Little help please w/my b3

[SpeedRacer]

Hey all, this is just an advice question for all you experienced racers out there. I have a b3 and need to get it in racing shape. I have a 12T motor and with my battery packs that i have right now, 1500, 1700.... I only get about 3 mins runtime. Thats understandable but i need new batts and a new charger cause my cheap one has basically fried those two packs (but i guess ill just keep em around for playing) so i would love any suggestions, tips, hints or anything about which batteries and/or chargers would work best. Also, everything is stock in my b3 except a novak reversible reactor ESC, and a full set of ball bearings. What would be the upgrades taht would make the most difference? thanks guys for any help, im really new and need some help.

[SuperFastB3]

Id say your battery needs to be bigger,also whatcharger are you using?I use a 15 min quik charge from Pro Max and two 15 mins charge could last me a race,and i run 12oo-1300 mAh's!!!You nkow the purple batterys from hobby people?that what i run now.


-Super

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Your Stampede Did what?

[XXKlD]

Well if your using a 12T motor, do you have your gear ratio right? cuz that happened to me i got my first mod, and i only got 3-4 min of runtime, and went to my lhs and he told me that i need to gear it right with the mod. well hope this helps. http://www.rccaraction.com/ubb/smile.gif

[FLYBOY7]

ya, first thing i would make sure that you are running no higher than a 19 pinion... in fact you probably would be better off with 17.... second... i have just now gotten all switched over to panasonic 3000 cells.... they are all sport 3000's from trinity... they cost about 50 bucks a pack, they really rock.. and have a ton of run time (around 7 minutes with a 14 turn motor)..... i started off charging them with just an el-cheapo charger and did fine... but just to be safe i bought a millenium...

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~~FLYBOY7~~
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[SpeedRacer]

Thats cool, thanks for the help. I just went and bought a matched set of 6 sanyo 2000 cells. They are trinity and i havent used em yet but they should do the trick. Well, ill try different gearing, that should definitely help. I am thinking about buying the pro max activator charger but i had some questions about it which i listed in my other topic thread but nobody has answered. Oh well, thanks anyways, any other suggestions are welcome