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Old 16-07-2014
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Originally Posted by sosidge View Post
The other thing is that "square" LiPo packs don't fit well. Firstly, they won't drop in place because of the rear brace being in the way. Secondly, the battery strap obscures the plugs and you would have to remove quite a lot of material to access them. So this pack will have to go back and be replaced by a pair of saddles - I was trying to avoid having extra wires in the car but it hasn't worked out!

There is a way around this when using the square pack .. of you replace the rear posts that hold the carbon suppor in the back with Tamiya part# 19804306, they are a little bit thinner in Diameter and they allow the Square pack to be installed and you also do not have to use as many spacers as well... it offers about 2.5mm more clearance for the battery to be installed.

I'll take a picture later so show the difference..
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