1/8 scale buggy conversion - help please!

[padailey]

Tis ok MacII... I think I've been reading around the forums and it might even have been stated on an earlier page here to use 5.5 or hard-wired. At least that was someone's opinion. We'll see what others say.

Ok my first try was just the MM settings...
punch control - disabled
Timing - lowest
start power - medium

This was much better... if I eased into the throttle the cogging was pretty much gone... even a medium squeeze it was there but I don't think I would notice much driving the buggy. I ran it for about 4 min with no fans checking the temps and was a little surprised. The MM never got over 105 degrees... but the motor got up to 175 degrees. Now what really surprised me was the wiring between the motor and the speed control. The wires from the motor were quite hot like the motor... but then from the connectors to the MM the wires were cool. I think that may be telling me my connection isn't very good. I would have expected the entire length of the wire to be reasonably close in temp from one end to the other. Am I correct?