JQ THE Car Tekno V4 Electric Conversion

[unseenmagik]

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Hi All.

I decided to test out the JQ Electric conversion by RC-Monster and i really liked it Soooo I decided to take it a little further and go with the Tekno V4 Complete conversion.



Here is a little information on the JQ Tekno Conversion kit first.

This is the Tekno RC V4 Brushless Electric Conversion Kit, and is intended for use with JQ Products THE Car. This V4 Kit for THE Car is different from the standard V4 conversions. It features a unique motor mount design that allows the use of a standard pinion gear or Traktion Drive system, depending on which direction the center differential is installed. Additionally, it retains the use of the differential pinion gear outdrives and uses Tekno dog bones.



Features:

• Black anodized CNC aluminum motor mount
• **Flip the center diff gear to the front position for standard pinion gear use
• **Flip the center diff gear to the rear position for Traktion Drive use
• Two screws are used to secure the motor - one on top and one on bottom, so the mesh and your motor are as secure as possible.
• Remove the top screw and loosen the bottom screw and the motor slides right out.
• Motor and battery are as close to center and as far forward as possible
• Center Dogbones
• Uses the stock Front/Rear differential pinion gear outdrives
• Uses the stock front and rear chassis braces

Kit Includes:

• CNC Machined 7075 Aluminum Chassis
• Black Anodized CNC Machined 6061 Aluminum Motor Mount (42mm, for Castle, Tekin)
• Hardened Steel Front and Rear Center Dogbone Driveshafts
• Battery Tray
• Battery Straps
• Receiver Box
• ESC Tray
• Mud Guards
• Servo Mounts
• Transponder Mount

Ok now for where it all started.

Well i removed the RC Monster Electric conversion from my JQ Buggy and gave that to my old boy who has also gone electric now. It was time for my buggy to have a little update with some new plastics and a few replacement parts as their over a season old sooooo i took a look at my spares box and realised that i have enough parts to build a compelte new car ( well almost - needed a few bits )

So i started the build from scratch from bags of parts from my spares box. Now i have the Chasis and all the electric conversion kit parts all i needed was the Front and Rear end components, oh and the centre diff.



So now i can pop all the Nitro parts back in my old JQ and have the best of both worlds with Electric and Nitro. The build went really well, the conversion kit fits excellent.



Also fitted with this conversion was the Tekno Electro-Traction-Clutch system. Basicly this lets you use a standard Clutch Bell and Clutch instead of a pinion gear. Fitted to the electric motor shaft is a special flywheel enabling you to use the above.




Along with the New car i had to go with the new wing.
The Wing skin done by TKR " Mark Kay " for the Memorial race for Dez Chand in January.



So my current Setup is:

• Turnigy Trackstar 150amp ESC ( replica of the Castle Creations MM )
• Trackstar 2650kv Motor ( Castle Creations replica )
• Turnigy Nano-Tech 6000Mah 4S 65c-130c Lipo's
• Savox Servo
• KO Propo Helious EX-10 RX
• Spektrum Receiver

Running with the Lightened Outdrives, Center Diff cups and Rear Alloy hubs.