It's just funny the way the caveats in the game can throw you so many curve balls. LOL.

Yeah, I'm running the lower kv motors and gearing them just enough to put a sufficient load on them. I'm really not minding the sacrifce in speed. It really is weird the way you can take a setup out to a parking lot and it will look slow, but when you get it on a track, things change. I've progressively gone from a 7 to an 8 to a 9XL motor. I don't like to over or under gear my motors. I want to keep them as comfortable as possible. If I'm running a setup and I want to slow it down, I'll just go to a lower kv motor rather than under gear a motor just to slow it down.

I do have to say that going with these "slower" motors is the way to go. My truck gets down our straight so quickly that people's jaws will drop. Those that have never seem my electric vehicles before, anyway. Of course, it's only topping out at around 30 mph, but it gets there it the blink of an eye.

When I ran my truck last night, the track was about as loose as it ever gets. With the setup I was running last night, which was the 9XL on 4S lipo geared 14/44 with the stock tires, I can exit the turn coming into the straight and give it full throttle and maintain control until it's time to hit the turn at the end; and after half an hour of running, my 8Ah pack only took a bit over 6A when I charged it.

I'm thinking that I might try a 10XL on a 5S 6Ah pack. Thank goodness these Feigaos are so inexpensive. They make for relatively cheap experimentation and I'll be able to make a better informed decision when I do get a Neu or two. Once I do have my Neu, I'll also have a battery of spare motors for other projects.