ORIGINAL: SenSeiRC
well i dont want to over gear my car, i have it geared for the most acceleration i can get at the moment (STOCK GEARING), i dont want to over heat my motor, and ESC. my motor gets so hot already i burnted my finger onit, and it gets so hot i can melt solder on it, and my hard wiring onto the ESC falls off when the solder melts [&:]
your motor gets that hot because your on the Stock gearing.. and all that heat is what damages your motor, gear it properly and your heat issue will go away, beacuse only 55kmph with a 9 turn motor is not good... i get 60kmph my my 13x2 geared 19/87 in my Losi xxx-s. if you gear your car right you couild be going alot faster.
Gearing: you should drop a tooth on your pinion for every turn on your motor that you go down,i went from a 19t to a 13x2 so my gearing went from 25/97 to 19/87 hope this helps.