How much motor can you fit in an SRT?

[SRTracer121]

so the SRT weighs in at about 2.5lbs with servo, rx, and tires and well it turns out you can fit a lot of motor in that truck...







novak 550 with an mmp, mod1 gears and an spc 2s2p 40c 5200mAh battery. have so much power on tap that i had to strap a lead weight to the thing! the old warhorse was in need of some new power so i figured id just go all out!








front tower is from an rc10gt/t2


back is a carbon fiber tower from ebay i found many moons ago


540 27t roar stock compared to this mamajamba



ran this a few times and it didnt even break a sweat. need a new sensor cable though, the one that came with the novak was screwy

[crusaderlyf]

The upper deck and lower chassis are custom made? I have a SRT still new in box but they are white fiber glass.I am not know about TRX so have this question.thanks

[SRTracer121]

they are aftermarket plates. i think from traxxas themselves though maybe someone else

[klavy69]

traxxas made a graphite set as a hop up item. Can't tell by the pictures though if those are it. I have heard of Composite Craft making a set but have never seen them so as far as I know that is just hearsay. Pry the traxxas aftermarket set. They were showing up on ebay a couple years back but haven't seen too many around lately.

Todd

[harry697]

Maybe I made them.


Looks like the Traxxas graphite option parts. Would be easier to tell with a good close-up of the edge of the chassis.

[SRTracer121]

they are graphite i know that much.

i bough um from optima heaven last year.

they are mighty factory looking so harry im going to go out on a limb and say you didnt make it


ive got one of those t4 body shock towers though which i know were floating around for some time and i think one of yall vintage nut jobs had made them at one time or another

[klavy69]

i bough um from optima heaven last year.

they are mighty factory looking so harry im going to go out on a limb and say you didnt make it

Don't be too sure of that. I think some of Sam's parts have better tolerances than Traxxas used to have . Go do a search on traxxas vintage electric forums for his SRT threads and see .

Also wouldn't take much for someone to sell what they bought from harry697 once they got tired of it or there wasn't much for vintage classes around them. Most that bought his stuff knew they were good trucks and harder to find. They could easily make their money back on ebay...where optima heavan picks up alot of his 'partsmobiles'. Get up some better close up pix and we'll figure it out for ya.
Todd

[SRTracer121]

well it'll have to wait, as it sits right behind me in the shop its caked in clay. as yll know, clay can sometimes hold the car together and setup your car for you so i have to watch out what i clean :p

[harry697]

As far as I know the only rear towers that accepted the T4 body were mine. If so, there are probably only a handful floating around at best. There could be other people making them though.


Like Todd said, if it's a Traxxas original chassis, there's gotta be some sort of obvious defect somewhere. I have a brand new in package SRT upper and lower deck and let's just say whoever was behind the machine must have started Miller Time a little early that day. There are actually a couple pilot holes that are drilled in the wrong spots. Luckily they realized it before the bit went all the way through the chassis, but not before it went halfway through.

[SRTracer121]

well then i guess im looking at your handy work right now. i feel bad pointing this out but the shock mounts are cockeyed since i run oval that was a good thing tho. now im not one to talk either, im really good at hiding my mistakes

[harry697]

well then i guess im looking at your handy work right now. i feel bad pointing this out but the shock mounts are cockeyed since i run oval that was a good thing tho. now im not one to talk either, im really good at hiding my mistakes

Could be a copy. Whenever I make a tower, I screw it to all the mounting holes on a stock tower to make sure. Than again, we're talking about a Traxxas tower, so anything it possible.

[SRTracer121]

distinct possibility indeed