B44 Gearing with 13.5BL

[jackboy]

Hi

So I have almost finished building my B44, I am new to the sport and looked to see if this question has been asked before but I could not find any response but apologises if it has.

I will not be racing so just playing in the park for now and I will be running Ni-Mh, until Lipo's call me.

So with the stock spur (84) what pinion would you recommend for a Losi 13.5 BL.........my guess is 22 or 24....that is what I have bought but before I built I wanted to check.

Thanks

Paul

[rc_penguin]

24, ive run 25 on a 78 spur due to with the 24 and standard spur i felt the car had no top end but the acceleration was way to much however tempretures run quite low on 24 compared to what im currently running, hope this helps,

[jackboy]

Many Thanks.........I will go with the 24 and see what happens

To be honest I reckon low temps will be important as I will be out with my son and his car can run for 20 mins or so

[raymondkerr]

For bashing i would say that a 13.5 would be too slow to be honest, you'd be better with something like an 8.5.

I have a 13.5 in my b44 and racing indoors, i gear at about 6.0 ratio with a 78 spur and roughly at 32 or 33 pinion. The car isn't that quick outdoors with a 4200 lipo but for our small indoor track it is ok. I will be upgrading to a 10.5 soon though.