DF-03 Pinion setup help

[Magmatic Rave]

I am building a Dark Impact and have a Novak 5.5 motor and GTB ESc to put in it. I have the slipper clutch hop up but what should i be running in terms of gearing? The slipper kit comes with an 82 tooth gear and i have a 25 teeth pinion.

Also if the number of pinion teeth goes up does the car get faster?

[sim]

Because of poor motor ventilation, limited available ratios, the 5.5 is going to get very hot in there. I would start with the smallest optional pinion and biggest optional spur (23T and 85T, if I remember) and check temperatures regularly on the first run.

[Magmatic Rave]

Brilliant, thanks for the information. Now i have heard about temperture checks before. How should i go about checking the temperture. Does you sue a special tool etc

[Crazy L]

Get yourself an infrared temp gauge like wot the IC boys use, about £10-15 I think, well worth it to save yourself cooking nearly 2 tons worth of gear.

I have a DF03, but when I decided to go brushless, I wasn't confident on the cars motor position adjustability and cooling, so bought a DB01.

Alas, Good luck

[Magmatic Rave]

Thanks for the reply. Great info