I have no idea why anyone would direct you to such an old ESC over LRP's newer stuff. I have 2 of the v.2 LRP's and love them both. I even had the fan come off the TC v.2 (dirt got in it and the blades came off; cheap fix) that I use with a 4.5 in my 4wd SC truck, ran the main anyway, and it wasn't even close to hot.