Originally Posted by
Thelittlesthobo
My head hurts :-(
Having read nearly the entire motor tips and tuning thread i am really no more informed than i was before i started.
Told you.
Originally Posted by
Thelittlesthobo
I have emailed the guy who sells red dot motors in the blind hope he will sell me a couple of motors and they are legal here in the uk.
The next thing i will do is buy a new torque tuned motor for my car as thats the one down on power.
Then it will be a case of making it my routine to clean the commutator after every practise session and at race events after every heat. This will be done with a cotton bud stick (I presume thats what you guys use) and a bit of brasso. This will be rinsed using electric contact spray and the bushes oiled using a watchmakers oiler and watchamkers oil (I already have some).
Having read all the "do the water break in thing" "dont do the water break in thing" i have decided that the motor will break itself in gradually. I will not be putting it near water.
Finally i will be installing the alu motor mount and heatsinks along with a fan if our club allows.
Not wanting anyone to say if this is the best method but i would appreciate someone telling me if i am gonna make things worse.
Two things.
1. Not running in the motor can not be a benefit. Don't run it in water (I never did), but run it in or it will run itself in under full stress and burn your comm in no time flat with all the arcing a pair of unseated/poorly seated brushes can kick up.
Put it this way. Apart from say half an hour there's nothing to lose if you run in your motor, there's nothing to gain if you don't (my comments above notwithstanding).
2. Using brasso/cotton buds. This is just wrong. Brasso is by default an abrasive, so getting it in the motor can not be a good idea no matter what, not to mention once it gets in the bushings there's not much you can do to get it out. Cotton buds are not going to do much. They're good for cleaning tape heads, but not here.