Originally Posted by
vanquisher
Got the battery tray in, plugged in the 3S 5000 lipo, squeezed the trigger and yeah. What a dog. Hooked up the Castlelink and set the punch control to 0. Got the bottom end back, but damn, this thing has no top end with the 72/18 combo. The fact that it's heavy is not helping, but I was expecting more out of it, even only on a 3S 30C pack. I wonder what the tranny and diff gear ratios are? I guess I will be going up on pinion size to try find some top end.
You really should go up to at least a 4s battery. I run 4s and 20/65 gearing. On 3s I run 20/58. That gives good speed. With your combo you could go 22/58 and be ok on heat on 3s.
2200kv is a low KV when going though a tranny and axles so you have to gear up ALOT to comp.