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Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
06-10-2012, 08:28 PM
Replies: 176
Views: 88,920
Posted By trsills

RE: Official ECX Torment Thread

Glad you guys are still giving it a go.  That's some serious horsepower Bossman.  I wanted to see how far I could push the Torment as well cause it was different than what everyone else had at the...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
05-25-2012, 09:12 AM
Replies: 176
Views: 88,920
Posted By trsills

RE: Official ECX Torment Thread

I finally got some metal gears for tranny. Fortunately I checked the diff cause it was essentially dry. When manufactured they only put a very light swab of some blue grease in the middle, and it was...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
05-20-2012, 08:06 PM
Replies: 176
Views: 88,920
Posted By trsills

RE: Official ECX Torment Thread

Uzi4u....did you change your gear set to the metal one?

I took the Torment to the track and it's living up to it's nature as being an absolute Torment. Within less than 30 min the idler gear had...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
05-14-2012, 06:44 AM
Replies: 176
Views: 88,920
Posted By trsills

RE: Official ECX Torment Thread

I had the same issue with the 12t motor in that the shaft is a little long so cut a few mm off with the dremel so I could get the cover back on.

Have any of you done the water break-in of your...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
05-13-2012, 07:56 AM
Replies: 176
Views: 88,920
Posted By trsills

RE: Official ECX Torment Thread

Thanks for the response Falcon7 and regarding the servo adjustment, yes, cranked full right still seemed like Slash turned much sharper.

What pinion are you running with the 12t and how did you...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
05-10-2012, 12:39 PM
Replies: 176
Views: 88,920
Posted By trsills

RE: Official ECX Torment Thread

I've continued to tweak our Torment and have to say it's really moving right now.  I went to a 2S LiPo, and changed the motor out (stock ESC though).  The stock motor died, and I put in a Traxxas...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
05-10-2012, 10:27 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 3,491
Posted By trsills

RE: First truck for Son

We saw the same thing when we first got ours and basically that's it for the battery. If you keep trying to drive it, after giving it a breif pause, you're just really draining the battery. The LHS...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
05-08-2012, 07:17 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,067
Posted By trsills

RE: Please Help Me Get Started (Offroad)

+1 on Slash (2wd). Wife walked by other day and said she can't understand how that thing still runs just as Jr. missed the ramp and slammed head-on into the curb. Just went to LiPo and it moves...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
05-07-2012, 08:29 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 3,491
Posted By trsills

RE: First truck for Son

I just went to all LiPo for our Torment and Slash. Keep in mind (AFAIK), the Torment doesn't have a low voltage cutoff feature in the ESC like the Slash, so you'll either need to pickup one (few...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
05-03-2012, 07:34 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,030
Posted By trsills

RE: What would make truck drive slower (outside of battery)?

yeah know what you mean as we've had sticks and other debris get jammed up inside from time to time and you can hear the noise.

I had received a msg from Horizon and they concurred that it's...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
05-02-2012, 03:40 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,030
Posted By trsills

RE: What would make truck drive slower (outside of battery)?

Damn, when you go full throttle it looks like you're on the cam and at full boost. Me thinks I'm missing out on something here and am in serious need to start changing hardware.
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
05-02-2012, 09:51 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,030
Posted By trsills

RE: What would make truck drive slower (outside of battery)?

I'd already been consumed with reviewing various chargers with the intention of going LiPo so this all more or less falls into place if I need a motor/ESC...of course wife is tired of hearing about...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
05-01-2012, 08:50 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,030
Posted By trsills

RE: What would make truck drive slower (outside of battery)?

I appreciate the info as this is all helping me learn as I go. I was cleaning the truck earlier but didn't make it to the motor, but did pickup at the LHS the other day some compressed cleaner that...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
05-01-2012, 08:15 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,030
Posted By trsills

RE: What would make truck drive slower (outside of battery)?

Thanks everyone for the input.

One last question, we've only got maybe 12 collective hours of drive time with this truck. What is the likely cause for a brushed motor to fail?

thx
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
05-01-2012, 05:23 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,030
Posted By trsills

RE: What would make truck drive slower (outside of battery)?

I couldn't find my pyrometer, so temp is kind of subjective. I know after long runs they'll feel hot to the touch, but I ran around for about 3 min and it was very warm to the touch (not hot like...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
04-30-2012, 10:03 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,030
Posted By trsills

RE: What would make truck drive slower (outside of battery)?

Yes, his Slash was always slightly faster. But right now it's a really noticeable difference in that the Torment just isn't going through the grass like it had and acts as if the battery is running...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
04-30-2012, 03:17 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 2,030
Posted By trsills

What would make truck drive slower (outside of battery)?

I've noticed that the Torment we have is noticeably slower and at first thought it was something with the battery. But I dropped the Ni3800 into Jr's slash and it ran just fine. So it appears motor...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
04-27-2012, 06:34 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,122
Posted By trsills

RE: Please Explain LIPO Charging & Discharging to a Newb...

Are those protective bags worth using? Our chargers are in the garage, so it makes me somewhat skeptical to leave these things in the garage alone without some oversite.
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
04-27-2012, 09:33 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,122
Posted By trsills

RE: Please Explain LIPO Charging & Discharging to a Newb...

Thanks for the link. Read through most of it and it was similar to another thread I had read about making sure to calculate Watts to be sure to handle the load. It just seems like you really get...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
04-27-2012, 09:07 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 415
Posted By trsills

We want to go racing

I was searching online and found an indoor dirt track (OC Raceway) that isn't too far from me, so Jr. and I are interested in trying out some racing. But what I was also looking for online were some...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
04-27-2012, 08:50 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 3,122
Posted By trsills

RE: Please Explain LIPO Charging & Discharging to a Newb...

This is some good info guys as I'm new to the hobby and also trying to understand the LiPo stuff. I was looking at getting the Onxy 245 charger to leave the door open to being able to charge LiPo's...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
04-24-2012, 09:12 AM
Replies: 176
Views: 88,920
Posted By trsills

RE: Official ECX Torment Thread

yes, I'd say you should be fine for an hour of running. I'm still new to this hobby so maybe someone can chime in, but one area of concern would be the back to back running though. I've been told...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
04-23-2012, 10:11 AM
Replies: 176
Views: 88,920
Posted By trsills

RE: Official ECX Torment Thread

Wow that seems pretty good. I typically use the 7c 3800 in the Tormentthat had originally came with the Slash, and Jr. drives the Slash with a 7c 5100 and we're in the 25-30 min range. I'm a lot...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
04-21-2012, 09:32 PM
Replies: 176
Views: 88,920
Posted By trsills

RE: Official ECX Torment Thread

Regarding uzi4u's comment about touching base with Horizon Hobby, the LHS said the same thing and also said they've typically had good support when they had to call as well (such as when they were...
Forum: RC Electric Off-Road Trucks, Buggies, Truggies and more
04-20-2012, 10:01 AM
Replies: 176
Views: 88,920
Posted By trsills

RE: Official ECX Torment Thread

I wanted to provide some feedback on the torment as this thread influenced me to pick one up. It was for my son's 9th birthday, and we're new to the RC scene. He'd been wanting one of these, and I...
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