Motor for stock gearing?

[Angry_dolphin]

What kind of motor would you guys recommend for a scx10 on stock gearing? Mostly for trail use. II will be using 2s lipo.. I was thinking maybe HH torque master sport 35t?

[Angry_dolphin]

Are the integy lathe motors any good? Their like 10 bucks cheaper.

[EeePee]

They're not bad. Better than non rebuildable. 35 turn is a good choice. Having collected a gang of 35 turn motors I can confidently say there aren't huge differences between them. I dynoed em all and while the numbers did vary, it wasn't dramatic.

[donny8594]

i run the rc4wd 45t. 12 bucks i think, and pretty good for trail running.

[snapon boy]

The integy motor is good for budget minded projects or if your gonna be in mud and water loads. On another note hh has a 30t for 25 I got 2 of them very happy with both and performance is better than axial silver can.

[Rat]

I've been running the rc4wd 45t on 2s. We hit a lot of water/sand each week, and it's cheap, but gets the job done.

[Ghonda99]

I've got the hackmoto v2 35t in my sons scx10 and it has surprisingly good speed on 2 s. Wasn't expensive either. I think I paid around $20 on eBay or rcmart.com has them too.

[scaled]

A 27-35T will do the trick for a good balance between speed and crawl. Any more turns on the motor and you loose out on those short bursts of speed when you need to get over something and a slow crawl just won't do it.

[JohnRobHolmes]

Originally Posted by EeePee

They're not bad. Better than non rebuildable. 35 turn is a good choice. Having collected a gang of 35 turn motors I can confidently say there aren't huge differences between them. I dynoed em all and while the numbers did vary, it wasn't dramatic.

It's not a dramatic difference on the dyno between 21g and 20.5g wire, but you can feel the difference driving. If a bit better quality wasn't noticeable we wouldn't have gotten past lathe motors to begin with. I would like to think that there is a wide variety of brushed motor options because they are all have a good place within the budget.


The old integy matrix motors were decent, back when they used epic. The new cheap ones are barely a notch above stock sealed cans. On the topic of less expensive options, we have just gotten TrailMaster Sport motors back in. We sprung for stronger magnets, better brush compound, and a bearing on the pinion side to wake them up compared to stock sealed cans.

Holmes Hobbies LLC TrailMaster Series

[snapon boy]

I forgot to mention that the service and customer support with Holmes Hobbies is outstanding. I just bought a torque master and it had a hung brush I had never had that happen I emailed, and got a response within an hour of how to fix my issue. The next day I got a follow up email to make sure all was well. This is how life time customers come about. Thanks for making the hobby fun.

[EeePee]

I used the words, huge and dramatic on purpose.