How to prep' my Mad Rat for brushless. Tips please?

[damselfly]

OK Guys, as you probably know, i've ordered myself a 10.5t 4500kV brushless combo for my Mad rat.

I've already disposed of the bushings, and have ballraced all the wheels. Also waiting on a B4 rpm wide front bumper. I plan on upgrading the remainder of the buggy with Carbon fibre/Aluminium as and when things break.

My question though, is; Will my transmission be upto handling this brushless setup, or do I need to change anything before even thinking about installing this? My Mad rat is the stock brushed version for your information. Don't really want to chew up the gears, and would like to place an order for some gears that'll be upto it should the stock parts be unsuitable.

Cheers,

Damian

[kaylon]

Well one thing to do is to ballrace the transmission.. that will help a great deal.

Once you got all your new kit installed I'd recommend programming the esc down to 40% or something so you can run everything in.

J

[Tom3012]

As said... Ballrace the entire car!! And also maybe get some ceramic diff balls, thats all ive done to mine and its super smooth

[soane]

Originally Posted by Tom3012

As said... Ballrace the entire car!! And also maybe get some ceramic diff balls, thats all ive done to mine and its super smooth

What size are the diff balls or are they available as an Ansmann upgrade? Thanks.

[OneKiwi]

remember that if you upgreade everything that you can to alu then other things will/might break that otherwise wouldn't. Having alu is great but with plastic you get a little bend softness when you crash.

[billyboy9002]

soane- the diff balls are size 3/32 if you go to rc bearings.co.uk the ceramic ones are 90p each you will need 12, or the metal ones are 20p each

damselfly- go to rcbearings.co.uk and you can get a full set of bearings for the madrat for £8.50 and you have the choice of rubber sealed or metal sealed, i would suggest using the rubber ones