forgive me if I don't look through the 800+ pages..
has anyone (I'm sure someone has) done a brushless conversion?
thanks

Maybe vertigo can help you out...
Someone did do an electric conversion. I cant remember who. I think he used a regular brushed motor though. Im trying to find a way to do a brushless conversion myself. Im having trouble finding a motor mount that will work though.

I think Sycovenom did it.

Ahhh, you might be right. I know it was back about 10 pages or so it was mentioned again.

What he did looked really easy, he found a mount and a way to put the battery on and shazam.....however I will hold out for an HPI bullet.

When are those bullets supposed to be out?
Here is a link to another site that did a conversion.
http://www.beatyourtruck.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=53826

Man, what service!
thanks

hey backups,did you pick up or lose mph with those tires and gears.also how did you lower it and did that compramise the handling.you truck looks great.i want to do the same,but i am going to use an os .18 cv-r.any help would be great.
Thanks, Darren.

Told you this thread was good..

you guys are insane cool!
HPI needs to give commissions based on you just sold me on this truck!
electric conversion kit found on that thread..
http://www.bluegrooveconcepts.com/ca...oduct_id=29902

wow that beatyourtruck link looks similar to mine. Hate to tell that guy though he did a MT1 (okok at the point he stripped it the only difference is a slipper and body mount posts)

main differences I went the cheapest possible route and even though its a brushed convo I can easily make it brushless (about 3 mins seeing I now own a BL esc and motor). Think I spent a total of $50-60, including a new $30 body for the truck. All I bought was a elec stampede chasis(battery holder) for $10 shipped, cheap L-bracket airplane motor mount $7, and a novak mod-1 pinion $10. The stampede chassis as a battery box does 2 roles at once, it provides a cheap battery box with easy access, and it also acts as a chassis brace that stops the majority of the chassis flex.
It is a little differently laid out now though I bought some delrin rods and finished off the rear to my original plan (still gotta take a pic of it).


Actually once I destroy my Brama 10b with the 8.5t brushless setup, the things chassis is failing due to it being made so cheap(and not from the brushless motor its cracking without it being used yet), I'm guessing the brama will fail after its 1st real run. I was planning on putting it in my MT1 convo.

I was also playing with an idea about shoving an e-savages tranny in it and running it with dual titan 12v 550s but after doing the math I decided it was not cost effective and gave it up seeing I couldn't find a 2nd hand tranny. To assemble a tranny and get the ESC and motors would cost around $160 which would be the price of a very nice BL system

And yes I think the HPI bullet brushless edition looks pretty nice, unlike the recycled lightning 10 nitro one which looks cramped, and hard to work on with limited options.


Looking at that blue groove convo kit. I only got one question where in the world do you shove the battery? I only ask cause the pic of it installed shows their plate with most electronics on the side with the radio is default but shows the motor and ESC on the side where everyone shoves the battery on homebrewed convos so theres no room left for a battery pack that I can see(judging from the 3 low res pics).

HPI bullet brushless edition
those look cool!

But when are they being released?

some forums are trying to say the Bullet will replace the MT2, and claiming the MT2 is now marked discontinued.
Rumor has it on the European forums the bullet will come out in feb or march also from what I can find.

but honestly I think the nitro bullet probably will tank big time, and probably should not be released (IMO). It doesn't really offer anything over the MT2 (except more shocks which look redundant IMO, and add weight) also it looks harder to work on.

Now the brushless edition might take off due to the lack of 4wd ST's in the 1/10th scale set, I see it fairly often WANT 1/10th SCALE ST in the elec forum. It also looks very simply put together and easy to work on. Personally after looking at some other recent HPI models that were abandoned in under a year(E-savage, Brama 10b, and Cyber 10), I'm hesitant to buy anything new that they make, (the e-savage I do not own but looked for parts to slap on my modded MT1, and could only find 1 dealer on ebay with them...) and think that reputation might just haunt them with this things release. I know its going to hold me up in purchasing one, because I don't want to be stuck with a $350 RC that I cannot find a single part for, or have to pay high premiums due to rarity in a year.(can we say $40 Brama 10b bodies...)

not to start any wars but, I wonder how well this truck would do vs the new 4x Slash on any track?

The MT2 or the bullet?

ahh, Bullet

Hmm, not sure. That would be interesting to see though. I dont know if it would be a fair comparison though with one being a SC setup and this more of a truggy. I would think the bullet would be a little more stable with the wider wheel base but not sure.

I like the bullet and think its a great replacement for the MT series. I've said this before, but the MT2 is getting dated and the newer layout of the bullet is more with the times. Holding a firestorm and MT2 side by side made this obvious to me. I like the larger wheels...the lightning tempted me a lot in the past because I think its a really neat truck and is built well.

I have my final part to complete my MT2 and it will be sold in the spring along with a few other trucks. Sad to see it go but there is no use in having an army of RCs when you only burn 3-4 gallons a year. I will stay loyal to this great thread, though.

I think the bullet will kill a SC truck - the SCs are designed to handle sloppy.

Whats good people im new to this site bought my self an mt2 with a 18tz engine the guy had it lowered for road racing and all aluminum arms and so on he replaced the diff cups i think they are called with hardened steel ones said the origional ones shattered too many times.... well i raised it back up to race offroad and the front dogbones fall out now i measured them and they are 85mm says stock are 87mm is there somewhere i could find 7x90mm dogbones or does someone know what els i can do to prevent them from falling out? i tryed a lil piece of fuel tubing in each end to hold them in and still not enough comes out now when i turn hard.i purchased some 6x90 i found on a site but i dont know if the 6 will be too small as a 7 goes in place i guess ill find out this week hopefully tomorrow just waiting on the mail.. well like the forum and thanks for any help people by the way my name is brian from kenosha wi

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your going to love the tz mate insane power in the mt2!

one more question when i got this truck it did not have a cover over the reciever i have looked online for one but cant find one does anyone have a clue where i can find a cover for the reciever? got the new dogbones in the mail about 20 minutes ago so off to see if they will fit "fingers crossed"

The receiver cover comes as part of the radio tray set... HPI Part # 85029...

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...LXBSZ6&amp;P=Z

thanks bro i didnt think to look for the whole thing lol just ordered it so guess ill see it next week... the 6x90 dogbones fit just fine so thats good not parts ordered that ill have no use for :P man this truck is pretty nice think it was a good buy im happy with it and it seems pretty fast with the 18tz motor just now gotta wait for the snow to melt to see how it handles on the track :P anyone from the northern illinois area know of any decent tracks?

Congrats on the new truck and welcome to the forum.
That TZ has a crazy amount of power. You will not be disappointed. Just dont do 180's on full throttle or you will shred your diffs.
The stock tires dont hook up to well on the tracks. You should look for something in a pin type tire, they work much better.
The fuel tubing is the best solution to keep the dogbones from falling out. Just be careful if you use DB with too small a diameter. They will twist under the TZ power and they will eat up the drive cups.
And be careful with the alum a-arms. They are great for on road but they tend to bend rather then flex when used in off road jumping.
Lets see some pictures of the truck too.