PLEASE HELP ME!! (pick out setup)

[Finnster]

Originally Posted by mk351e

ok, but how many cells would you suggest?

BTW, are you using the 18T pinion when you are smoking the ESCs? Are you running 40 series tires? How hot is the motor? Could be that you are just way overgeared and putting too much stress on the esc and smoking it. The motor may be staying coolish, but the esc will fry. I would have expected those batts to cook a bit, but if they are staying cool then perhaps you are not stressing them too much. Maybe.. Linc could be onto something too. IDK from the provided info.

If you back down on the speed/gearing a bit, your setup should be fine. Pavement is a pretty easy place to drive. Grass driving gets things really cooking. Use trug/maxx sized tires and that will help a lot as well. If you want more, something will have to change.
The only muggy I drove was still nitro, and it was a big fat bitch. Takes alot to get those moving. As linc describes his setup, just for mid 40s it takes a ton of power, and it works the system pretty good.

If I was doing a Muggy for mid 50s reliably, i would go 8S (30C 4000mah+), 1521, and an MGM. I like to over-engineer FWIW, but I don't blow my $hit up either. Good luck trying to keep that hellcat under control tho