I picked up a 55t motor to try out on my cc-01 jeep. I've been slowly converting my truck into a scale rock crawler. I was debating what motor to replace the stock can that came with it (27t i think) I went with the axial 55t mostly because it was the least expansive.
First thoughts, it was slower than I expected. I knew it would be, but not that slow. The torque was also lack luster. I'm sure the motor would be better in a dedicated rock crawler. In my cc-01 jeep the stock gearing was just wrong. The front and rear diffs are locked and when you make a slow approach to a rock and slow crawl your way up it just doesn't have the balls need to climb. I think I'm going to go with a 35t and see how that works for me. Maybe I'll do some pinion swapping with the 55t but the number of pinions in my tool box is limited.
First thoughts, it was slower than I expected. I knew it would be, but not that slow. The torque was also lack luster. I'm sure the motor would be better in a dedicated rock crawler. In my cc-01 jeep the stock gearing was just wrong. The front and rear diffs are locked and when you make a slow approach to a rock and slow crawl your way up it just doesn't have the balls need to climb. I think I'm going to go with a 35t and see how that works for me. Maybe I'll do some pinion swapping with the 55t but the number of pinions in my tool box is limited.
