Noob needs help

Originally Posted by tc3_racer_001

why not switch the traxxas connectors out for a few runs, see if that helps... simple and pretty easy, a 5 minute job. solder on some large bullets (5.5+) and see how that goes...

Good idea. When I bought my MMM I went ahead and got a couple of extra bags of the CC Bullets. I planned on putting them on the battery side of the ESC today. Unfortunately, I don't have enough connectors to do each connector on the "series adapter" that makes the two 2 cells a 4 cell. Might run up to Radio Shack to look at their bullet connectors to do the series cable and the connectors on each lipo.

Originally Posted by Sammus

Do the joints get warm? thats usually a pretty good indication of their adequacy...

I was taking temps of everything and it came up like this after some WOT runs up and back on the large soccer field:

Motor ~130f
ESC ~115f though it's hard to get a reading with that fan on top
batteries 90f
wire from batteries 102f
connectors on battery 105f
connectors at each point on harness about the same 105f
connector at the esc 110f
didn't get the temp of the connectors from esc to motor (6.5mm bullets)

That's all normal, right? I have no frame of reference.

Thanks!