[hootie7159]

The 2200kv motor really isnt the right motor to be running 5s in a truggy with your current gearing...its really a 4s motor and that's what I orginally had in my rc8t....do you have a temp gun? If you don't you should...I keep my motors around 160-170ish good temps for back toback runs when it's already 100degrees outside....as far as your motor being bad try to run it with the smaller pinions and gear down if you use 5s....you can't expect 16/46 gear in an 8ight-t with a 2200kv motor in 5s to NOT be hot....also try using BrianG's speed calculator... It's helped me out a ton when deciding what gearing I need