Sandy Johnson
Harry Member
So I had this old Associated MTG 4.6 sitting around and the kids kept pestering me to get it running. Decided I was over nitro when the motor blew up trying to start it, soooo I figured I'd go brushless instead. Everything I really know about RC cars is from racing the original RC10T in its heyday back when electronic speed controls were still a fairly new idea, so basically I am bumbling through this.
Here it is getting used as a giant toy car
Here it is just before I blew the motor up trying to get it to run after sitting for a few years.
There's a complicated 2 speed transmission with a bunch of extra shit to make the drivetrain work. I figured it would be more simple to use a center diff out of another 1/8 scale rc rather than hook up to all the existing mumbo jumbo. Turns out the hardest part is finding a bracket that will hold everything in place. I did some google and found GRCWorks in Greece still makes what I need. THUNDER TIGER MTA4-TEAM ASSOCIATED MGT BRUSHLESS CONVERSION
I rolled the dice and ordered. It showed up about a week later, score!
After that I bought some chineseum motor and speed controller off of amazon(we'll see if the speed controller holds up). The plan is to run 4s and 6s batteries. Probably 4s to start since my 5 year old will be crashing...er driving it more than I.
So this is where I'm at while a wait for a pinion gear for my electric motor and try to decide what radio and receiver I'm gonna run: 2200kv brushless 1/8 scale motor, a 120a brushless esc, and a center diff and spur gear out of a associated RC8b3e.
Here it is getting used as a giant toy car
Here it is just before I blew the motor up trying to get it to run after sitting for a few years.
There's a complicated 2 speed transmission with a bunch of extra shit to make the drivetrain work. I figured it would be more simple to use a center diff out of another 1/8 scale rc rather than hook up to all the existing mumbo jumbo. Turns out the hardest part is finding a bracket that will hold everything in place. I did some google and found GRCWorks in Greece still makes what I need. THUNDER TIGER MTA4-TEAM ASSOCIATED MGT BRUSHLESS CONVERSION
I rolled the dice and ordered. It showed up about a week later, score!
After that I bought some chineseum motor and speed controller off of amazon(we'll see if the speed controller holds up). The plan is to run 4s and 6s batteries. Probably 4s to start since my 5 year old will be crashing...er driving it more than I.
So this is where I'm at while a wait for a pinion gear for my electric motor and try to decide what radio and receiver I'm gonna run: 2200kv brushless 1/8 scale motor, a 120a brushless esc, and a center diff and spur gear out of a associated RC8b3e.