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[Finnster]

Originally Posted by BrianG

Finnster, I am curious as to what temps you are getting with the 8XL. When I used it in my Revo, it ran about in the 130-140 range. On 14 cells it ran great, even on my heavy truck. If you go higher on the cells, you start hitting the high end of 40krpm and would heat up more.

My post in another thread:

"The bad news was the motor peaked at 165+ after ~45 mins of hard running on the dirt (jumps, high speed runs, powerslides, climbing and other bashing goodness.) The HS was only getting to ~125, so I'm worried poor contact may actually be insulating the motor some. Had a blast tho.

Strangely, the rear steel output shaft for the tranny got to ~165. I was careful to have the drivetrain freespinning when I built it, and had to do a little chassis trimming for the shafts. I did notice the shaft moving a bit under high throttle, so I'm thinking a bearing is busted. I do not see any signs of wear between the chassis and the driveshaft. Hopefully addressing these two issues will bring down the heat some, else I may be looking at a Neu sooner than later.."

I still have to look at this Brian. I do remem you were running a 14t, but in a heavier truck. The motor is still only on 14cells. If I could get teh temps to below 150 I would be happy. Its mostly in the 140s, but did get pretty hot at the end (tho the last pack was 12 cells, but I would think this would have the opposite effect,...??:032: )

Like mentioned above, the rear tranny output shaft is getting really hot, so something isn't spinning right. I didn't even notice it until the end when I put my hand underneath to pick up the truck and nearly burned myself. The shaft is moving under load, so prob the bearing is blown. I need to better seat the motor HSclamp as well, but without a lot of contact force its never going to be ideal.

EMaxx:
The motor is great, I just have to get the heat squared away. Tons of power and Tq. Its nearly undrivable in the grass as so much TQ has the F wheels always off the ground. I would estimate speed to be high 30s to ~40 mph. As fast or faster than my rustler with a BL novak GTB/5.5. Really its plenty fast for me. I rarely get to top speed in the dirt. If all you want is to go up and down the street really fast, then maybe you'll want a bit more, but I don't see the point of the MT if you don't take it off the street. :025:

RC-monster does sell the 8xl in two versions, one by faegio and one by BK relabelled as the Wanderer. One is blue, one is purple. Mine is blue. Basically the same motor, tho I've heard the kv are slightly diff. Really its pick your color.