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JohnnyQ90 builds new gearing for his fifth-scale RC car

The machining draws close attention, but the engine sound has viewers thinking about what the little car could do next.

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 114,065 views a day, 7.7 times a normal first day on this channel (14,792).

Making a 1:1 Gearing for the 5th Scale RC Car with the Makera Z1 PRO!Making a 1:1 Gearing for the 5th Scale RC Car with the Makera Z1 PRO!

An engine note can be as much of a draw as the machinery making it. Beneath JohnnyQ90's latest RC-car build, viewers keep mentioning the sound, the revs at the end and whether the car has enough power for taller gearing.

The upload has drawn about 83,000 views in barely half a day, already several times the channel's usual full-day audience. This time, the focus isn't assembling another miniature engine. It's changing how the power gets passed along.

In "Making a 1:1 Gearing for the 5th Scale RC Car with the Makera Z1 PRO!", JohnnyQ90 tackles a one-to-one gear ratio: the input and output turn at the same speed. It's a drivetrain project alongside a recent run of tiny-engine uploads, including a flat-four's assembly and startup and a miniature LS V8 idling slowly.

The replies offer two different ways into the build. One viewer singles out the thread milling, a machining process they hadn't seen before. Others concentrate on the car's sound and suggest adding an overdrive. Several also bring up the miniature LS and an engine swap they're looking forward to, connecting this gearing job to the engine work elsewhere on JohnnyQ90's channel.

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What viewers say

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  • You have enough power and torque for taller gearing. Reinstall the multi-speed transmission (in addition to this transmission) to shift into overdrive.
    @toolbaggersSee it on YouTube
  • Those revs at the end tho!
  • I can't wait for the swap! Great work—the sound with these gears is even better now!

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The facts
Channel
JohnnyQ90
Subscribers
2,040,000
Channel views, last 7 days
1,200,914
Channel views, pace per day
182,405 (on a normal day: 212,806)
Video published
October 10, 2026
Video views so far
83,119 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day
114,065

The numbers

The gearing upload has already passed JohnnyQ90's usual first-day audience, with its first full day still unfinished.

the video's first day
usual first day here
14,792
this video
114,065
subscribers
2,040,000
no significant change in the last 7 days
total views
505,058,372
views per day
182,405
typical day: 212,806
the video
views
83,119
likes
1,879
comments
89
days online
1
subscribers: this channel and similar channels
VINwiki
2,180,000
JohnnyQ90
2,040,000
WD Detailing
1,930,000
Rich Rebuilds
1,900,000
EricTheCarGuy
1,860,000
As of October 11, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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