HV 4.5 e-revo gearing

[E-Revonut]

Talking with my LHS they have heard of many problems with people running this set up with LiPo's. I was thinking of making the swith and they said that they haven't had one run right yet with them. Thats when I bought the 7 cell venoms. I'm gonna try the higher gearing still, although leary about it what fun is life if you don't take chances. Novak claims 40-45 MPH is possible with this in an e-maxx, my revo ways about 9.5 lbs in running gear (about the same as an E-maxx without batteries) so my goal is to approach the 40 MPH mark. If I burn it up it'll suck but that just means I'll get a better set up! When the parking lot dries up I'll post my results!

[Shane_744]

Are you running the stock emaxx clutch setup?

I am running the strobe slipper with mod1 spur 51t. I just toasted my HV 4.5 system after 20 secs this weekend, way overgeared (14/51). Newb here. I am thinking of switching to the stock emaxx clutch for more gearing options. If not, I'm stuck with the 51t spur and probably a 9t pinion cause I couldn't find a mod1 8t.

[E-Revonut]

what are you running for batteries? Thats not to far off from my original gearing of 70/18. 70/18 works out to 3.89:1 ration and yours works out to 3.86:1, my motor and esc where barely even getting warm, prolly about 110-120 degrees, just enough to say they where warm. I'm not positive about the temp but thats a close est. I know hot water out of the sink in a restaurant is aprox 165, novak suggests no more than 160, and mine isn't even coming close to as hot as the water! As I said in my last post my LHS hasn't had any luck with this system running LiPo's. I wish I had consulted them before buying this setup but I did it on a whim 1 night and bought everything to build this off ebay without doing enough research on what to run for motor/esc. I thought that if Novak was good enough for Traxxas they'd b good enough for me. Now I found out Traxxas has ditched Novak and they're building their own esc for the new water-proof E-maxx because Novak won't stand behind they're product. If I melt mine down I'll prolly wait for the MMM that's supposed to be released in March.