B4 and Novak 5.5

[JCJC]

Christmas and we have a Novak 5.5 system......

1 Any tips on fitting would be nice

2 Any photos of "neat" instalations would be wonderful.

3 Can I shorten the motor leads if I need?

[Phil Channon]

I found that the best position to mount the speedo is with the motor / power leads facing the front of the car. This was you are able to see the LEDs when you are setting up the speedo.
The reciever / switch leads can then run down the side of the speedo, ie under the LEDs.

I then run motor leads and sensor lead through the middle of the rear upright. You can then sorten the motor leads to make a neat finish. I would leave the sensor lead alone.

Place the capacitor at the front of the speedo, along the edge of the battery tray.

Leave the heatsink on, but put the fan at the front of the speedo so it blows across the heat sink. The leads of the capacitor do a goo djob of holding the fan in place, but a little double sided would be usefull. With this layout, it will all fit under a standerd B4 shell.

Remember to reduce the overall rear ratio.
I ran indoors at Stoke with a 6.5 on 20/81. It was overgeared by one pinion but nothing overheated.

Hope this helps.

Phil.

[JCJC]

Sounds the business.......thanks Phil

[sefton]

I run a b4 with a novak brushless! heres how I made it fit:

the main wires and shoky face the front and the switch faces the rear.

The body of the esc is tilted towards the centre of the car, by placing a small piece of plastic under the esc and sticking it down with double sided tape.(just use anything that will make the esc tilt about 10-15 degrees)

The shell has to be modifed too: at the back of the shell cut a small half circle about the size of a 10p. (this is for the 3 main wires to go though and inbetween the rear shock towers). the shell is linned with velcrow as is the chassis of the car. in order for the shell to fit onto the body it will also have to be stuck to the body with a slight tilt.

I'll post a pic up next week

its a tight fit but it can be done!

Craig.

[JCJC]

Cheers, Phil & Craig, have the thing in as per Phils directions, would like a smaller fan but all in all easier than I expected, and it all runs and looks good, cannot understand why we diddent do it a while ago!