Motor Timing- Fusion Exceed in particular

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Hi all,

So I have been having some temperature issues with my Dex410 and have found a few things that certainly won't have been helping but it is still pretty HOT. After a good practice session on Sunday it came off at over 89c which is much hotter than I'd like (even though it had run for well over 5 mins).

I am running a Fusion exceed 6.5T motor and it appears that the gearing I have is well within the usual range (thanks to those who commented on a previous thread).

I have used the motor before in another car where it was fine but on sunday I noticed that the timing indicator was (with the pinion facing away from me) all the way over to the right. I have no idea if this is where it should be as I would expect it to be in the middle (and I have a vague memory of it being in the middle when I got it). I can't find any suggestion if this had advanced or retarded the timing and was wondering if anyone knows?

I can, of course, just play with it but I don't want to make the situation any worse as I am worried about damaging the motor.