Brendan

Sorry bro, I have switched to brushless motor a long time ago and no longer in touch with the latest brush technology. You can start by manually rotating the motor using your finger. If it takes a lot of torque to rotate it, you will sure have plenty of motor braking. Try several of them including the one with old magnet cause old can has weak magnet.

1/12 car is light and very sensitive to motor braking. Even with brushless motor, if I set it with too much drag brake, my rear end will become loose everytime i let go my throttle. Dont bother applying light throttle cause with a car that light, it's very difficult to determine how small is small until you're sure that the throttle is neutral.