AAngel,

Would this motor be a good application for a 1/8 buggy? If yes, then I'll buy this motor from you.

I burned up my Plette Max, so I need a new motor. The RPMs seem a little high at 3200 for a buggy application. I am just strating to look into these Neu motors. I know GD has been running them forever...

rotary, the more I mess with this motor, the more I am convinced that I got a mislabeled motor. I wanted the 1900kv motor and I think I got the 1400kv motor.

When I first installed it, I geared it for a 1900kv motor, which was 14/46 and ran it on 4S. I was very disappointed with the performance and thought there was something wrong with the motor, but the more I ran it, the more it looked as though all was well. Good temps and solid performance, although slow. I decided to gear it up so I went 16/44 on the gearing and it really woke up. Now I'm almost up to the speed where I was running the 9XL on 14/46 gearing, but the temps on the esc, battery, and motor are significantly lower.

Now at this point, I have myself convinced that I got a 1400kv motor, so I decided to try a 5S lipo pack and things really came to life. I left it geared at 16/44 and ran it hard for about 5 minutes. This would easily have driven my Feigao to over 200*F, but the Neu was at 160, the esc was at 135, and the battery was ambient temperature. It was wheeling everywhere in the dirt and grass with good smooth power. I was actually able to ride a wheelie by controlling the throttle. It's a very responsive motor.

Still in all, I did want a 1900kv motor, so I'm thinking of sending the motor to Neu for inspection. If you are interested in it, I suppose you could buy this one, and I'll send you the receipt with it so that you'll have a warranty.

PM me with an offer if you want.

Oh, what controller are you running? This motor doesn't work as well as it should with a Mamba Max. It will work well with either a Quark or MGM Compro.

I do think that it would be a good motor for a buggy. It's plenty fast enough for running on a track, with the proper gearing. You just won't be able to attain any insane speeds with it. I think that you'd need to go to 6S or higher for insane speeds with this motor.

The good thing about the 1400 kv motor is that you can run 5s or 6s battery amd gear "correctly" for awesome runtimes. If it were me, I'd be looking at running 5s or 6s A123s, but you'd probably be better using a properly rated ESC.

Only problem with A123 is in a 5s2p or 6s2p (4600mah) setup is that the batteries take ALOT of room. I was considering going to A123 on my buggy for durability and to get away from the track owners whining about lipo, but I cant find enough room on the chassis for that big load of batteries. 5s 4600mah A123 takes as much room as 5s 8000mah lipos. I can fit a 5s 4350 lipo easily, but comparible mah in a123 is bulky to say the least. Just cant seem to figure out a good layout for the A123s.

I got a chance to play with a couple of A123 packs. My LHS let me borrow some to test. I was impressed with the performance and the charge time, but they are rather large. A 5S2P pack is about a large as I'm willing to go with the A123 while still maintaining some sort of balance.

I will try it one of these days, but for now, I can't justify the cost considering that I can get a 5S2P 8Ah pack from Truerc for around $140.