Originally Posted by
Asharus
I've gotten good results with my Novak Ballistic, what other new motors are you referring to? I'd like to give them a shot someday. Thunder Power?
Not really sure which brand. I'm just told by some people that race alot of spec that some of the newer stuff is faster for blinky classes vs some of the older stuff. I've been racing modified and nitro. There are plenty of threads that compare motors to do research in. Wouldn't really be on topic for this thread.
Originally Posted by
Oso Negro
I want to thank you all for all your thoughts and ideas on the topic of why those 4 guys are always a bit faster than me. I'm going to take a good hard look at it.
I think I only need to shave about 1/2 a second per lap to get on the podium consistently.
To be fair, it's not that the guys at my track wont talk to me at all about what they're up to....they just wont give up all of their motor or gearing secrets either.
HOWEVER...I just got some intel on something that one of the fast guys has been up to... He is using a Team Powers 17.5 with the 13.0 rotor on his SC10. I don't know if he's doing that with his buggy too though...sigh. That said, he ALSO ran it with 33% boost in modified SC. He took the 3rd spot, too. He was leading for the 1st 2 minutes of the main until he cased the triple, too.
That got me thinking about what else these guys may be up to that I don't know about...
Well that's not really secrets that's just cheating. A 13.0mm rotor is cheating under ROAR spec motor rules. The largest allowed is 12.51mm (no tolerance given) in ROAR spec classes but your track may or may not be following that rule set (Rule #8.8.4.4.2) so you need to ask them.