Need picture of B4 with LRP Brushless

[Christer Rasmussen]

I just got the LRP Sphere Competition 2007 Speedo and Vector X11 7.5T
But how do I mug all those wires down under the body nice and tidy.
Do you have any good pictures? Maybe of Ryan Maifield’s car without the body on.

And a follow up question to the Maifield victory at Cactus Classic.
The gearing 84/18 seem I very low, here in Denmark vi have to run 17 turns brushed motors, and I do that with a CS 17t gearing 81/23 to 81/25 on most tracks (carpet).
When I installed the LRP system and tested with recommended gear ratio I used 81/19 but it was very slow compared to the brushed 17 turns.
I need to gear 81/21-23 on the brushless 7.5 to get the same speed.
So how can he be fast enough with 84/18 is the 6.5T motor so much faster?

Best regards
Christer Rasmussen

[MattADH]

In the UK, I think the majority of people that run the B4 or the X-6 (same gearbox ratio) use a 21-tooth pinion on the kit spur gear with a 7.5 brushless motor. If you run with a 6.5, we gear it on a 20-tooth pinion.

Hope this helps

[Chris Doughty]

I use 20/84 (not kit spur) in my B4 with an LRP 6.5, I would go a pinion higher (21) OR a spur lower (81) for a 7.5

[tc2k]

So you run 10.9 ratio chris. Manual suggess 12.4 which seems high, I guess runing 11.7 will be absolutely fine then, thought it may be overgeared as Im one tooth higher than the recommended ratio but I assumed theyd be rather conservative :p

[ashleyb4]

I run my vortex that is sisnitered on a 21 if you have a none sinitered it should be lower somehting like a 19 or 20. On a kit spur.

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[Chris Doughty]

So you run 10.9 ratio chris. Manual suggess 12.4 which seems high, I guess runing 11.7 will be absolutely fine then, thought it may be overgeared as Im one tooth higher than the recommended ratio but I assumed theyd be rather conservative :p

I don't know the overall, I started running it at CML Raceway and I liked the way it felt so its stayed on my car.

it might be a little high, and if I was worried about over-heating I would prob run it a tooth lower

[mattym0310]

the ratio it suggests with a 6.5 and 81t spur i think turns out with a 16/17t pinion. but atmo im running 19 and ellis s ran a 21 at the indoor finals i think

[Rob]

At bury I started off with a 19 pinion with a 6.5t (stock spur), after 2 rounds I decided to put a 20 on it, car wasn't quite as nippy but seemed easier to drive and my lap times were slightly faster.

[Rob]

About the original question about the wires, tidiest way is to put them all through the rear shock tower but I broke a shock tower a few meetings ago and couldn't be bothered to unsolder the motor to put them back though, now I just have them in the small gap between the shock tower and the body with the sensor cable still through the shock tower.

http://www.belle-vue-speedway.com/lrp2.jpg
http://www.belle-vue-speedway.com/lrp1.jpg

[tc2k]

Heres my Nosram (same as LRP) installed. I found it a right faf on resoldering the wires and did touch the case and get a little bit of solder on it but not much :D
Smaller than I thought and I can fit the body on easily with no wire problems, even with the heatsink.
Heres some pics.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/thecrow2k/nosram1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/thecrow2k/nosram2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/thecrow2k/nosram3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/thecrow2k/nosram4.jpg

[VONDUTCH]

You could do worse than invest in a hot glue gun (I only paid £3) to help "hold" the wires down and in position.You could take a look at my...ahem... Losi (in the Losi area),this shows my efforts to tidy up a brushless car which includes the fan,two power caps etc. etc.