Motor upgrade
 

I took my ridgecrest out for some crawling today and smoke started pouring out of the body and it was from the motor. The motor still runs but i was thinking it may be time to upgrade to a stronger motor. What is a good budget trail/crawling motor? Will the ridgecrest handle a higher turn motor?

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Just ordered a holmes torquemaster 35t for mine. Whatever ya get, order some pinions and gear it down some, thats why the stock motor dies so fast

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The stock gearing will put a strain on any motor if crawling is your intent. I'm currently running a 35T Holmes Torquemaster Expert, but I also swapped the stock 20t pinion for a 14t. I'm running 3s and it crawls well, but still has plenty of snap. I plan to swap the pinion to a 13t soon though.

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Anyone have any experience with the axial upgrade motors?

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the axial 20T and 27T motors are good, but as mentioned I have found they both work better with conservative gearing. I dropped my ridgecrest to an 18T pinion when using the 20T motor....it had better low end control.

I have a tekin 35T motor now and I love it. It seems to not draw too much current and can be geared down for ultimate torque or higher if I want to go fast. As suggested above, I pretty much just keep a stash of pinion gears to play around and find what is fun.

Also in my experience the higher turn motors get waaaay better run time, so I would rather run a high turn motor "geared up" for speed rather than a low turn motor "geared down" for torque. However I played with a 55T motor briefly and I am done with those (too boring for me and I don't rock crawl nearly as much as trailing).

Best part about brushed motors is they're cheap so can swap 'em around like tires.
-RC Tomato

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My stock motor overheats pretty easily. Any recommended brands of pinion gears you guys use?

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Yes, I love 3s and 21T Titan 550 motor, geared 14/56 with 32 pitch gears on my Wraith. 22/87 in 48 pitch gears would be good for a basher, maybe even go up another tooth if there is adjustment room on Ridgecrest, if not use a smaller spur gear or go 32p.

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Losi are very nice quality or Robinson Racing, buy the high quality steel gears as they last much longer and run quieter than aluminum and/or cheapies.


Yes, great way to put it.