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HI all,
My motor is getting quite hot (80 degrees normally) and I wonder if my FINAL DRIVE RATIO (FDR) is wrong. Here's what Im running: Schumacher Cat SX2 S.Passion v3 6.5t motor S.Passion GT.2 (lpf) ESC 22t pinion 83t spur 33/23 internal steel idler gears I cant find any info about the FDR for these motors either in the manual that came with it, or on Speed Passion's website. Can anyone help? Thanks guys. Andrew. |
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what size track are you running on? indoors/outdoors?
Punch and Timing settings on the speedo? I usually find mine running around 71oC for my 7.5 v3 on a small indoor track low grip. |
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Hey Gareth, cheers for the assist mate.
I just dont know enough to work out if Im doing something wrong or not. OK, answers to your questions: - indoor, astro track; quite tight I would say, motors dont really get a chance to open up much; - turned off all punch/timing on the ESC, and timing on motor = 0 degrees (I think!) Thanks mate ![]() |
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try gearing it down a bit to see if it effects the temps. We regularly end up having longer finals than heats so I gear down slightly to keep temps down.
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The only thing Ive changed on it, is gone down to an 18t pinion, but temps stay the same?!
Thats why Im confused. A friend said about checking out the final drive ratio on the makers specifications to see what the motor should be run at. He reckons Im gearing too low and that I should be looking for a 23t pinion to give an FDR or about 9.3. This is a bit greek to me to be honest, but maybe it makes sense? |
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I can't remember what I can ran in the SX2 as it was a while ago, but I ran a 24/81 setup with a 10.5
hopefully someone else can shed some light on the cat setup |
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Cheers Gareth, thats good to know mate.
Can you remember what make of motor that was? |
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I ran mine on 25/80 in my SX2 and never changed the gearing, i wouldn't worry about the temp too much unless it goes over 100deg, mine run around 85-95 deg after a run.
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Thanks Tyreman - thats good to know!
I'll not worry so much about it and stick with the gearing as is. Thinking about your gearing, wasnt that ridiculously fast though? I guess it depends on the motor, but 25/80 on mine I would think would be mental! ![]() |
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It was a speed passion 6.5 with a 12mm rotor so less torque and more rpm, but seriously though you need to gear these motors a little higher than say an LRP X12 6.5, otherwise you won't get the top end out of it.
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Ahhh, ok I see.
At a race on Saturday, some of the other racers were saying that my car seemed under powered. Maybe thats where I was going wrong then. My fear is that by increasing the pinion size, i will heat up the motor even more, increasing my problem. Is this a relevant concern? Thanks for the help guys- this is really useful for me ![]() |
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