Originally posted by Torqer
Ok, this has probably been fought our before but I cant find the post. My question is : Staying at the same gear ratio, how will changing the size of the spur gear affect acceleration or top end?
For example a 100/25 for a ratio of 4:1. Now change the gears to 80/20 for a ratio of 4:1. Now does the car seem to accelerate quicker because the motor winds out earlier? And with the 100/25, the motor pulls longer because it takes a little longer for the motor to reach top end?
Does this even affect anything. I would like to know for sure before I go out and spend 40 bux on gears to adjust for the different style tracks I run on. One is tight and small and another is a pretty flowing, open large track.
Thanks for any help
T
As a general rule of thumb, the larger the spur you will get more torque from the motor. The smaller the spur, the motor will spool up faster.