Fried my Novak?

[Traxxas Addict]

Last night I was doing some speed runs when all of a sudden I experienced a loss of power. The car would run, but it almost sounded like something was slipping. It would do this for a few moments and then all of a sudden I would get full power back. Then it came back (lost power again) for a longer period of time and I decided to shut it down.

I suspect I may have overheated the engine. It had that funny smell to it and the engine was damn hot! I couldn't take a temp reading as it was late at night and my themp gage was on my dresser in my bedroom where my wife was sleeping.

I do have it geared pretty high at 16/65 but I've been running it for a few weeks at this gearing with no problems. Other than snapping the pin that holds the slipper hub in place and a few axels.

It might be time to step up and go for the mmm/neu combo. I'll fire the car up when I get home tonight and see what's up. Anyone ever experience this before?

Thanks in advance!