[MattW]

For off road, my advice is simple. Mode 2, and drive! It should be fine, there should be no real need to fiddle with much.

The adapter lead was required for the Novak motors with the prewired leads. If you have one of the newer ones, you can use the GM sensor lead that is designed for GM ESC - Std motor.

The adapter lead used to come in the box of the older 120's. 90's used to get a normal lead as mentioned above. Not sure what comes with the latest spec 120's as i haven't ordered one!

I've been running the ESC's for coming up to a year, so i can help with most things.