Oh man you open up a can of worms on this lol. I never ran a Tekin and motor on my 1/8 scale . I run a Castle Mamba /2200kv and il tell you this i never had one blow on me or get hot on the ESC . I race with guys that run Castles also they have 0 issues other than making mistakes and causing one to blow up . You can make the powerband smoother also on that system.
As for the motor the 2200kv its pretty torquey and stays in a reasonable temp.
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