What motor+ESC for my TRF501X?

[tama]

Hi,
I bought the TRF501X years ago, it's from the first series but it has been in hybernation all these years. Now I want to resurrect the hobby but I need a motor+ESC.
I have thought in: LRPx12+SXX, Novak KinetikBallistic and Hobbywing Xerun 2000Kv 150A.
The turns vary from 6.5 to 8.5T. I am planning to use it to compete in a not too distant future.
Could you, gentlemen, help me a bit?
Thank you from Spain

[Jan Larsen]

Stay away from the X12 motors...almost all of the examples I've used have run hot or detroyed the bearings.
Last season I ran a LRP TC-Spec speedo with an LRP X11 5,5T motor with a bonded rotor to give better feel. This gave me 2nd in the national champ in 4WD, but for next year I'm strongly considering switching to Speed Passion 2.0 speedos and the V3 5,5T motors. My teammate has run this setup in his touring car and it works perfectly. Plenty of feel and not too much drag brake; another reason why I dislike X12 motors.
Novak I have no experience with, other than earlier models which also ran hot, and neither do I have experience with Hobbywing speedos.
Do not mix the SXX Version 2 with a speed passion motor. There's a significant amount of cogging of the line.

[muratti]

I can only advice not to use X12 motors too! I had 3 of them so far and will never buy one again. Had problems with heat (gear ratio was right always) and had 2 motors with strange noises that turned out these where manufacturing problems.
I am still in the procedure of testing motors but i heard Novak Ballistic are good motors.
I currently have a Robitronic which costs only half of the X12 and i recently bought a Castle Creations Mamba Max Pro system which i wil be testing next year but i am pretty confident that they are at least as good as the LRP motor for half the money.

[Matt Butcher]

everybody has different thoughts on motors and speedo's, I personally really like x12 motors, gear ratios and the amount of timing you apply can be different to other motors as x12's have a ton of timing built into them already hence why they get hot, for best results use the -10 4 dot timing plate and gear currently and it won’t disappoint!

[muratti]

Originally Posted by Matt Butcher

everybody has different thoughts on motors and speedo's, I personally really like x12 motors, gear ratios and the amount of timing you apply can be different to other motors as x12's have a ton of timing built into them already hence why they get hot, for best results use the -10 4 dot timing plate and gear currently and it won’t disappoint!

Good point, will try this with my remaining X12.

[GRIFF55]

Get the speed passion stuff mate, the blue gt pro goes beautifully with the tamiya alloy!!
They are really smooth feeling v3 motors and i think a 6.5 is ample for any level of driver.