fusebmx13

Which would be better? I have the 5700 and it just gets to hot. But today it was 93 degrees outside and i drove for 30 minutes and the truck got up to 240 on the motor. The battery and esc were fine. Is This because of a dent in my motor? i have a large dent in the can of my motor. That might be creating some extra heat. Or is it the plugs from the motor? I have no idea but i am thinking about getting the vxl motor.

My main question is this. Is the vxl motor just as fast as my 5700 on a 2s? And will it run cooler? I am so lost now, i have tried every gearing possible.

Oh yea and i will be running a 2s on whatever it is.

:-)

It should run cooler. I think (I'm not sure) it would be a more versatile combo with the sidewinder esc, allowing you to use 3 cell lipos, and you would be able to achieve the same speed after playing around with the gears.

sloppyG

yes it's just as fast, but you have to gear it differently than the 5700 (bigger pinion)

aftermarket

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It's a much better quality motor imo. Better materials bring lower temps, which bring better gearing. My vxl 'pede has kept up w/ a 5700 mamba rusty (both on 6 cells). That's good enough, considering a rustler is supposedly faster than a 'pede.

fusebmx13

I think that I will get it just to mess with. I'm sick of this heat.