Cool, thanks!! I will post some pics once I am done ^^
You woke my curiosity… what other changes have you done to the procedure??
Planning on building mine soon haha
Great and clean job! It’s a totally different beast now.
Did the same with my GTX but with 10S8P 35E 
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i’ve seen a few double stacks with home made risers. A friend of mine made risers out of a foam and Lexan sandwhich then put leds inside the case to shine through the lexan. Looked pretty dope!
Main reason i like evolves is because of what people do to them. The boards themselves are nothing special, but the owners are crazy about them and love making them their own. They’re basically a gateway drug to the world of full DIY builds. I don’t have enough fingers to count how many times i’ve heard “i could have just bought a full custom from you with all the money i’ve spent hacking my Evolve” but its not about the end, its about the journey. And the journey looks fun enough to me.
just don’t plug led lights directly into your charge port cables and you’ll be fine. Or do, so i can charge you twice for building your pack twice when you zero out your cells over the winter.
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One thing I do now, and for a good while now, is pre-balance the cell groups to 3.8 volts. It makes sure that everything is balanced as well as lets me jump on a test with a good mile or two before sending it back at half charge.
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This is true, I didn’t consider DIY until I got an Evolve. Boards before that I was happy to do a lap around the neighborhood, but the Evolve hinted that it can be so much more
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As evolve electronics are not crazy powered… how do you see using 35E vs 30Q as they do in stock GTR batteries?
Do you guys think that SAG will be noticeable on stock electronics?
I feel like the 35E 4P that they’re using would behave a lot like thier original pouch pack 1P. I can’t verify that though as i don’t have a GTR.
I rebuilt a bamboo GT with 10s5p 35E and the sag is not very bad at all. I’ve never seen a GT pull more than 40A continuous, 20A in “fast” mode. I think for most average riders, it is more than enough. If you push it hard the 30q is probably better for sag by a small margin but I doubt noticeable riding, maybe if you’re staring at the battery voltage as you ride.
50 cells in a bamboo? riser on the ESC?
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No, I hate risers and the idea of things sticking out lower than the tray 
I 3D printed an extension of the tray
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nice job! does it flex ok?
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Yup, its been on there a few months now, been off road, through rain, no problems. I checked the battery last week, all insulation looks good, brass inserts in the print holding well too.
You routed the board as well? Nice job!
What real range are u getting? 17.5ah!!
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I believe the slots in the nickel are there for you to hold a welding probe on either side of the slot giving a higher probability for the welding current to travel through the cell rather than just through the nickel which would result in a stronger weld.
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I kill the thing in like 10-15 miles tbh, that board I mostly just lend out to friends, I don’t use it much personally, but I’ve had some people tell me they got 30+ miles on it in one charge. 
Wow, 10 miles on 17.5ah, that sounds like you are using full throttle 100% of the time haha
Yeah when I’m on the stock evolves I tend to use the throttle more like an on/off switch. They’re a few thousand watts short of what I prefer
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I feel ya, sounds like my 1st wife 
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Karamdibs.
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