Well, I tweaked the ESC the way I was told and bumped voltage to 4s, and it worked great! I ran the entire pack down on Saturday without issue, no jerky starts or rolling backwards out of control, no heat issues either. However, I decided to move some rocks around in our backyard for a better course and somehow sent the ESC into a coma. Even with CC's help over the phone, there was nothing to do but send it in. I'm not sure what went wrong, but if worst comes to worst, I'll have to pay $50 to get a new one.

I'm not sure if I nuked the motor too, it seemed quite hot and let off a whisp of smoke, I s'pose I could hook up a Mamba 25 I'm not using and try it out.