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I new here! Dear god please don’t tar and feather me! I mostly race Losi’s t5’s so I’m a bit out of touch with electric rc’s but I saw the tamiya 58578 zakspeed capri wurth (tt-02) and thought ok I need to own this, I’ve already got all the upgraded bearings! Now if it’s ok to get some help from all of tamiya experts. I would like to upgrade as much as I can and make it as fast and as reliable It can be using lipos. 1, what lipos can I get to fit to get the best run time? 2, what would be the best brushless motor and esc to use? 3, Best gearbox and diff upgrades can be used? 4, Best drive shafts? 5,Better suspension upgrades? 6,Oils grease and anything else I have forgotten? Many thanks in advance! Kind regards, Ian.

Tamiya FF03 TBLE-02S esc 10.5 trackstar motor RC Code Core tx. I race my FF03 with a silver can, with a small crew on a regular basis which works well. I also go to another track, that's much bigger to practice on a fair bit also. My plan was to fit a 10.5T motor for use at the big track and then turn the EPA down on my TX for racing with the silver cans. Used the 10.5T at the big track today for the first time and its great, however after about 10mins the ESC thermal shut down kicked in. The motor was warm, and the ESC was hot. I am guessing 10.5T is marginal for this ESC. My question is whether the a ESC generates more or less heat whether its used on part or full throttle? The old MSC days part throttle used to heat the resistor hugely. I am not familiar with FETs enough to say. Is running a ESC on say 50% EPA safe to do? If so, I might opt for a 13.5T motor instead and still restrict the EPA for racing in the silver can class. Cheers