Which motor? (has to be kind of mild)

[dg]

I am thinking about replacing the motor in my Evader ST with something a
little faster. I am using the factory ESC (some cheap Duratrax unit) for
now, so I can't get too wild. Any suggestions? The truck has a Duratrax
Photon Speed 20x1 right now.

Thanks,
--Dan

[bookneeeye]

Wow, saw your post and had to reply. Ive had my ST for about a month now.
The brushes in the Photon quickly wore out but instead of buying new ones I
decided to just replace the motor as was recommended to me many times. I
bought THE most economical 19T motor I could find, PeakRacing Jaguar 19x2...
$16 at Tower. Along with it I bought some Trinity 4380 serrated hard
brushes & Trinity springs , medium(green4028S) and ocourse the requisite
comm stick and motor cleaner. The speed difference is very noticable vs the
Photon however, with that said, Im expecting delivery of a Chameleon2 PRO
tomorrow. Not that my 3 yr old son and I NEED the extra ooomph but my
curiousity has gotten the better of me !


"dg" <dan_gus@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I am thinking about replacing the motor in my Evader ST with something a
> little faster. I am using the factory ESC (some cheap Duratrax unit) for
> now, so I can't get too wild. Any suggestions? The truck has a Duratrax
> Photon Speed 20x1 right now.
>
> Thanks,
> --Dan
>
>

[Bob Seay]

On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 00:21:38 GMT, "bookneeeye"
<bookneeeye@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Wow, saw your post and had to reply. Ive had my ST for about a month now.
>The brushes in the Photon quickly wore out but instead of buying new ones I
>decided to just replace the motor as was recommended to me many times. I
>bought THE most economical 19T motor I could find, PeakRacing Jaguar 19x2...
>$16 at Tower. Along with it I bought some Trinity 4380 serrated hard
>brushes & Trinity springs , medium(green4028S) and ocourse the requisite
>comm stick and motor cleaner. The speed difference is very noticable vs the
>Photon however, with that said, Im expecting delivery of a Chameleon2 PRO
>tomorrow. Not that my 3 yr old son and I NEED the extra ooomph but my
>curiousity has gotten the better of me !
>
Actually, I think you'll like the Chameleon2, we've started using that
& some ARCOR spec 19 turn motors at a local track here, & they are
pretty stout little motors. The top end on them is no higher than a
Revenge of the Monster stock(currently the hot stocker from Trinity,
definitely their highest-revving stock motor), but the C2's & ARCOR
motors put out a LOT more power & torque so it's easy to gear them
tall & you'll have plenty of speed.....:)

[dg]

What kind of gearing are you using with the new motor? How did the
chameleon 2 work out? You are running the stock speed control right? I
have the Chameleon 2 on order as well, as well as a set of pinion gears and
some motor cleaning stuff. I figure I should learn all I can from you since
you are a few steps ahead of me.

Thanks,
--Dan



"bookneeeye" <bookneeeye@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:mELcb.579475$Ho3.107967@sccrnsc03...
> Wow, saw your post and had to reply. Ive had my ST for about a month now.
> The brushes in the Photon quickly wore out but instead of buying new ones
I
> decided to just replace the motor as was recommended to me many times. I
> bought THE most economical 19T motor I could find, PeakRacing Jaguar
19x2...
> $16 at Tower. Along with it I bought some Trinity 4380 serrated hard
> brushes & Trinity springs , medium(green4028S) and ocourse the requisite
> comm stick and motor cleaner. The speed difference is very noticable vs
the
> Photon however, with that said, Im expecting delivery of a Chameleon2 PRO
> tomorrow. Not that my 3 yr old son and I NEED the extra ooomph but my
> curiousity has gotten the better of me !
>
>
> "dg" <dan_gus@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:rRGcb.3345$gR3.1541@newssvr29.news.prodigy.co m...
> > I am thinking about replacing the motor in my Evader ST with something a
> > little faster. I am using the factory ESC (some cheap Duratrax unit)
for
> > now, so I can't get too wild. Any suggestions? The truck has a
Duratrax
> > Photon Speed 20x1 right now.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > --Dan
> >
> >
>
>