My bad about not posing the new gears rules on the Rules page. I should have revised it. Pinions and spurs will now be open. I need to find out how to access the new server to edit the rules page.
I personally will probably not experiment with gearing, but those that want to are welcome to try. Any suggestions for gears that will fit should be posted on this Thunderslot Forum page (unless, of course, you do not want to share any tips…..) The issue with the gears came up when David said that his motor had lost power last year as the series progressed and he wished he could have done something about it. As competitive as the series was, I did not see a need for changing the rules, but thought there might be some instances where a tweak might correct a problem. We allow open gears in Group C, mostly to adjust for weaker motors, but this is less of a problem at 12 volts. I did not want to see the series become a free-for-all but rather remain as a primarily box stock series. And besides, with a series as fast as Thunderslot, driver skill becomes even more important. A deslot will easily cost the driver half a lap or more. And speed consistency also becomes more important. Driving consistent 3.9 second laps will yield more laps than an occasional 3.7 among numerous 4+ second laps.
Again, right now I, myself, don’t plan on messing with gearing.