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Old 13-12-2011
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One other thing to keep in mind - of the 60 degree additional timing you can boost by, you must include mechanical timing of the motor. Most motors have some dialled in automatically and some can be adjusted too. The old Speed Passion (Feigao-made) motors have a fair amount of timing dialled in, and I recall the LRP/Nosram x11 had quite a lot. It appears that 30 degrees is the normal 'zero' for brushless motors - they don't perform well with less.

The touring car guys, who know more about this than off-roaders, know the Speed Passion v3 and GM motors have zero timing set mechanically. I'm not sure what other motors do too.

Note that the Ballistic motors have 30 degrees of timing as standard (the usual), so the additional 60 degrees of boost timing aren't actually attainable. I'll recalculate to add only 30 degrees boost timing - see below.

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Last edited by colmo; 13-12-2011 at 03:51 PM. Reason: Edits based upon findings of mechanical timing in brushless motors
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