Gearing & speedTop Speed

Top Speed

Enter a car or truck setup, change one part, and see what moves: top speed, final drive, rollout and motor RPM.

Gearing

Pinion & spurTotal final drive

Pinion

Spur

Transmission & axle

Portal

1 if the axles have no portals

Transmission & axle is every reduction after the spur except the portal boxes, which go in their own field. Pinion and spur set the external ratio.

Tires

Outside diameter

Unit

Outside rolling diameter, not rim diameter.

Assumed tire growth (advanced)

Assumed growth

Motor & battery

KV & voltageMeasured RPM

Motor KV

rpm/V

Estimate from motor turns

Motor / reference groupMotor turns

Choose a listed motor or reference group. Unsupported turns are left blank; there is no universal conversion.

No-load speed reference only. This does not estimate power, torque, ESC compatibility or safe gearing. A published KV for your exact motor or measured RPM is preferable.

Battery

Voltage basis

NominalFullCustom

Series cells

Chemistry

LiPoLiHV

Pack voltage3.7 V/cell · nominal

22.2 V

Reference voltage, not a charge reading. Follow the battery and ESC limits.

Record a GPS pass (advanced)

GPS speed

mph

Change one thing

Target pinionTooth counts for a chosen speed Tire size effectRollout change and correction GPS passMeasured against theoretical Chassis & setup toolsCrawler, corner weights, springs

How this is calculated

Motor RPM is KV times pack voltage. Final drive is spur over pinion times the internal ratio. Rollout is tire circumference divided by final drive. Speed is motor RPM times rollout. The result ignores load, sag, drag, drivetrain loss and tire growth, so treat it as a ceiling for comparing setups, not a prediction.

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