7 Cell conversion kit for the Dark Impact/Keen Hawk

[FifteenthNeo]

Monotuning have just released this conversion kit to allow the fitment of 7 cell packs and lipo's. Link below with price, details plus pics.

http://www.monotuning.com/index_eproduct_view.php?products_id=215

http://www.monotuning.com/member/19971/products/215_IMG_0457.jpg

http://www.monotuning.com/member/19971/eshop/df03home.jpg (http://www.monotuning.com/member/19971/eshop/df03home.jpg)

[jimmy]

crazy! :o

[DCM]

Why??? thats the only thing that comes into my vacant cranial cavity....

[BenG]

haha, nice:D

[Nick Goodall]

I would hope it's just a mod that allows Lipo's, which subsequently means you can also fit 7 "normal" cells as a bonus???

I suppose these cars weren't ever really designed for serious competition so any longer duration you can give the general public would have been a good plan?

[Chris Doughty]

wow, thats a big investment (tooling costs) in what is proberbly a no-go product for racing!? :p

and we all thought that the cat3000 was a limo! :p

[Nick Goodall]

lol Chris, the Cat 3k certainly had the same cornering ability.........

[mark christopher]

odd my lipo are same size as a six cell pack?

[Elliott Hopkins]

No matter how many times they post the pics in however many different places. I still won't want to buy one.

They should have done some market research.

OK it's not just me in the market, but I can't see this selling.

Elliott.

[DCM]

If I remember rightly, 7 cells gives less duration but more power, and the stock transmission can't cope with it as it is.

[MonoTuning]

Hi Guys,
This optional chassis is mainly for bashing, not really for serious competition since the car itself is not. Most people buy this kit for fun and this is just a inexpensive option for them to have a little extra power while not spending too much.

Thanks

[jimmy]

Thanks for the info mate, I think its a little unfair to judge this from a racing point of view since like you say this car is a great basher.
In fact - thats just where I'm going now with mine, see if I can get some nice photos! :eh?:

[Northy]

Jimmy's 'indifferent sparrow' looks ace, I've seen it! :)

G

[jimmy]

How much longer is this chassis ? I noticed when racing the car for the first time yesterday how much shorter it is than something like the 501X - about 10mm or so. This might of been the reason it was a bit of hard work to drive (that and the mamba max, hehe)
in other words, it could do with some more length.

[DCM]

could do with some more length.

poor vicky.... lol, be interested to see the chassis not attatched... And if you are a moulding firm, could you not look at a way of re-mounting the rear gearbox so we can use suspension blocks for the rear wishbones and not the gearbox?

[MonoTuning]

Its around 23mm longer than stock which is the diameter of one cell.

Thanks

[DCM]

Monotuning, how hard would it be, to reconfigure the rear end, to raise the gearbox a little to allow proper suspension mounting??