Originally Posted by
shanty140
Sounds good man and good luck. The stock gearing at 5.28FDR is meant for a 30T brushed motor or 17.5 brushless. So you can see why cogging may become and issue. For temps on you motor, you want to be under 170-180*F at the end of your run (Max Temps very a bit for each manufactor). Anything past that and you start demagnetizing the rotor. So basically it's safe to gear anywhere as long as your temps are in that range, lower the better of corse. If your racing, each race is usually 6 minutes long. Tuning tips I have learned for motor experts stat the following:
- Run car for 3 minutes. Temps should be no hotter then 130-140*F
- Run car for 4 minutes. Temps should be no hotter then 150*F
- Run car for 5 minutes. Temps should be no hotter then 160-165*F
- At the end of a 6 minute race. Temps should be lower then the max temp of motor. Usually around 165-180*F.
Again that is for racing. When your running the car for fun. Most of the time you run longer then 6 minutes. So basically you just never want to be above the max temp at the end of your run no matter how long it is.
Ya I hear ya on the temps. I always use my temp gun on my vehicles to check motor temps. Unfortunately I have not got that far yet with the Cup Racer due to the noise issues. I tend to run a little bit cooler then required not typically more then 160* as it's also more efficient on battery life aswell and I am far from Pro but do like to get out to the club races.