Originally Posted by jackhammer74

I figured that I should take a more methodical approach to choosing a BL motor so I've been doing some research, it seems as if a stock 2.5R engine puts out about 1.33 hp or threabouts with no load. That translates to about 992 Watts (this seems high to me) that's just a straight up conversion and I know there is a lot of variables. Does any body have more accurate #s?
I've been looking at TACON motors in the Hobbypartz site, when looking at a motor's specs they show Watts and a number of Lipo cells eg. 2,3 etc.
I'm reading it as "when using this # of Lipo cells, this will be your power output (watts)" and dividing the posted Watts output by the # of cells gives you the per cell watts, am I correct in assuming this?
If that's checks out, is it as simple as just finding out a BL motor that puts about that 992 Watts when using 3-5s?
We have to figure out what's the max wattage output than won't destroy the stock tranny and go from there. What do you guys think?