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Originally Posted by suicideneil

The 580 motor is a pile of junk- as tested by a couple RCM members who said they burnt up after only a couple runs, in a mild setup. Its a feigao afterall

I'd stick a nice fat 1717 in there and a 200amp hobbycity HV boat/plane esc, then use mech brakes = made of win.

Nothing against the 1717 but it is not enough motor. I have one in my lst. Good for a heavy/big MT but not enough for 1/5 scale.

I would say a 1527 would be the best bet, save for going to the 22 series neu. I doubt that 580 is any more capable than a 1521 plus it is less effecient. My 5th scale savage build will use a 1527 2y on 10s lipo. But that truck will be quite a bit lighter than a baja 5t. The chassis has to be heavy to deal with the bif gas motor, that bugger is heavy. I had planned to run a pair of 1521 motors in my 5b, but sold it as I just do not like 2wd.

Originally Posted by MetalMan

I dunno how they managed to make it work in such a heavy vehicle, but I fried one of them 580L motors with higher voltage (lower kv) and only ~15lbs and center diff 4wd. A Neu 1521 took its place and fares much better.

A 1521 is a good motor. Moves my muggy around great! I have my doubts about the feigao motors, maybe good for 30k max rpms and water cooling. I do not think the magnet assys can handle higher rpms. I still like the kb45 motors better, and they are cheaper.