Originally Posted by lockmouth

For the guys useing the RS PRO esc with 540 motors, what are your temps on the esc looking like? Also how many lights are you getting after a qualifier or main? I you have any ESC set-ups to try please post them, so I can give them a try.

I have the following:

RS PRO ESC
LRP 6.5 with 13mm rotor
14/62 (got a 15 to try next)
No timeing on the ESC
-5 timeing on the motor
Reedy 60c 5200 saddle pack

This set-up is so much better than my 4.5 Tekin 550. I had been running 15/93 48 pitch, but had a spur strip out on me so I went with the 14/62 32 pitch. The motor seems to be doing find temping at 140-145, but my esc actually hit thremal the other night during the race, once I switched my gearing to the 14/62 32 pitch. Would going up one tooth to a 15 pinion make that big of a difference? I see Ty Tessman ran 15/62 with the same motor I'm useing, but he used a LRP TC Spec V2 esc. Is the LRP esc more suitable for this since it has a fan? I've always used a RX8 with 4.5 550 in the Corr trucks I've raced, so this is my first go with 1/10th stuff. I just don't want to have to put my RX8 back in with this motor. I'm a pretty smooth driver, so I really love the 540 set-up.. I have all the power I want, without getting the truck all sideways with the big 550 motor.

PS. I run on a 1/8th scale style track that was super tacky Saturday from the rain we a had gotten earlier that day.