hotbodies Ve8 pics

hers the third race ive ran with it, start second finish second

http://www.youtube.com/user/HandyRac.../2/lyN4xRScV4U

Hi, I got my ve8 at the end of last year and have only done about 2 meets or 12 races but all is going well and havent managed to brake any thing yet.
I am running a MMM 2600kv on 4s setup and i live in the tropics where most of the time we race its between 30c/86f and can get down to 16c/60f but my motor temps run around 80c/176f and that was on a 18/50 gearing. Will going up help or down in gearing help.

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Originally Posted by 13btoyrota

Hi, I got my ve8 at the end of last year and have only done about 2 meets or 12 races but all is going well and havent managed to brake any thing yet.
I am running a MMM 2600kv on 4s setup and i live in the tropics where most of the time we race its between 30c/86f and can get down to 16c/60f but my motor temps run around 80c/176f and that was on a 18/50 gearing. Will going up help or down in gearing help.

Some would say that the 2600 is too high kv for racing. I would try gearing down, 18t seems a bit much for that motor.

I got hold of a 16t pinion and used it last night at a race meet down from the 18t i was running before and temps droped 10 to 15*c and still had heeps of low and top speed. I was very happy to see this and thanks for the advice.

I had a 15t from a differant buggy but im sure i tryed that when i first put the buggy together but the motor was hitting on the drivline before i could get it to mesh properly.

It was a slipery track but still managed to get 1st in the intermediate class and the buggy held together without any problems no big jumps to brake stuff here.