Okay got some good news, the speed issue was with the wiring on the ESC seems Ineeded to switch two of the wires (as per instructions if you get low speeds), as for the truck dying mid stride well it seems the Gens male battery bullets have a piece crimped on the post well the ones Iused spun they didn't get properly crimped and they where shorting basically. So all news is good I thank you all once again I feel like a real newbie to all this again. The speed on this thing is insane and Ican't wait to goto the track again!!!