Droste78
Active Member
Hoping for someone with more intelligence than me to help clarify. On stock electrics, my kraton is rocking an 18T pinion. I turned the punch down to 3 if I remember right. Anywho...with a pair of YR fans on the motor, I was jumping from pavement to grass. Air temp yesterday was @60f, motor was a balmy 105, but the esc hit thermal. It was 155 by the time I wallked over to the truck with the thermometer. I am planning on dropping a new ESC into it, but not sure about what to do. @Lovestricken has said that the max6 is overkill with the motor and pinion he has in it, with a max 8 being the other possibility. With the motor currently staying cool, I don't really want to mess with it right now if i can avoid it. Would i likely be able to leave the stock motor with the 18t if i go to the max8/6, or am i just eliminating a bottleneck, and will likely start frying the motor. I am thinking with the motor staying cool, i would be ok using either ESC with the stock motor, and the extra capacity of the ESC should help cool it down......