Originally Posted by
0verkill
I think everyone understands gearing 101. However, rc cars are not bicycles. Gearing up a brushless motor creates more watts/power, this is not my opinion it is a fact. My car has WAY more low end acceleration geared 34/32 than it does geared 15/44.
I agree. In my experience with brushless/Lipo electric. When I gear up, it wheelies easier all the way up to top speed. When I gear down it wheelies easy going slow but nothing once you get going because it doesn't go as fast. Basically gearing down grossly underuses the power available. Gear it up and you can wheelie down low and up high. The only downside is heat. In my experience, I puff my battery before I overheat the motor or ESC. I had a high dollar/high C rated Thunder Power 4s lipo in my MT4. I geared it too high and puffed the battery. I switched to 6s and everything ran cool. Only problem was I started destroying diffs! Lol!