Originally Posted by
smokinu
you bought the wrong motor for the job.
you need to put a new hi torque rotor in it.
as well as gear down.. the 540 motor's are going to run hot in a big heavy beast like the 4x4 slash.
i would say start at 13 and work your way up or down from there.. but 16t is way to tall.
Don't agree; and my experience supports my statement.
You're geared too tall - get the gear down to 13/14 range and you'll be fine. My motor of choice for my 4 x 4 slash was either the Castle 1410 OR a 8.5 Xcelleron motor - both geared 13 x 54. NEVER a heating issue with either an Xcelleron speed control or the Castle Sidewinder SC. I'm anxious to test these combinations in the Losi TEN SCTE. Starting out with a Fantom 10.5 and the Xcelleron speed control. - starting at 15/40 and hope to go to at least a 16 tooth indoors - large track.
With the Viper motors tendency to be torque superior my thought is that they will do very well in these trucks. The Slash 4 x 4 is the lightest of the bunch.
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