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With the warmer, more pleasant temps these days, I'm running into heat issues on my Truggies (RC10 & T3)

I did some searching here, but didn't find much on it. I guess the smaller buggy tires & flat out racing don't require as much heat management?

What motor heatsink/cooling fan combos are you guys using, please?

I'm running the Traxxas 3500kV motor with 2C Lipos-- I seem to get hat issues no matter what spur/pinion I'm running on the 1st gen Stealth. I'm at 4.10:1 & it gets as hot as when I was running 3.31:1, but it is moving alot slower.

they make these
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXVAR6&P=7

not sure if it would fit on a rc10 gold pan.

you could cut a bigger hole where the 2 holes currently are on the "top" of the motor plate and mount just a fan on top.

litesink another option, though i dont know how effective they are

they make these for $8 bucks too
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXLNY7&P=7

Who remembers those heatsinks they used to have in which you could fill with dry ice? They were pretty neat and impractical at the same time.

trinity, green anodized. always wondered as a kid where to get dry ice lol

Mike-
Thanks for the links. Those look good. Are you using them, yourself?

I've seen a few other styles as well. I'm hoping I can get a definite 'buy this one" on one. They all look like they might work-- its just with the trans housing being so close to the motor-- I have had trouble with can-wrap heat sinks in the past (remember the Parma ones?).