It's just a regular machine wound regular, run of the mill, every day FK-180SH motor as far as I can tell. Same thing with atomicmods.com's 180S high torque. Might have different brushes installed, but I dunno. It's got a bucket and a half of torque, due to the larger magnets and the high number of winds. It'll probably do about 21-23mph on a speed checker w/ li-ions, and it pulls less amperage than a stage 2