Brushless Rock Crawler

[Xtreme R/C]

I know the integy 55 turn lathe motor is a commonly used crawler motor. I was just wanting to do something different. I like brushless for the low maintinance. I have a SS5800 I could steal out of my XXX-4 G+, won't be racing that till spring. And It's kinda been shelved since I got my X-5.

I've been to rccrawler, I like the vids people post in the forums. As far as running in water, my truck will never see that. I can't abuse my stuff like that. Some of those video's on there they drive completly uderwater for a short time. Looks cool util you have to replace all your electronics cuz your waterproofing job wasn't as good as you thought it was, LOL.

Most of the crawler out there are clodbuster axle based. I want to build a shafty. One motor with at gearbox and front and rear drivshafts to a solid axle setup.

I'm gonna need a 1/8" shaft for the pinion I'll have to use. So it looks like I'll be going with the novak setup, the 5800 or maybe the 4300. It would require less gear reduction in the trasmission to get the crawl speeds I'm looking for.

Thanks for all the help, I'm a long way from where I started, wanting to use a 40t bl thinking it would be comparable in torque and rpm to a 55t integy lathe motor.