Max Short Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Hi everyone, I hope you are all ok during these times :) I’ve owned an FTX Vantage Brushed version for 5 years. It’s held up great, only a few parts have broken but parts are cheap so it’s all good. I’m happy with the vantage, but would really like to go faster than 25mph :3 Would I be able to buy a brushless motor and just plug it into my brushed vantage? Or would it overheat or would the wires not handle it? Sorry I’m not too knowledgeable about this stuff :( I just want a faster vantage but not have to buy a full brushless version. Anything I could buy to make it faster would be great :) thanks everyone max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
william smith101 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 On 22/09/2020 at 14:35, Max Short said: Hi everyone, I hope you are all ok during these times I’ve owned an FTX Vantage Brushed version for 5 years. It’s held up great, only a few parts have broken but parts are cheap so it’s all good. I’m happy with the vantage, but would really like to go faster than 25mph :3 Would I be able to buy a brushless motor and just plug it into my brushed vantage? Or would it overheat or would the wires not handle it? Sorry I’m not too knowledgeable about this stuff I just want a faster vantage but not have to buy a full brushless version. Anything I could buy to make it faster would be great thanks everyone max If you were to go brushless you wiuld have to change the motor and esc which you find on modelsport or cheaper ones on ebay and depending on what brushless system you get would me could maybe go up to a 3s or 4s lipo battery. Heres a brushless system that would fit-https://www.modelsport.co.uk/etronix-photon-2-1w-system-with-11-0t-3450kv-motor-45a-esc/rc-car-products/383998 or https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/9T-4370KV-Brushless-Motor-60A-ESC-Speed-Controller-Combo-Kit-For-1-10-RC-Car/202398789312?_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20200520130048%26meid%3D5e7e70b3238a4504ae4310900cc9a1f9%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D3%26mehot%3Dpf%26sd%3D353049525438%26itm%3D202398789312%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv5PairwiseWebWithDarwoV3BBEV2b%26brand%3DUnbranded&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn75 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 You will need to change the esc to work with a brushless motor, but you can use nimh batteries with brushless if that's what you're using. I have with Mine and works great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Short Posted September 26, 2020 Author Share Posted September 26, 2020 16 hours ago, Glenn75 said: You will need to change the esc to work with a brushless motor, but you can use nimh batteries with brushless if that's what you're using. I have with Mine and works great. So does it go faster with a brushless motor even if you are still using Nimh batteries? If so, I could just buy a cheap esc and brushless motor combo and install them and use nimh batteries I already have and it would be faster, correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn75 Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Yes it will be faster not as fast as running lipo, also normally brushless have deans connectors so yo may need to solder new connectors on your packs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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