i was always told to stay under 180 with the neu motors. but it wasnt nearly as hard on it as it was the speed control, which went in flames today so ill get the mamba replaced, and wait for a medusa 80m 2000 to roll around or my ideal motor the 1521 1y. ill post pics later, the reason the esc is so high is that my top plate for my jammin crt mount i have in there from my truggy, it has a esc mount on the back so i figured better up high than right in everything i kick up, so im on hold now, bur it was running great, just uder too much pressure so a bigger motor is the way to go. ill post pics later it was a little fire ball untill i disconected the battey and blew out the flames. the truck died, i took the body off slid the switch to off then back on and it suddenly caught fire so there must have been a short somewhere thank god my new battery didnt go up as well.