Take out any timing in the ESC and turn the current limiter down to 50% or so.

Thanks, I def am not worried about it, especially after the full throttle runs today and never reaching the 150s, I guess it's more ascetically pleasing than practical on the fan/ heatsink for the motor.. On a separate note I'm in love with the steel spur and no noticeable leaks in the diffs as of yet, so maybe the guy who had it first did something wrong with the diffs initially.. I think I may get some slicks for this puppy and when the track is closed take her out for some strictly street runs lol.. Anybody else run this in an on-road setup?

I don't think i've ever had to deal with that outside of a Spektrum receiver.

Any race grade ESC will achieve this "goal".

+1 stock bearings are great. I tried avids low cost yellows and they are lighter construction. Fragged a few so I cleaned my tekno bearings and reinstalled. .

Then you never ran a Castle ESC...

Maybe the Gen2 RX8 has a better BEC, but the last version often had issues running servos like Savox and other high power ones without BEC. Not all "race grade" ESCs are created equal unfortunately.

After them melting off twice in two days, I going to ditch my direct bullet plugs on my battery leads. I know I could use deans, but is there any plugs that are better?

EC5 or the new Castle plugs are the best in the business IMO.....

+1 on that. Progressive rc has the best deal on EC5 connectors.

Made some suggested changes to my truck went with grey hb springs 37.5 front and 32.5 rear and the 8x1.3 pistons tekno and it made worlds of difference the truck felt amazing

To everyone that commented on the shock rebound issue. I believe that I had figured it out last night. As we would say in the Army it was a HEAD SPACE and TIMING issue. I had put the rubber washers in-between the red washers instead of the plastic spacers in which when put the lower caps on it squeezed the washers to tight. like I said little things will get ya LOL thanks

As I stated, "race grade".
(and yes, I have ran many a Castle ESC. )

The issue was always receiver transfering power TO the servo in my experience. I've ran MMP's no problem with Spektrum 6030's and savox 1258's and so on for years. It was always 'always' a spektrum issue with their receivers. drop in a real radio, and the servo issues go away. (This goes for Rock Crawlers too, always receiver issue, not the BEC) MMP's are underrated due to the almost always a pairing with Spektrum. That's my Hobby Shop employee / Track employee experience. Either way.

Well I and many others have had a very different experience. If spektrum receivers are to blame than why does my RX8 power the same servo fine through an identical receiver? What about the fact that my HW SCT Pro also doesnt have any issues through the exact same receiver?

If it is some compatibility issue between the two than Castle should fix it, their standalone 10a BEC's work fine through Spektrum RX's so it shouldnt be that hard to fix.

There are three holes that can be drilled in the cap. If you wan't to run vented then drill a 1-2mm hole in the center of top cap as per manual. I made a 1.5mm hole. Vented is better for a little rougher surface and std bladder if smoother.

Emulsion is easier to build consistently but doesn't work as good with these bigger bore shocks.

Pls dont reply if you don't know what you are talking about. All is in the manual.

How about keeping the dirt out if you vent the caps..
Doesn't sound like a good idea to me.. Any advantages to this set up?