castle motor temps?

[Dragonfueled]

I really think its more about how you drive. I have two E revos. one has a medusa and the other a NEU 1515 1y. Bolth geared for around 38. I see temps around 168 on bolth trucks after a hard 15 minute run and its 40 outside.
If you run non stop and constantly accelerate and use allot of the motor brakes then yeah its gonna get warm.
I allways thought my setup was wrong or something but untill you run two trucks side by side and get two different results I would say its driving style.
If you run in a an open field with allot of wide oper running your temps will stay very cool...... Acceleration and hard brakeing = Heat.


Sometimes gearing lower makes the motor hotter. Ive proved this to myself allot. Reason is that when you gear it so high you use less throttle cause the truck is so much faster. When you geared for 40 or less you find yourself allways in the throttle cause its more controlable. These motors have so much torque I think they actually like higher gearing and less throttle input.


Anyone else notice that gearing really low can heat up a motor just as much as over gearing? kinda weird

[Dragonfueled]

Oh yeah and the tires might be hurting you also. Even if you gear lower for heavier tires you still gotta get those big flywheels turning. Maybe try smaller lighter tires geared for your target 39 mph and see how it affects temps