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sleebus.jones · 09:43 AM

Hmmmmm. Assuming you had the stock 5.5" tires on there, that's about a 11% overdrive in 2nd gear, with a theoretical top speed of 36mph. With the 20t pinion, that's a 38% overdrive with a top speed of 45 mph.

Of course I'm also assuming you were running the stock diffs. If you were running buggy diffs with that, i'm not exactly sure how that affects the transmission drive ratio. Maybe someone can chime in on that. I'm assuming a tranny ratio of 4.895 in 2nd.

That's some pretty serious performance. Did you have any heating problems with either of those setups?

Here's another question: Since the low KV rated motors seem to run much better (cooler), wouldn't it possibly be better to go to a maybe a 10XL and gear it up to get the speed, or is there a "sweet spot" that I need to aim for?

Sleebus

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sleebus.jones I like chocolate milk Offline Posts: 650 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Houston, TX	12.12.2005, 09:29 AM Hmmmmm. Assuming you had the stock 5.5" tires on there, that's about a 11% overdrive in 2nd gear, with a theoretical top speed of 36mph. With the 20t pinion, that's a 38% overdrive with a top speed of 45 mph. Of course I'm also assuming you were running the stock diffs. If you were running buggy diffs with that, i'm not exactly sure how that affects the transmission drive ratio. Maybe someone can chime in on that. I'm assuming a tranny ratio of 4.895 in 2nd. That's some pretty serious performance. Did you have any heating problems with either of those setups? Here's another question: Since the low KV rated motors seem to run much better (cooler), wouldn't it possibly be better to go to a maybe a 10XL and gear it up to get the speed, or is there a "sweet spot" that I need to aim for? Sleebus Last edited by sleebus.jones; 12.12.2005 at 09:43 AM.