[Hesketh racing]

Hi

I've recently purchased a Team associated b44.2. I intend to take it club racing down to my local club (Bury Metro) at some point, but also want to use it for bashing.

I'm currently running with a 21T pinion, a 81 turn spur gear, an 8.5 t Turnigy trackstar motor, a 120A Turnigy trackstar turbo esc (have not tried the programming box yet) and some Turnigy nano tech 5100 mAh 65-130 C discharge Lipos.

I took it out for its maiden run, and have since tightened the slipper clutch.

The second run was around 10 - 15 minutes or so. The ESC was hot, and the motor incredibly hot - even after cooling down for 5-10 minutes was still too hot to touch.

Ideally I would like to run a fully charged battery, and bash my heart out!

I'm assuming that running a motor at these high temperatures is a sure fire way to kill it?

If any one could give any advice on the following questions (and save me lots of £££'s in trial and error) then it would be greatly appreciated - especially if you're able to answer multiple questions.

1) I'm aware that I can drop the pinion size to aid motor cooling - but how low should I go?

2) I'm also unsure if my slipper is too tight or not, and what impact this may have on motor cooling. Any advice would be really useful.

3) The spur gear is already showing signs of wear, and I don't think it'll last much longer, Is this to do with the high motor temps making the plastic more malleable, or the slipper clutch being too tight?

4) Would a higher turn motor work better for 15-20 minute bashing runs? If so what turn motor/pinion/spur?

Any advice/additional advice that anyone could give would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks

Dan