Got another esc in today I'm gonna try. If it doesn't work out I'll try that one. Was just trying to stay cheap since the car is cheap and see what I can build a 50 or so mph 1/16 truck for. Basically just messing around for fun. Working on them is a lot of the fun. I'll probably spend what a 1/16 E Revo costs from trying different things but once I figure it out I can build a good 1/16 for half the price. That's the fun of it. The little JJRC Q117/SCY 16101 brushless trucks are super durable. Even put some diff oil in and somewhat sealed the diffs to see what happens. RC is about trying things and when they work it is fun. When they don't you get mad as hell cause you wasted money but it was still fun to try lol. I got a Fly Color 45A esc to try. I'm sure it's a rebranded something and probably has 500 other names lol. About to go try it now and see what happens. I did get a refund for the other ESC though as it was unusable.