Kraton Max6 esc mod

[Russ39]

When getting rid of the rubbish stock fan from the esc you have to take off the top of the esc in order to put a worthy fan because not many fans are powerful enough at 35mm. Most are 30 and 40

And by doing so you have to take away the side guards off the esc because its one piece with the top. And that annoyed me as it keeps all kinds of poop out of the connections.

I carefully cut the top off the sides and it now sits absolutely flawlessly.

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[Gabe8501]

What kind of fan is that?

 

[Russ39]

Rocket 40mm fan with its carbon cover .. the things a beast
Ran it like a hooligan for about 25 minutes and you can still put your finger on the esc .. same for the motor
18000rpm and sounds like a helicopter lol

 

[Rcproponent]

Rocket 40mm fan with its carbon cover .. the things a beast
Ran it like a hooligan for about 25 minutes and you can still put your finger on the esc .. same for the motor
18000rpm and sounds like a helicopter lol

Those fans come with that cover ?? Can you link us? Cause those are badace!

 

[Russ39]

No . They don't come with the covers but if you order both at the same time they accept arrive together.

Don't take my word for it maybe I just got lucky ?

But yeah delivery is real quick and even if they don't arrive cover and fan I'm sure it will be a day or two between them. Really recommend that seller

Fan
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Cover
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[Rcproponent]

Awesome, thank you!

 

[Russ39]

Anytime bud! You will love em

 

[Clubin]

Rocket 40mm fan with its carbon cover .. the things a beast
Ran it like a hooligan for about 25 minutes and you can still put your finger on the esc .. same for the motor
18000rpm and sounds like a helicopter lol

Link?

 

[Russ39]

?

 

[jkflow]

How did you mount the 40mm onto the 35mm area?
I see screws but where do they go?

 

[Rcproponent]

How did you mount the 40mm onto the 35mm area?
I see screws but where do they go?

He cut the plastic esc housing. The 35 mm holes that used to house the fan are gone. The new 40mm fan is mounted directly to the heatsink correct?

 

[jkflow]

Hence my question, the ESC heatsink is 35x35 and no place to mount screws for a 40x40 fan. My guess it's only secured to the plastic housing. Curious how that would hold up to bashing.

 

[Russ39]

Hence my question, the ESC heatsink is 35x35 and no place to mount screws for a 40x40 fan. My guess it's only secured to the plastic housing. Curious how that would hold up to bashing.

Two screws are very firmly attached to the right side of the heatsink. The other two screws go into the plastic. The two that do go into the aluminum teeth of the heatsink are strong enough to hold it there for any kind of bashig..very firm fit ?

The two screws on the left that go into the plastic are mostly for stabilization but also help a tone.

Its so well mounted it feels like it came stock like that.?

 

[olds97_lss]

I just used a high rpm 30mm fan inside the housing. Pushes a lot of air. 2 screws hold the fan to the heat sink, the other two hold the cover down.

I didn't like the thought of ditching the housing either. I did the same thing on both my max6's, in my outcast and ERBEv2. They seem to run cool enough for the gearing I use.

 

[Russ39]

Nice

I just used a high rpm 30mm fan inside the housing. Pushes a lot of air. 2 screws hold the fan to the heat sink, the other two hold the cover down.

I didn't like the thought of ditching the housing either. I did the same thing on both my max6's, in my outcast and ERBEv2. They seem to run cool enough for the gearing I use.

Looks awesome olds?
What u got running on the motor of the blx? Are those 2 surpass 30mms?
If I remember correct the 30mm are even stronger then the 40s.. something crazy like 26000 ?

 

[olds97_lss]

Nice
Looks awesome olds?
What u got running on the motor of the blx? Are those 2 surpass 30mms?
If I remember correct the 30mm are even stronger then the 40s.. something crazy like 26000 ?

Running on the max6 at 7.2v, the 30mm fans really howl.

I just have the blx2050kv in both my outcast and ERBEv2. Been kicking around the idea of a larger motor in the outcast, but really, the blx2050 has been working fine in it now that I'm running the backflips vs the trencher 3.8's. Even with trenchers it was fine, but my diffs were a sore spot.

Not sure why, but the same system in my ERBEv2 runs hotter with slower gearing than the outcast, even when I ran 3.8 trenchers on both. I geared it up a bit thinking I was perhaps running WOT more in the ERBEv2 because it was geared lower, but haven't run it much since. Now that ambient has dropped, it will likely be fine regardless. Now it's fast enough to clear the big jumps at the bmx track with relative ease if I can keep the front end down in the last 20 feet.

 

[calebgilmore]

WFO makes max 5 and max 6 fan mounts to hold 40mm fans

 

[Arrma15T68]

Wow nice rides, to me they look better all dusty and broken in but not broken ! I think i will take some pointers.

 

[Msdn]

Alza racing has a 40mm mount to fit both the 185blx and max 6.

https://shop.alza-racing.com/en/universal-parts/96-universal-40mm-fan-mounting-base.html

 

[Russ39]

Alza racing has a 40mm mount to fit both the 185blx and max 6.

https://shop.alza-racing.com/en/universal-parts/96-universal-40mm-fan-mounting-base.htmlView attachment 102994

But the side guards are off ..so why pay for something that is not a real solution?
That green WOFmount seems to be a well thought out solution .
looks solid and gets the job done all round.

I'd love to get my hands on one WOF those ?
Sorry WFO HAHA not WOF ?‍