Blackjaxx360

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Well, I finally burnt out my starter box. I have the XTM 1/10 Box with two generic 550 drive motors. One of the motors burnt out and since they are wired in series, one won't work without the other. I kinda need to get my cars running for this weekend. I have three options, either I get two new 550 motors (about 15 bucks apiece), modify my box to fit a high torque 775 motor ( these are on the current XTM boxes, mine is an older model), or buy a new box. My question is: Which do I choose?

MarkV

You can't just buy one 550 motor for $15?

Boost-Dragon

get two high capacity 550 size motors. that's what i did on my duratrax starter box i replaced the motors with 2 "monsters of touring" E-maxx motors.

Blackjaxx360

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Well, I could but then you'd run into the risk of the newer motor being forced to work harder to compensate for the older motor, especially if I can't find the same brand of motor that is currently in there. Therefore prematurely wearing the newer motor down. The newer XTM boxes don't have the dual motor set-up. They have the single high torque 775 motor.

Actually, those were the motors I was thinking of getting if I chose to go that route. Seems to be the cheapest way to go. Although I could get a new or near new box for around 40-50 bucks. But who knows. I could run into the same problem forcing me to spend more money anyway. Then I'd have to pay for shipping and wait for it to come to get to my house. I was thinking just getting the motors would be the best solution. Unless someone has a better, cheaper suggestion, lol.[:-]