Luke’s Slash MM (Mid motor)

[luke66]

What’s goin guys! Looks like Luke’s got a new truck in his hands! This is my (build in progress) Slash MM!

We’ve got one of the best lookin slash bodies you can buy on there.

Traxxas paint jobs always look so dang rad.

Tires still got plenty of life on them!
It appears the body may have less life then I wish it did…

Chassis pic! As you can see we’ve got a lot missing.

As for steering I’ve got a 20KG china servo in there. It sucks.

Got some aluminum upgrades! (Shock towers and caster blocks)

Front end lookin good!

Caster block thing.

It appears the entire power set up is missing……

Okay, PLANS! Number one, for power I’m gonna use a Firma 100 ESC that I currently have in the STASH once I change that ESC out for a Hobbywing 8BL150. Motor will be around 4000KV and I hope to find something from GoolRC. After I get the truck up and running I’ve got a Jenny’s order to make. Gotta get some Nitro Slash parts to MM This bad boi. I’m planning on tuning this car best for 2S so I can run it on indoor RC tracks. It’ll be 3S capable but it’ll run warm for sure. All the shocks on this car are still in really nice condition so I won’t change them anytime soon (I hope) sadly when I MM this car I’ll lose the front aluminum shock tower cuz it don’t fit. I’m planning on making this rig as light as possible. I’m gonna make a rear bumper mount for @DavidB1126 and I may use it too. I’ve gotta find some better way to hold in the battery as the system in my rusty can only hold a 3S hard case.

That’s all the notes I have for now. See ya at the next update!

 

[luke66]

Well, STASH driveshafts broke. Slash MM gets the ESC I guess. I’ve got a 3800kv motor on the way to get the car built. Rebuilt all the shocks today as well.

 

[luke66]

got the 3800KV motor in a while ago.
(6-20-24 Pics added)

This motor is FAST on 3S

Ordered MM parts just now.


This is gonna get good.

 

[DavidB1126]

Can you order parts for mine?

 

[luke66]

Uh, no, but I can tell you all you're gonna need!

 

[DavidB1126]

Uh, no, but I can tell you all you're gonna need!

I already know what I need. It's just a matter of getting to ordering parts and actually doing it.
And, well, having money first.

 

[luke66]

Yeah, you're gonna need some of that....

 

[luke66]

MM parts coming the 18th!

 

[luke66]

MMing has been completed. understeer is gone, replaced by much less grip on the rear. I've got stock Kumho Traxxas tires on. Maybe that's the problem? Also sorta wet but not bad. Hopefully I can get pics soon. Gotta find a way to get more grip. Maybe move more weight back?

 

[DavidB1126]

Tires make a big difference and it's number 1 upgrade / performance thing.

I don't like Traxxas tires. They are a hard compound and yea. For at least SCT tires. Well, depends, I only had the SCT tire, not the others

 

[luke66]

Hmm. I guess I need some tires. what tires are good that arent too big?

 

[DavidB1126]

Coming back to this as I sent this thread link on a FB post as someone asked for a kit or parts to MM his slash.

Uh good tires that aren't big. Any regular 2.2/3.0 SCT tire, or 2.2 stadium truck, or 2.8 low profile stadium truck. 2.8 MTs are way oversized.

Well those are just sizes. Like you already know, I run anacondas from the rustler on mine with minimal cutting around the wheel wells, although I do have a proline body mount kit that is highly adjustable. Planning on getting proline badlands and Traxxas blue 5 spoke wheels, which ill use that for offroad in the field and baseball diamond, and at the dirt tracks.

I put Talon EXTs for the rustler, I test fitted them on the slash and they work nice, I just had to raise my body posts, and remove the side nerf bars. The regular Talons from the Stampede can work, or the Bigfoot tires also.

 

[luke66]

I'm gonna update the thread with pics soon for him.


Actually, NVM, my phone won't upload them....

 

[luke66]

All parts before MMing:

Steering mounted:

More “stuff just mounted” pics:

Wow, that was easy. But more pics:
Mounting ESC:

And the almost finished product:

Alright. That’s all the pics I got now. I did this conversion a LONG time ago. Like 2-3 months. Just haven’t had a time to post it yet. I’ll update with more words later, but that’s all the pics ya get.

 

[luke66]

Alright. Here’s some words for yall. I been bashin this rig a lot on 3S. Back when I was home I ripped it around on the backyard track and just all over. The rig runs pretty good, but not as overall fun as the HCG. Took it to the track and was racing a kid who had a Losi 2wd. (Maybe a 22? IDK) I kept up but he was like 10 so that was probably what it was lol. I’m planning on getting a better ESC with more tuning and no motor wires attached. Most likely a 10BL120 G2 or a MAX10. Then I’d mount it over the motor on the back. Hopefully that’d give me more grip on the rear, the truck really slips around so hopefully that’ll help. Actually decent tires would help most tho. I also need some 2S batteries for real track racing and stuff.

There’s probably more I need to say but I can’t think of anything, so that’s all for now.

 

[DavidB1126]

Actually decent tires would help most tho. I also need some 2S batteries for real track racing and stuff.

What kind of track is it? I can help you with tires. With batteries, most race spec batteries are bullets. If you want EC5, and since tracks are limited to 2s, id see what CHNL has with 2s and EC5. SMC has batteries with a EC5 option if I remember correctly.

 

[WickedFog]

Alright. Here’s some words for yall. I been bashin this rig a lot on 3S. Back when I was home I ripped it around on the backyard track and just all over. The rig runs pretty good, but not as overall fun as the HCG. Took it to the track and was racing a kid who had a Losi 2wd. (Maybe a 22? IDK) I kept up but he was like 10 so that was probably what it was lol. I’m planning on getting a better ESC with more tuning and no motor wires attached. Most likely a 10BL120 G2 or a MAX10. Then I’d mount it over the motor on the back. Hopefully that’d give me more grip on the rear, the truck really slips around so hopefully that’ll help. Actually decent tires would help most tho. I also need some 2S batteries for real track racing and stuff.

There’s probably more I need to say but I can’t think of anything, so that’s all for now.

I seem to remember Greywolf mentioning the mid motor conversion made his Rustler really squirrely as well

 

[luke66]

What kind of track is it? I can help you with tires. With batteries, most race spec batteries are bullets. If you want EC5, and since tracks are limited to 2s, id see what CHNL has with 2s and EC5. SMC has batteries with a EC5 option if I remember correctly.

Honestly, whatever track I run into. Last track was outdoor slidey dirt. This truck would probably do best on a indoor dirt/cray track.

I seem to remember Greywolf mentioning the mid motor conversion made his Rustler really squirrely as well

Seems to be easier to control but harder to drift and doesn't hold as well.

 

[luke66]

Doin the rounds, planning on getting a 10BL120 G2 WP for this, so the Firma 100 can go back to the STASH. And I’ll mount the ESC further back. ( I already mentioned this oops lol)
Also want a sealed diff.

 

[luke66]

Got a chassis brace in, ordering a new servo for this and the Typhon soon, getting the ESC soon. Also planning on getting some betterer stick battery packs for this.