With the majority of the front end taken care of I headed toward the back end of the 8ight Mini. First I change the motor to a Castle Creations CM26-6800Kv Motor. This motor uses a larger, 1/8″ output shaft so I needed a new pinion gear. Luckily I had a few blue anodized pinion gears from Novak electronics that fit the bill. With the motor re-installed and the rear diff back in place I re-installed the top plate and decided to upgrade the stock ESC with a Tekin Mini Rage. I like the Mini Rage because it is perhaps the only mini specific esc to feature solder posts. This way I was able to solder the motor directly to the esc with very little hassle.
Pictured above, the 8ight Mini with the new Castle motor installed with a Novak pinion gear.
Pictured above, the 8ight Mini with the Castle motor and rear diff in place.
Pictured above, the rear shock tower is put back into place with a few pieces of gold bling and titanium screws.
Pictured above, the Tekin Mini Rage esc mounted on the graphite Xtreme Racing top plate.
Pictured above, the top deck.plate re-installed and the Castle motor soldered to the Tekin esc.
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Hey Dean, What tires are you guy running over in the States?
Hi Rob,
I’m going back and forth between the stock tires with a few rows of spikes trimmed off and a set of slich Sweep touring car tires… Many in my area still use the stockers though…
Dean, I love these articles. I’m getting back into the hobby and picked up a mini 8ight and really enjoyed reading your articles. I’m doing some upgrades to mine and wanted to know if you knew the sizes of the silver titanium screws and gold anodized counter-sunk washers and gold nuts? Thanks!
Hi Rick,
I believe the screws were 2.5 or 2.0MM, not 100% sure as they were not taken out of a package. If i remember correctly these were the washers: http://www.dynamiterc.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=DYN8510
I hope this helps-
Dean
Thanks Dean. Love your Mini 8ight. Keep the updates coming!
hey dean, I found this article and it has helped out a lot! I have a question that I can’t find an answer to, what is the kv limit on the tekin mini rage? I have a cm26 9200kv motor currently in my m8 and fried my speed controller using 2s 20c lipo( stock esc ) if I buy the tekin esc will it do well with the motor I have? oh, ps your m8 is bringing sexy back that thing is sick! thanks for the help in advance!
Hi Michael,
Thanks for the compliments on my Mini 8ight! The Tekin Mini Rage SHOULD (not 100% sure) be good to go with the Castle 9200Kv motor, provided you use it on 2S Lipo only, not more. The tekin website does not give the Mini Rage a Kv limit (Motor Limit: 180 Size, 20mm Diameter), just a size limit. I exceeded this and it still works fine.
I hope this helps
Dean
Dean,
Thank you for the reply! I was honestly lookin to never get a response. I have decided to take your advice and go with the tekin esc, and I have also decided to use a more practical motor such as the cm26 in the 4000kv range depending on what I find at my LHS. I’m very surprised that I didn’t completely kill the 9200kv motor I have, I was getting temps over 200 in less than 3 minutes of run time! Again thanks for the help and I look forward to seeing future updates on your M8.
No Problem Michael. I’ll have another update on my Mini 8ight shortly!
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