Thinking of building a SUPER - input please
 

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DX6 radio (or is the DX6i better) AR6000 receiver<o:p></o:p>
3 – Hitec 7950 (2 up front, 1 out back) – going to need earplugs!<o:p></o:p>
Castle BEC Pro<o:p></o:p>
2 – Holmes BR-XL ESC<o:p></o:p>
45T motors (with 9 or 10 tooth)<o:p></o:p>
3S to start…then step up 4S<o:p></o:p>
Super Bully Axles<o:p></o:p>
Superjuice V2 Chassis<o:p></o:p>
Traxxas big bores<o:p></o:p>
Narrowed 4.5” HPI wheels<o:p></o:p>
Nova Foams<o:p></o:p>
Narrowed Plowboys – soft version<o:p></o:p>
Homemade Derlin links or maybe some from ripper7<o:p></o:p>

Looks like a good list to me! You might want to order some high strength gears for those axles;-) (especially if 4 cell is in the future)

Personally I would run a clod, unless RC3WD has come up with a fix for the breaking gears/pins/etc.

my god man just build it, break it, rebuild it. SUPERS RULE "thumbsup"

EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE A SUPER:ror:

Good start, looks a lot like my build"thumbsup"

I would go with the new 65:1 gear boxes (just ordered mine today) and I'm not at all impressed with the 7950. I smoked one after only running two packs through it. Eddie is the man for tires. I just talked to him on the phone on Sunday about doing me up a set of plow boys. You will love the superjuice chassis. The last thing I would do differently on mine is titanium links instead of delrin. I run titanium on my 2.2 and like them better. Oh, and make sure you do the knuckle / tube mod and get almost 50 degrees of steering.

Happy building. "thumbsup"

Thank you for all the input.

I have been back and forth on the 65:1 gear boxes. Sounds like it might maybe worth the extra money.

What servo does everyone like? Should I wait for the 7980 or run a futuba maybe? Is two servos up front overkill?

Thanks again!!

After talking with Eddie (supernova) I ordered the 65:1 cases. He said definitely the way to go. He drove Turbofest super at ECC. (Turbofest placed first. You should check out his thread in the super section.) Also he recommend getting the cheap programer from Hitec I think it's around 20 bucks and programing a cut off on the servo's. I am going to be going to two servo's in the front. I will most likely still use 7950 because I have them and Hitec is fixing it for me. I have had great luck with the JR 8711 that's what I ran in my old super.

Wow, 4 people have input on a super? Come on give some input you prudes!! :flipoff:

Clods for sure, 1/4 or 1/5 scale servos, more than 11 volts, 2 bec's, Devil maxx tires.

I installed 65:1 cases in mine last week. I love the extra torque. It also took a lot of strain off the motor. I ran about an hour and a half with 55 turn motors and they didn't get hot at all. I put in 45 turn motors last night, now I have speed and torque.

I think the 65:1 cases are definately worth having. They're also 66 grams (2.33 Ounces) lighter than the 38:1 cases. Cuts more than 4.5 ounces of weight between the front and back axles.

Are you running the 10t or 12t pinions?

Your parts list sounds great to me.

You can't go wrong with that tire and wheel combo.

I went with 1/4" steel rod for my lower links, so I would have extra room for the way I wanted to run my shocks. I used 1/2" Delrin on my last super and they held up just fine, but took up a ton of room, and they just about weight the same as my new steel ones.:shock:

I have broken on gear pin in the front of my bullys, but I am not sure if the 65:1 case has that part of the gear made differently. I will have to check on that before I buy a set of the new gear cases. But, the lighter weight sure would be helpful"thumbsup"

I'm running the gear that came with the light cases. I'm pretty sure it's a 12 tooth. It's definately bigger than a 10T.

Thank you for all the input!!!! Just waiting for the 65:1 axles to come off of backorder to get started.

What about running cut'n'shut white rovers on 3.8" proline tech 5 wheels with nova foams? Better or worse than the narrowed soft plowboys?

Hard to beat white rovers. Quite a few people running that combo. I personally like 4" or 4.5" wheels and larger tires. To me the 3.8 wheels is almost a 2.2 tire size. I would say it's personal preference on tire size. One benefit to the smaller / narrower tire is less stress on servo's.

Or you run the bigger wheel and tire and a bigger servo. Hell I'm on the same servos I put on a few years ago, just now getting to the point where they are feeling kind of tired. I think I'm gonna update my old clod axles with new hs-5755's and keep beating on all you bulleys. :flipoff::ror:

Got a couple parts for my super on Friday...8)

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Still waiting on Radio, Servos, and the lower links. With any luck they will be here early next week.