sleebus,

Remember, I'm running my setup in a buggy, not a truck. For some reason, I'm thinking that you are running this in a truck.

I'm running 14/46 in my buggy and the temps on the motor and esc never got hot enough to compel me to take a temp. I got pretty good at judging motor temps by touch when I was running nitro, and if I had to guess, I'm not getting anything over 140 on the track. I do, however, run fans on both the esc and motor, as an insurance policy.

As for the 7XL being torquey, it is a beast in an 8lb buggy. I can clear our big jump with only a 6 foot running start. The nitro guys have to hit the turn before the jump just right to get enough of a start to clear it. The only downside is that my Crimefighters seem to be wearing out more quickly, even though I only run them on the track. I'm running 10,000 in my center diff, 7000 in the front, and 1000 cut with shock oil in the back with no rear sway bar (our track tends to get lots of ruts) and my buggy hooks up really well.