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Semi there. Raced it today, but need to get cooling into the shell as I unsoldered a battery wire. Seriously hot in there compare with my old SV.

Very nice though. Not owning a 4WD at the mo, 511 or SX3.. Think I'll stay with the Tamiya parts and go for the 511..

Was nice to race 2WD again outside (last time was with my SV at the F345s).
What motor are you using Mike? Surprised to see a 2wd oveheat!?
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What motor are you using Mike? Surprised to see a 2wd oveheat!?
7.5 which always ran ok in my SV. When I took the shell off you could feel the heat release. So I'll be opening up the side hole and the two at the outside on the front.

SP LPF wiht a SP v3 7.5 - I believe the DR on the 201 Vega is 2.6 - ran 78/24. Will get some more gears from Neil at RW this week

Transmission is all free and diff isn't slipping etc.
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Interesting to see. Especially the front end, is the entire bulkhead and top plate in alu/metal?
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Interesting to see. Especially the front end, is the entire bulkhead and top plate in alu/metal?
that bit is not standard i made that
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You can buy a similar bulk head for the B4 from GPM, have a look on e bay I am sure there will be some for sale or go to one of the HK model shops
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Something like this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/GPM-GRAPHITE-STA...item2eb3e32d3f
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I make that part in brass - LOL
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I know. I am using the brass one
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Semi there. Raced it today, but need to get cooling into the shell as I unsoldered a battery wire. Seriously hot in there compare with my old SV.

Very nice though. Not owning a 4WD at the mo, 511 or SX3.. Think I'll stay with the Tamiya parts and go for the 511..

Was nice to race 2WD again outside (last time was with my SV at the F345s).
I am running the shell completely uncut (except for the cooling hole around the slipper LOL) and i've had no problems with anything getting hot. I've been running a 6.5 Tekin motor with a SP LPF on 79/24 and it comes off barely warm. My opinion is you have something wrong with the electrics, maybe a short or something similar
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I am running the shell completely uncut (except for the cooling hole around the slipper LOL) and i've had no problems with anything getting hot. I've been running a 6.5 Tekin motor with a SP LPF on 79/24 and it comes off barely warm. My opinion is you have something wrong with the electrics, maybe a short or something similar
its not a cooling hole!!, if it was it wouldn't be legal
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I am running the shell completely uncut (except for the cooling hole around the slipper LOL) and i've had no problems with anything getting hot. I've been running a 6.5 Tekin motor with a SP LPF on 79/24 and it comes off barely warm. My opinion is you have something wrong with the electrics, maybe a short or something similar
Sounds like I am under geared. I will check again, but never had a prob before. Want to get a low profile servo to move the esc to the middle

It de soldered a battery wire at lipo end. Never had that happen to me before.

Drive train is free and ok.

My ex Durango with a 7.5 gt2 pro came off cooler! I know a number of people had heat issues on Sunday. Is it our astro???

Hope I won't have to get a new LPF / 7.5
Is the 201 a 2.6 ratio box?
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Hi Mike, I presume you mean grippy astro!? I doubt anywhere is grippier than our Stone track and in the heat yesterday my car barely got warm.
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I haven't been running any cooling holes either and have had no heat issues. I find it all comes off cooler due to the large heatsink... the motor plate/gearbox/chassis.

Just a quick question. when you put the gearbox together did you use all the shims supplied to stop end float of the layshaft?
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I haven't been running any cooling holes either and have had no heat issues. I find it all comes off cooler due to the large heatsink... the motor plate/gearbox/chassis.

Just a quick question. when you put the gearbox together did you use all the shims supplied to stop end float of the layshaft?
Yes I did use the shims to stop the end float. Didn't use all of them as it became tight with the 3rd one.

Sounds like I'll be having another shell done in due course as I normally hate having holes!

If you look at the picture in the link - http://www.oople.com/forums/attachme...3&d=1302458452 I've got the ESC at the edge of the car, thus may not be able to "breathe" with the shell so close. As said, plan to get a low profile savox servo and then move the ESC forwards and to the middle.
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This is my Vega (B4) not .1. Its a fantastic piece of kit and i cant wait to give it its first run.

Sorry about the wiring and the bad quality pictures.
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Nice one Tom, looks good!
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HPI thumb screws and screw post for battery strap.
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New layout and much better

Just a question of whether to roll with the 7.5 or 6.5 going forward considering how much weight is in it!
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What's the weight of the car?
What motors are you running?

I have the 28gr under servo + 92gr esc weight and the car is only 1572gr.

A 6.5R is in my opinion to hot as a motor. I have a 7.5SP and it's more than enough.


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New layout and much better

Just a question of whether to roll with the 7.5 or 6.5 going forward considering how much weight is in it!
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