Highlander

Just taking the pee

Where's.... Where's the tread?

Slop isnt always bad. If that was a tight smooth fit, you wouldnt notice any difference at all.

Those Picco's are sweet. Loved mine, always started without fail.

Do you know the weight of your truck? Does it cog badly at the start with completely fresh charge?

I wouldnt take your logs as accurate info due to some figures being way off on different logs, the RPM is way off. You'd need 11s to just break past the motors RPM limit. Ideally you want the least amount of joins/connections between the batterys and ESC. How bad generally is the cogging? Perhaps a Video? With sensorless you can never ever fully rid all cogging from the system.

Thats basically a stock weight baja, being powered by a 2200kv &120A ESC on 4s. Weight is definitely a concern here.

hmm, something seems fishy about it

Some old models did have 14mm, dont compare it to the latest versions in the shop as they have been updated numerous times with small things here and there.

Swap any 2 motor wires, you can have the motor wires plugged in any way round it just reverses which way it spins

Copper gaskets are fine, i had them on my trever simpson engine. You just need to put a small ammount of gasket sealant on either side and bolt it up, no leaks then. Thats utter crap

Either your output cable is loose, or you need a new one, or your gpu is gone.

Cant be that hard in the first place Try fitting a hostile to a baja rim

Honestly, no real answer for that. The only reason i can see for it is because HPI's own lipos are all deans ready, so for convenience. Now wether the deans can cope with the load without melting over time, is another question. If that deans heats up and melts the plastic casing and the connections touch... well you see where thats going They tend to melt in the middle of the housing with constant high amp draw. Real deans are only rated to 60A constant if i remember. But i suppose, if HPI put them on an 8s capable RTR with a motor that can pull 200Amps, They must be good, right?

Battery's could be causing it. Your 30c 4200mah packs are only supplying 126Amps on a fresh charge and will decrease over time. These Castle motors can pull over 200Amps. If the batts cant supply enough, it will cog like crap because the motor isnt getting what it needs. Secondly. Your 40c 5000mah packs are only just 200Amps on a fresh charge. You really want 50c to be safe with a 5000mah pack for breathing room but you can get away with it. These guys 8000mah 30c batterys are ok because they supply 240A. (30Ax8000mah) = 240,000 ie. 240A Batterys are defo an issue here, or part of it.

Hard to tell, pics really small

Wouldnt mind one of these fluid kits but never been a fan of the finish on there alloy.

Most rat rods have spanking rims on them. Search google pics, you'll see

Edit, nevermind. thread links have pics.

Can you get a picture of the damage?

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