Originally Posted by
jkirkwood
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.
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.
It sounded like cheating to me too. I'm no cheater so I guess I'll just have to keep working on what I can control. Setup, maintenance and lots and lots of practice.
That said... based on some feedback I've received I've decided to pick up a Plutonium 17.5 (Team Powers). I've been told they run very cool and have a lot of torque. If it works as planned I should be able to gear it to the moon and still get some low end punch on my medium-ish sized track!
I don't think it will fix everything but I suspect it will get me a bit closer to my goal.
I should have a report with some race results within a week.