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bigshrek666

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Hi guys

I have a new max8 gs2 combo to fit in my asuga that im building, the more I look into it im thinking ive made the wrong choice and should have gone for the max6 combo.

Your thoughts?

I run mainly on grass and skate park jumps.
Not looking for all out crazy speed just a nice reliable set up with some punch begind it and the ability to use bluetooth on it to alter settings.

I use skeeter tyres. Twin motor fans which I plan on running at 7.4 or 8.4 volts.

After reading up it seems the max8 seems to overheat.

I will be using a 13 or 15 tooth pinion on the max 8 set up

Thanks
 
Running in grass is hard on the motor and esc, and the stock system tends to get hot anyway, so i would go for the Max6.
 
I am running mine with a 46t spur and 21t pinion. The smaller spur is required for pinions bigger than 18t, i believe, or it won't fit.
Mine is the old Max6G1, btw.
 
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I run a max8 on my spark (similar to Asuga) with skeeter tires. I’m on a 12T pinion. On 80 deg F days it starts to get above 150F on a hard bash with a 7600 mah pack. The 4278 motor also gets hot so I keep an eye on both esc and motor.

If I had to do it over I would have went with a max6 or comparable product from xc esc. I would also go to a slightly larger motor than stock. The HW 4990 or similar size from other brands is my recommendation if running 15t or higher.

In the end I got it to all work well but I need to be careful with the punch and timing settings on hot days. I also allow the car to run till the esc cooling fan shuts off before disconnecting the battery. I then run a small fan over the motor and diff to cool them while I bash another car.

I think the grass is going to cause overheating on a max8 setup. The constant low speed throttle punches at the skate park may also cause issues with overheating. Though the weight of a bigger esc and possibly motor will cause more breakage. So keep the weight low if you crash.
 
I am running mine with quickrun 8BL150 G2 with a 2000kv motor.

Aside from the pinion, your motor kv will make a big impact (max8g2s combo can be the 4268 2500kv or the 4278 2250kv) Guessing you do have the 2250kv as it's 6S compatible and will do up to 50k rpm (smaller pinion will not slow it down much in topspeed).
Them skeeter (TC grabber) are also slightly larger and balloon, whiles being wider as well. On grass those tires will likely be the main cause of overheating.
 
Rotauq said:
I am running mine with quickrun 8BL150 G2 with a 2000kv motor.

Aside from the pinion, your motor kv will make a big impact (max8g2s combo can be the 4268 2500kv or the 4278 2250kv) Guessing you do have the 2250kv as it's 6S compatible and will do up to 50k rpm (smaller pinion will not slow it down much in topspeed).
Them skeeter (TC grabber) are also slightly larger and balloon, whiles being wider as well. On grass those tires will likely be the main cause of overheating.
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Yes it's the 2250kv unit. I have a heatsink with 2 rocket fans which I will run @ 8.4v for maximum cooling so hopefully shouldn't be too much of an issue.
I always take a few cars out with me and let each one cool down whilst I run the others.
I may try the FTX DR8 wheels aswell as they are more buggy like.
 
bigshrek666 said:
Yes it's the 2250kv unit. I have a heatsink with 2 rocket fans which I will run @ 8.4v for maximum cooling so hopefully shouldn't be too much of an issue.
I always take a few cars out with me and let each one cool down whilst I run the others.
I may try the FTX DR8 wheels aswell as they are more buggy like.
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I assume you are less fan of the asuga wheels because they have almost no sidewalls? (they actually are brilliant on track)
DR8 wheels are quite heavy for their size but their footprint is certainly less. My DR8 is my dedicated rampjump car. Those wheels give great air control.
 
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