calvino

she would want torque over speed [&:]

The Hedgehog

I wouldnt gear any higher, 160 is already pretty hot for those motors....

rmoetken

160 is normal temp for brushless motors to be running at

The Hedgehog

Like I said it is hot. 180 degress is the upper limit and any higher will destroy a motor.

My brushless on 3 8000 cell was running 60 mph at a nice 130 degrees, maybe you have some binding?

emaXXman123

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isnt 150 a good temp? anything below that is good right?

k20_94_dc

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So about how fast should my 18t be with the mamba 8000kv and a 3cell lipo with a 14pinon and stock everything else

emaXXman123

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id say about 60 +or-

rmoetken

I have that same motor in my Mini Ramunatoin and its just breaks left and right..like today I bent my 2 front dogbones one into the shape of a S and the other just snapped right in half and I bent my MIP CVDS when I had it in my mini Baja..and that was with a smaller battery..so be ready for lots of broken parts lol..
Anyone know why the carbide diff balls are better then the stock ones?

emaXXman123

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because it has a high tec name...haha im kidding i really dont know. maybe there stronger

rmoetken

Yeah I kinda figured the same..the whole name makes it sound better..pretty lame.
Oh yeah I'm getting my tek18 chassis conversion prolly this week for my buggy!! Woooohoooooo super stoked!

calvino

also, if you have the shell on or off, it makes a GIANT difference for temps, also a heatsink would be a good addition to it, i got some RC18T pins for my 18T, grip MUCH better than the dirt hawgz, love 'wet" soil though, so well have to see, tread is kindof like the holeshots only much more "spacing", anyone know why my truck loves to "fly" when i 'mash" the throttle on 2s, is this because the car wants to torque steer i am guessing???

rmoetken

I cut out 2 little air hole on the sides of my buggy body and it helps out quite a bit since this body doesn't have the air space that the others do...and it looks better then just being flat lol

calvino

carbide dff balls are much harder than the stock ones,so they reist 'flat spots' as well as they roll MUCH smoother

rmoetken

Oh okay so its not just a fancy name. So worth the upgrade with steel diff gears and mip superdiffs?

KRO

I think so , I was skeptical at first too till I tried them . My diffs used too last 15-20 runs with the stock balls , these have double that on them and they still roll nice and smooth .

rawvoodoo

http://cgi.ebay.com/2mm-Ceramic-Diff...3286.m20.l1116

these are really nice and not much difference in price compared to the carbides

fusebmx13

castle says to not let your motor get over 200 so i dont. But i have gotten a motor up to 325 and the esc was over 270 and then it went into thermal. HAHA, still runs strong though.

emaXXman123

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sounds like my rustler

ran it 23/83 gearing on a track with a lipo and new motor and it was still hot to the toutch about 1 hours after the race hehe

calvino

heat = HORRIBLE for ANYTHING electronic, well remember fuse, this isn't your bro's rusty, these motors are MUCH smaller, and offroad isn't the nicest on them, well i gota say, the RC18T pins grip good, love a swept and watered track though [&:], no signs of wear, mmm maybe its because i don't do doughnuts and burnouts , even if there is a layer of "silt" the truck still grips good and doesn't slide as bad as it did with the dirt hawgz, ive gota find out anything thats binding my car (mmm diffs anyone), i am definately keeping my front diff "locked" as it works awesome for lap times, mmm lap counter maybe

fusebmx13

they might grip good but the step pins grip great.

calvino

ok, whatever, they work for me and its all my LHS had besides team losi ones (no not step pins)

rmoetken

Think my motor is going out..I got one insanely fast run out of it then it really really slowed down. I'm getting ready to upgrade to a 2 cell lipo, steel diffs (after these ones go out) and a new motor..I was thinking of the Reedy Modified 17t..is that a good motor? Any other suggestions..I'm not doing brushless. I have enough problems with my brushless Ramunation..
Thanks

calvino

the reedy 19T is nice, the 17T is "borderline" with the ESC's limit, not a great idea, if you upgraded to a different one, it would be a 'non issue', ive had no problems with brushless, um, except spurs (bad meshing on my part, tisk tisk), the only "problem" i had with my brushed motor was the stupid brushes, they wore down kindof fast, and were hard to get hold of, if you can find them, get a few "pairs' [8D]

rmoetken

Well I'm always breaking stuff off the Ramunation and don't want to do it with my buggy mainly cause I'm gonna start racing and they don't allow brushless.

calvino

oooh ok, that does make sense, what kindof a track is it/whats the classes/your budget, if you wanted something" nice, " ask if you can use like a sidewinder micro esc (can do brushed) and get a nice low turn, 14T is the lowest i think, motor, or get the 19T, gear it higher and it should be nice and fast, shure got a ton of runs with it [8D]