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Good point.
The S could be for Special I guess

Then what does the "SPA" stand for?

"W" is for wet magnets. "S" is for speed and "T for torque in the Spa motors.

• Good thing there's no WD Spa or some wag would dub it the Wet Dreams Spa.

You are correct, I looked at the SPA 480 that came in the post today and that is a 480WT T being for torque no doubt whereas the 240 is a 240 WS S being for speed

Kyosho should get back into the game with a new motor acronym, the "OMFG".

Well at least they didn't keep the long kit names, if they had- by now we would have a
Turbo Lazer ZX-RRRR Mid se pro XL FF Custom Special

gomachv wrote:W= wet magnet?

Quite possible but I think the earlier LeMans Pro motors were using wet magnets also.

I just cut the comm on a half wore out 240st(sealed can, bushings). My comm lathe was all loose and giggly and I ended up hacking the pore thing up beyond repair. RIP one more vintage lemans motor!!!

Merry Christmas to my Triumph! Picked up a Le Mans 480S for the shelfer...

Beauty! I have one of those that I want to restore, I just can't seem to find a blue endbell that hasn't been messed up with a soldering iron...