Cummins Drift Truck a la Dum-Dum

[darrenjlobb]

As said, its your project and makes no odds to anyone else how you do it, was just the advice / recommendation from me, In no way have I said its the only way / best way to do it...

What I will say however, is IMO if you dont want to be getting teasy on cold mornings, or after you left the radio running for 10 minutes and your truck wont start, then twin battery / 24v is likely the better option... The factory 12v motors have a bigger reduction from starter - ring gear...and even then, they can be a bitch to start at times. The only extra bits you need is the shunt relay, and a few battery cables, but battery ring crimps are pennys, and im sure your able to rob plenty of starter cable / welding cable from cheap scrappers etc?
Im only giving the advice because I spent far to long messing around trying to keep things 12v, and in the end, wish I had just 24v'ed it from the word go and saved myself alot of hassle..

But yes, it WILL work, and your plan is fine....I would personally just do it differently, but no one said you had to do it the same way! I guess I just like to over size / engineer most parts, to try and get reliability.