-case.html
My M2C upgrades aren't here yet but after looking closely at my car it looks like that solid center brace might be a tight fit next to my motor and electronics. Does anyone have any experience with this center brace? Also, is gearing down to a 15 tooth pinion for the Badlands necessary? Because I have read that when running a 15t pinion some people have to shave the center brace some to make everything fit. Also is this pretty common when running a 15 tooth pinion because I see many people saying they run them. One last thing, I was looking at motor cooling options and see people using the yeah racing heatsink with 2 fans but that looks like another tight fit on top of the other already tight fitting problems. So I was looking at this minimalistic fan brace from exotek instead which looks like it would work great with one 30mm or 40mm fan. The cool thing is they make an additional brace you can buy to mount two 30mm or 40mm fans. My question is do you think the fan brace with the additional 2 fan mount would fit in the ET 48.3?
http://www.exotekracing.com/1-8-exo-fan-mount-v2-clamp-on-set-for-1-8-trucks-and-buggies/
http://www.exotekracing.com/40mm-2x-fan-bar-for-exo-1756-1914/
I know it's kind of a lot but thanks in advance for any input .
So I bought a lightly used et48.3 about a month ago and I'm trying to get it dialed in with a few upgrades and I need a little bit of help / advice. Right now it is set up with a Tekin RX8 Gen 2 ESC and a Tekin 4038 2000kv Gen 2 truggy motor with a 17 tooth pinion. It has a 44t steel spur gear, aluminum Servo horn, + 2 mm wheel hubs, a tbone bumper, and I have some Pro-Line Badlands 3.8 wheels and tires on the way. I plan on running 4s and it will be a basher . I am trying to pretty much bullet proof it upfront because I am disabled and only want to have to get help maintaining it periodically (fixing broken parts because I'm hard on things and yes I know teknos are already tough as nails). After reading through the forums I ordered these parts from m2c racing along with a 15t pinion for running the heavier MT tires.
M2C 6980 E TRUGGY 48.3 REAR HORIZONTAL CHASSIS STIFFENER KIT
https://m2cracing.net/tekno/309-m2c-6980-e-truggy-483-rear-horizontal-chassis-stiffener-kit.html
M2C 6775 TEKNO 48.3 TRUGGY REAR CENTER BRACE
https://m2cracing.net/tekno/266-m2c-6775-tekno-483-truggy-rear-center-brace.html
M2C 6905 TEKNO V2 ALUMINUM SOLID CENTER BRACE
https://m2cracing.net/tekno/289-m2c-6905-tekno-aluminum-solid-center-brace.html
M2C 6900 TEKNO MT410/ 48.3/48.4 ELECTRIC CENTER DIFF CASE
https://m2cracing.net/tekno/284-m2c6900-tekno-mt410-483484-electric-center-diff-case.html
My M2C upgrades aren't here yet but after looking closely at my car it looks like that solid center brace might be a tight fit next to my motor and electronics. Does anyone have any experience with this center brace? Also, is gearing down to a 15 tooth pinion for the Badlands necessary? Because I have read that when running a 15t pinion some people have to shave the center brace some to make everything fit. Also is this pretty common when running a 15 tooth pinion because I see many people saying they run them. One last thing, I was looking at motor cooling options and see people using the yeah racing heatsink with 2 fans but that looks like another tight fit on top of the other already tight fitting problems. So I was looking at this minimalistic fan brace from exotek instead which looks like it would work great with one 30mm or 40mm fan. The cool thing is they make an additional brace you can buy to mount two 30mm or 40mm fans. My question is do you think the fan brace with the additional 2 fan mount would fit in the ET 48.3?
http://www.exotekracing.com/1-8-exo-fan-mount-v2-clamp-on-set-for-1-8-trucks-and-buggies/
http://www.exotekracing.com/40mm-2x-fan-bar-for-exo-1756-1914/
I know it's kind of a lot but thanks in advance for any input .