You have to go out and pick up a temp gun/guage for a B/L or brushed motor. Don't let your finger be a judge. 160-170 degrees feels screaming hot but your motor is perfectly fine.


Just something to keep in the back of your mind.

Once you damage a B/L motor by overheating it, it becomes less efficient meaning it will still get the speeds you once got but it takes a lot more MAH and it will heat up a lot faster. If you gear it down and it still heats up 180+ (even with stock gearing) in the same amount of time you already said, chances are it's probably shot assuming you are using a temp gauge with accurate readings.