I knew the chassis was a tight fit, but I'm running pretty much the largest 1/10 ESC and receiver out there... the ESC doesn't even fit in the sidepods without dremeling, and with dremeling there is still no room for the capacitor!

So I decided to give up the easy weight balance adjustment that the shorty provides to mount it in front of the shorty pack and move the ESC to the centerline of the chassis. I made a custom (3mm) lexan battery plate which prevents the battery crashing into the ESC by adding a small screws that points downwards. A low-profile fan from the Losi Xcelorin system just fits under the shell, and now I'm just hoping this, in combination with some holes in the shell, will provide sufficient cooling.

I'm also having some wheel compatability problems. Coming from a TRF201 that uses 2mm pins, not 1.6mm, I have to drill up the axles a bit (I don't really have the funds to switch to new wheels as well).

...It better be worth all the effort!

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