Originally Posted by
TonyD.
I just bought the TC6.1 Factory team kit put it together. I plan on running a 17.5 motor but some guys at my track are telling me I should put in the X-ray spur gear. They tell me the reason for this is to get better speed because I can't put in a big enough pinion gear for the stock spur. Any help before I go any further?
It really does not matter what brand of gear you run as long as it has the correct hole patter for the TC6. I personally run these gears:
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXVTA3&P=7
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXATHX&P=7
I also run the trinity 64 pitch pinion gears myself but any of them work well.
If you are looking for a good range of gears for your car in 17.5 i would suggest having the following on hand:
96 Tooth Spur
100 Tooth Spur
46 - 54 Tooth Pinions
I bounce back and forth between 96/47 & 96/48 depending on motor timing with my D3 or D3.5 motors on a smaller 34x70 track carpet track. If you are running much larger track you may need a few bigger pinions yet or go to a little smaller spur yet.
Hope this helps.