Originally Posted by
Manlito
Now here I go with my noob questions
I'm very happy with my rc and my Trackstar combo. The car is stable and has a fast accelation. I know that with a 2S LiPo battery my car will have higher performance
So here's the noob question: i know changing gearing/timing/turbo will affect my temps, so what can I do to make my car run faster without cooking my motor?
Thank you very much for your help
What are you timing settings now?
I've been playing around with setting my esc to give me a higher top speed (Tamiya Xv-01), but not get the motor too hot. I've found putting 12+degrees of turbo, and no base timing. The key to not burning up the motor, and longer run times is to delay turbo. Mine is set to more than .3seconds. Also trigger turbo at over a certain RPM, like 20000rpms. This way even if you smash the throttle, on a corner exit, you need to car to be traveling at a certain speed before the turbo (high rpm, melty motor) kicks in. If you are good at not smashing the throttle on every acceleration, you can also set your turbo to trigger on full throttle + rpm. I use a Hobbywing esc. I am pretty sure most ESC have some if not all the settings. I am talking about.
If you feel that these settings (without boost timing) aren't torquey enough at the low end, you can adjust punch rates on your esc. All cars are different, tire grip and all, so play around with your punch settings. I found (with certain tires) too much low end punch is great for acceleration, but the tires might spin out, causing you to lose control on corner exits.
I hope that helps. Good luck.