Originally Posted by
jdegraff57z
Hey Eric,
I'm only going by previous comments (as I've only run Viper sensored motors), but they're much more torque based than comparable motors. You tend to have to gear up a couple of teeth to get comparable speed out of them, yet you retain the torque and smoothness. 'Fraid I can't answer your other question(s).
Are you currently running Viper? If you wanna' check out a VTX10 / VTS set-up, look for the cars in my avatar pic at SDRC Raceway in San Diego
I'm usually there all day on Wednesdays for Wednesday Night Worlds™.
Jesse
Yes, I have their 17.5 in my SC. I've just been worried about the fact I don't know what the rotor temp is, and I don't want to shorten it's life. So far, I've been extremely happy with the motor, so I obviously don't want to kill it, and the way I've been gearing it would easily overheat many motors... I plan to be there on Wednesday, too.
Originally Posted by
nikos2002
Eric,
-Yes, the rotor temp is going to be higher than what you may read with a temp gun on the outside of the can. The difference can vary depending on gearing and type of chassis being used.
-Yes again, our motors are torque based and do develop quite the punch, but have a great power curve to be able to control it.
What can temp should I be aiming to stay below for safety? In this case, it's in an SC10. I've been seeing a plateau of sorts where with any of four consecutive pinions it comes off in the 140-145 range (indoors), but below this range it drops about 15 degrees per tooth (drop three from the low end of this range and it's right around 100). Stranger-still, the last main I ran she came off at 127 while running one of these higher-range pinions (33:75). Obviously, these are all can temps...