Originally Posted by jmcb1984

I have a duratrax raze buggy that I converted to brushless and I cant seem to get the motor to run very cool. Motor is a 36x74 2800kv tacon made for 1/8th, running 14t pinion ( was running 17t but switched to see if it would run cooler) think the spur is 46 its stock. Esc is 80a hobbywing, running a 3s lipo. Also threw a heat sink on top of the motor, I have no idea why this motor gets so hot, I don't have a temp gun to get a reading but it gets really hot to the touch. Can anyone help me out with this? Thanks