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Old 06-20-2013, 04:01 PM   #1
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Guys I have 2currie jeeps one has battery near front and other in rear they are 3s 5000 mah batts the one in rear climbs and manuvers better on trail climbing! Noticed same issue with wraith daughters climbs similar to my front mounted system.
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Old 06-20-2013, 05:23 PM   #2
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the one in rear climbs and manuvers better on trail climbing!
What about rock crawling with the scx10s? Probably better to have it up front i'm guessing?
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Old 07-18-2013, 08:49 PM   #3
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Keeping it front and low! How front are you running it?
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Old 07-19-2013, 12:23 PM   #4
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Even better yet keep it centered and low. The lower the better period, and the lowest place you can put it is between the wheels near the transmission.
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Old 07-19-2013, 03:55 PM   #5
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I temporarily zip tied two 3s 2100 LiPo's to each of muh plastic slider(s) on muh Honcho.

Took 'er out to my rock garden in the yard... for some testing
and was immediately impressed with how much better it rolled thru the rock garden.

^ ummm... well... more like house sized boulders if they were scaled to the truck.


Even attempted to get 'er tippy... and was impressed with how far
she would go... before it became a flop.

Granted I have tire weights on all four...
and a 55T mtr for slow speed and smoother/linear torque.

I like how my dual battery set up handles better then muh single 2s 5000 in the stock forward position. Less tippy for sure !

Think I'll be making some permanent battery mounts on the slider rails.

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edit: 'cause pictars make it more better...
well... unless yer a hater !?

a shelf queen it is not ! Lol



Here you can see the phenomenal zip tie arrangement





^ maybe not purdy...
but 'dem batteries stay'd put.

(* I used some non slip rubber like material under the batteries
wuz just layed on top of the slider bars)


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my rock garden test facility... (pics previous to this run)

during this test...
flooded the whole side patio, to up the challenge some...
didn't take pics of the splashin' good time tho'
Regardless... the RipSaws ignored the wet.
Didn't think much of the muddy patches neither.




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Old 07-19-2013, 03:58 PM   #6
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I temporarily zip tied two 3s 2100 LiPo's to each of muh plastic slider(s) on muh Honcho.

Took 'er out to my rock garden in the yard... for some testing
and was immediately impressed with how much better it rolled thru the rock garden.

^ ummm... well... more like house sized boulders if they were scaled to the truck.


Even attempted to get 'er tippy... and was impressed with how far
she would go... before it became a flop.

Granted I have tire weights on all four...
and a 55T mtr for slow speed and smoother/linear torque.

I like how my dual battery set up handles better then muh single 2s 5000 in the stock forward position. Less tippy for sure !

Think I'll be making some permanent battery mounts on the slider rails.
I'm building a new KOH rig now and that's exactly how I'm setting up batteries. Twin parallels on the sliders.
KOH Jeep
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Old 07-19-2013, 04:47 PM   #7
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When I was running a 3000 nimh stick I had it crosswise right behind the trans. That was way better than the stock front position. Now I'm running a 2s 5100 lipo saddle pack, and have them mounted one on top of each slider. Works great!
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Old 07-19-2013, 09:18 PM   #8
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This is where I run my battery on my Rubicon, I'm going to do something similar with the Honcho.
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Old 07-19-2013, 11:40 PM   #9
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^ those boat sides ?
do they angle upward from the frame ?
can't really tell from the pic posted.

boat sides is what I'm planning to do
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Old 07-20-2013, 04:00 AM   #10
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^ those boat sides ?
do they angle upward from the frame ?
can't really tell from the pic posted.

boat sides is what I'm planning to do
Those are R2J sliders
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Old 07-20-2013, 06:30 AM   #11
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Those are R2J sliders
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