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Old 02-02-2014 | 10:13 AM
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akshayp14
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Originally Posted by Randy_Pike
Again try dropping the tooth. Is there a lot of tire spin?
i used the car again today and geared down, seems like the motor has burnt out, motor temps were like 122 C after 2/3 laps, and there would be a sudden loss of power from half way into the throttle, on top of this the motor seemed to cog quite bad.

and after the 2/3 laps the esc went into thermal shutoff (first time I've EVER thermal-ed an rx8), temps were like 105 C.

just want to know how i go about diagnosing the problem?
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