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Originally Posted by DaveG28
The motor was very hot, but then ,ine always run really hot, I am told I am extremely brutal throttle wise!! I've even managed to dump during a run at a regional with 4200 cells and a 5.5 motor!
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Are you exceeding 200 F (93 C)? If so you may have a heat related issue in the motor. I really dont know on the LRP motor but 200 is considered the max on all but very top line motors, of which the LRP is not one. None of the run of the mill motors are. Not Novak, Speed Passion, Tekin, or Hacker. For that matter only Plettenberg, Neu, and Lehiner make ones that will take more than that and they are upwards to $400 USD just for the motor and are not sensored.
In the future I suggest you monitor your motor temps and try to keep it as low as possible. Heat is the enemy of power. It causes everything to work harder, even your battery and esc. 160 to 175 is fine. One thing you can do to combat this is change your bearings to ceramic. This will cut your temps. I do this to almost all our team cars.