High temp problems - Hot Bodies D8

[rootar]

alot of us run that motor in buggies and revos and the temps are always amazingly low, id change your start power to high, and punch control on 30-50 %, also if you dont have holes it your body its time to open it up... also gearing up 1-2 teeth would help your motor temp. its sounds like its running at too high an rpm too much....


gear it up and raise the start power to high (low is for 2wds, med is for really light cars, and high is for all the 1/8ths and MTs because they need a good bit more power to intially move, so raising the start power makes it less lilely to cog and makes it easier on the esc....

[zeropointbug]

My Revo was geared for 35mph when it temped 130F (80F day), but it was mostly a steady 1/4 throttle, and one long straight.

But I have found that the temps don't change much even gearing it up to 45+mph on the track.

Do you have any 6s lipo packs? If so, try that and gear for same speed, and try a 4s lipo as well... then see what the temps are. IIRC, when I used to run 7s2p A123 pack, I tried using 5s2p pack, and geared up, it just didn't have the power, and it ran hotter as well.