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Old 09-09-2009
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OK, well......

Set the punch, brakes etc to minimum. Manual doesn't mention timing advance.

Put the car on the stand, then temp gun in hand gentle rev the motor. After about 10-20 seconds at 1/3rd throttle, motor is at 28C, ESC is reading 41.8C and the wire joining the two halves of the saddle is at 48.2C. Then the capacitor exploded in a shower of sparks. I switched off immediately

So I'm guess that due to the fact the motor never even got warm the problem isn't there. I guess its the ESC, hence the capacitor blowing. I take it a faulty capacitor alone wouldn't cause these problems?
In which case who fixes LRPs (its second hand so no warranty) and what sort of price are we talking? This foray into sensored motors is proving expensive and fruitless so far.
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