Originally Posted by RedBullFiXX

1. Norcal asphalt - 4.0
2. Norcal Carpet - 13.5 or 10.5
3. TQ Carpet - 13.5 or 10.5

Since you have an SS you can boost a .5 motor to a very high rate of speed.
But for Norcal Asphalt, no matter what motor you have, you eventually will want more
It is surprising how much more there is in a .0 than a .5 when you get down to the low turn mods.

With the MD 4.0 it liked 40roll at TQ and around 44mm at iic.
The 4.5 was more like 48roll at TQ. That roll was more or less the same with an LRP or MD.

I can't give you ESC settings, as every motor is different.
And I've only just started to play with an SXXSS & 13.5 in our open class at TQ, so far though, it is fairly quick, and a match for the 5.5 mod motors in the class, granted this is a tight track, though not near as tight as the NorCal rug.