PLEASE VOTE: Interest in the RC10M mid motor conversion kit?
Posted: Fri Jul 28, 2017 8:24 pm
I'm putting the finishing touches on having the motor plates and rear towers for this conversion manufactured and would like to try and gauge the interest in buying the parts to do this conversion in a kit form. The thread detailing the parts is here --> http://www.rc10talk.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=40247
Note the kit will convert any pan-based RC10 to a mid motor layout without the need to drill any holes or cut anything. Totally reversible. It will work on both 6-gear and Stealth cars alike. The transmission is made to use the gears out of a Stealth though so if you are converting a 6-gear car you would need to source those gears. Being a 4-gear layout, the trans uses an extra idler (AE 6570) and the kits will come with one as well as the bearings to go with it. As another caveat, World's rerelease cars use a different idler gear than the original Stealth, so you would need an additional (2 total) original idler (AE 6570) if converting a World's rere car, although I could probably provide those too.
The kit will come with everything needed to do the conversion, and at risk of making things too complicated I could even offer a base kit that included only the bare minimum to do the conversion as well as a deluxe kit that had option parts included.
The basic Kit will include the trans case, idler gear, bearings for the idler gear, bulkhead, motor plate spacers, motor plate, and tower. The Deluxe kit would include the above plus the rear brace and tubes and the body/wing tube mount. For World's rere cars I could provide the additional idler gear for an additional cost.
The cost of the basic kit will be $100 + shipping
The cost of the Deluxe kit will be $130 + shipping
An additional idler gear (for people using a World's rere) will be $6
Please vote above to help me gauge the demand for these parts and what the mix would be between basic and deluxe kits, extra idlers, etc, or if people just want to source everything on their own.
Here are the components:
Transmission Case Motor Plate Spacers (yes, they are different than the stock Stealth ones) Bulkhead Tower Motor plate (will be CNC machined from 1/8" aluminum) Rear Chassis Brace and tubes Rear Body and Wing Tube Mount
Note the kit will convert any pan-based RC10 to a mid motor layout without the need to drill any holes or cut anything. Totally reversible. It will work on both 6-gear and Stealth cars alike. The transmission is made to use the gears out of a Stealth though so if you are converting a 6-gear car you would need to source those gears. Being a 4-gear layout, the trans uses an extra idler (AE 6570) and the kits will come with one as well as the bearings to go with it. As another caveat, World's rerelease cars use a different idler gear than the original Stealth, so you would need an additional (2 total) original idler (AE 6570) if converting a World's rere car, although I could probably provide those too.
The kit will come with everything needed to do the conversion, and at risk of making things too complicated I could even offer a base kit that included only the bare minimum to do the conversion as well as a deluxe kit that had option parts included.
The basic Kit will include the trans case, idler gear, bearings for the idler gear, bulkhead, motor plate spacers, motor plate, and tower. The Deluxe kit would include the above plus the rear brace and tubes and the body/wing tube mount. For World's rere cars I could provide the additional idler gear for an additional cost.
The cost of the basic kit will be $100 + shipping
The cost of the Deluxe kit will be $130 + shipping
An additional idler gear (for people using a World's rere) will be $6
Please vote above to help me gauge the demand for these parts and what the mix would be between basic and deluxe kits, extra idlers, etc, or if people just want to source everything on their own.
Here are the components:
Transmission Case Motor Plate Spacers (yes, they are different than the stock Stealth ones) Bulkhead Tower Motor plate (will be CNC machined from 1/8" aluminum) Rear Chassis Brace and tubes Rear Body and Wing Tube Mount