It is a rewound SK3 149kv motor (which also has the same air vent) - so a different ESC should work. Maybe not as nicely as a VESC but it should still work.
Having just switched from dual belt motors to dual 2.5, I must say that these carvon motors are tits! I’m 170# and these things get me up the steep hills around my place no problem. Braking is real nice, just have to be cautious about hitting big hills at speed. Without the pulleys and all that my board feels like a skateboard now (also sounds like one). I like how the motors have a nice solid protective cover and ventilation. The fun box front truck is a little wimpy looking so I put a surf rodz on there. These things haul ass also! I feel way more comfortable going fast on hubs for some reason. Thanks Jerry!
I As for the enclosure… I don’t want vacuum form and was looking for the simplest way to make an enclosure that looks nice and so I can share what I did since not everyone has or wants to vacuum form…
So the simplest way was to use:
Two square 1inch x 1inch pieces of wood cut to length
One sheet of Kydex
4 screws to mount the 1inch wood pieces
9 small wood screws with washers
Fake vinyl Carbon Fiber car wrap
I used two wood pieces that were just under and inch square
I bent the top and bottom of the Kydex using a small blow torch and moved it quickly over the area I wanted to bend (I used my dinning room table…it’s marble and has a 90 degrees at the edge of the table) … don’t worry abt the Kydex finish lookin messed up since you will be covering it up with Fake cf …
Once fitted (took a few times to get it how I wanted it, Kydex is forgiving) I cut it to shape with sheet metal sheers (super easy) and put the fake cf on it
Go over the all the fake cf with a hot air gun (I use a small torch to do it) so that it shrinks a little and adheres to the surface better and allows you to fix places like corners where air gets trapped … heat it then push it in place…
The battery was a little taller than the wood I used for the side walls…but that’s a good thing…
They Kydex will bend and it gave it a nice arc as I screwed it down…so take note…if you are gonna arc it over…cut it a little bit wider to account for the arc… I did
table conversation piece lol
