I Just got my 2nd RC18MT off ebay and i went to test drive it and its way faster in reverse. It has a team orion baja motor in it. Its soldered strait to the stock ESC. The wires are in the wright order on the ESC. So the only thing i can think of is the wires on the motor are on backwards.
i was looking at a different motor and it looks like this one is wired way wrong. can u tell witch wire go's were?

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Also got hot VERY FAST. Like 2 minutes into the test run it was hot enough to pull your finger away from it fast.