Kershaw Designs gearing
07-03-2009, 06:41 PM
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Kershaw Designs gearing
Ok so I posted a thread and thought I found the answers I was looking for but further looking into it discovered I have no idea what I'm doing. I have an E-maxx 16.8v that I want to put the twin kershaw designs 700ho v2 motors in but want to make sure I get a decent speed boost. not too concerned about doing wheelies and I know the kershaw motors even when geared to go fast will out pull the stock 550's which had plenty of low end grunt anyway. My confusion started while reading the sticky article about "understanding gear selection". he has posted a link to a calculator and I put all my figures in then changed the pinion gear number and that calculation and the e-maxx owners manual had conflicting information. One said it would be going faster and the other slower. So I'd like some help figuring all this out in lamest terms please!! Sorry about the duplicate posts but just wanted to make sure I got exposure. Thanks
07-03-2009, 06:54 PM
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RE: Kershaw Designs gearing
Maybe some specific questions would be in order. It must not be as simple as using kershaw's recommended pinion gear?
One thing is for sure, the larger pinion will have higher top speed. You won't be too far off by starting out with stock gears and then going up if you want more speed.
One thing is for sure, the larger pinion will have higher top speed. You won't be too far off by starting out with stock gears and then going up if you want more speed.
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RE: Kershaw Designs gearing
well i asked Dan from kershaw and he said with the 19 tooth gear the 700's come with would only yield 3-4mph over stock. from what i've read. thats not 40mph. 3-4mph is not worth speding the extra money in my eyes. kershaw is selling the set for 80 i can get another titan for 20. ya know?
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RE: Kershaw Designs gearing
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and risk over heating the motor/esc/batteries and throwing money down the toilet??? no thanks
and risk over heating the motor/esc/batteries and throwing money down the toilet??? no thanks
Driving style plays just as big a part in motor/esc temps as gearing.
The 700 HO motors should be able to handle higher gearing without much trouble.
