2wd E-maxx

[Tempted]

The dog hates it. When I first got it I hit her at about 15mph and she has stayed away ever since. And she is 16 years old, not really one to chase cars anymore. I originally built the single VXL truck to see how well, if at all, it worked. It turned out so well that I kept it much longer than I thought I was going to. In all those videos it was only geared 66/18(stock). I geared it to 64/22 and it was much faster. The temps got high, up to 185 so I dropped it back down to 64/20 and it was plenty fast. When I raced the MM/7XL/4s the race was very close. The difference was the driver. Once I raised the gearing a bit the VXL was much faster than the 7XL. His truck was very heavy, though.

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by Tempted

The dog hates it. When I first got it I hit her at about 15mph and she has stayed away ever since. And she is 16 years old, not really one to chase cars anymore. I originally built the single VXL truck to see how well, if at all, it worked. It turned out so well that I kept it much longer than I thought I was going to. In all those videos it was only geared 66/18(stock). I geared it to 64/22 and it was much faster. The temps got high, up to 185 so I dropped it back down to 64/20 and it was plenty fast. When I raced the MM/7XL/4s the race was very close. The difference was the driver. Once I raised the gearing a bit the VXL was much faster than the 7XL. His truck was very heavy, though.

I am guessing you ran 3s with the vxl? If so your 64/20 gearing is good for about 40mph. I got an emaxx to do 55 with a s can feigao (similar to the vxl motor, but it was higher kv). I was suprise how much power the s can motors could put out. It did not have any issues with my 4wd emaxx with 22/54 gearing, but it did pull enough amps to overdraw the lipo and thermal the MM. If I had the better lipos I have now and a MMM it may have worked. Second gear was good for 70+mph in theory, but the esc would shut down if I tried full throttle in that gear. Motor did not get too hot either, even with 100+amp draw. I have a feeling the crappy maxamps 3s 10000 lipo was responsible for the mm cutting off.