Would a 4600KV motor work well in an SCX10?

[theTman]

I am currently saving for an SCX10 and after seeing some faster brushless motors being run in scalers I started wondering if I could use my old Mamba max with a 4600KV sensored brushless motor system I got years ago for my stadium truck I later cannibalized to build my first crawler. The motor is in excellent shape and I would just have to gut the ESC out of my old Cole82 Gopher tuber on TLT axles that is going to be shelved anyway.

So, would a 4600KV motor work if I geared it down, or would it have too much speed and not enough torque?

Also, if it has 3 wires from the ESC to the motor does that mean it's sensored. I'm pretty sure it is if I remember right but I wanted a way to be sure.

Edit: Oh, and this isn't the Mamba max pro. This is the original mamba max ESC that is around 8 years old and the motor came with it. I believe it was when castle creations first started doing brushless for cars.

2nd Edit: I dug up the motor and found it is the old Castle Creations CM36s series of motors. I also found out that it is probably sensorless. Will a sensorless motor be alright? I also read that this is about the equivalent of a very good 12T motor. That sounds rather fast. I did read in the instructions that I can lower the timing of the motor which would reduce power consumption and top speed. I wonder if that would work if it is too fast even when geared down.

[allanon1965]

Thats a sensorless motor and it will cog pretty bad trying to crawl with it...better off going with the newer mmp sensored esc and a good sensored brushless motor. I got a new 13.5 tekin redline on ebay for 50 bucks that works great...its sensored and matched up with a cc mmp sensored esc..there is the roc412 but its alot more expensive and i will have to save up for that one...

[theTman]

Originally Posted by allanon1965

Thats a sensorless motor and it will cog pretty bad trying to crawl with it...better off going with the newer mmp sensored esc and a good sensored brushless motor. I got a new 13.5 tekin redline on ebay for 50 bucks that works great...its sensored and matched up with a cc mmp sensored esc..there is the roc412 but its alot more expensive and i will have to save up for that one...

Well, I won't be buying a new brushless setup LOL! This was about using what I have to save money. If anything I'll use the ESC with a 27T brushed motor.

[Jcplante]

I'm currently running a 12v dewalt motor in my scx based bronco. On 3s its real good. Crawls good and has decent wheel speed. Also its under $20. My buddy has been running one for a while now and he's not afraid to get it wet. Its outlasted some much more expensive motors for him

[riot983]

You need sensored

[some87]

imo brushless is too powerful for the scx10. if you had to go brushless i would think the best thing would be a 21.5 or higher or something between 1000kv to 3000kv. even 3000kv is going to be to powerful for the scx10.