lol stock esc is fried...replaced it with a foward/brake TP-M8 that I had laying around... (
http://cgi.ebay.com/TP-TP-M8-High-Fr...QQcmdZViewItem)
TP-M8 is:
Smoother than the stock esc.
Seems to put out more juice
gets less hot
but...
1/10 size
braking power may be too much for the 370 stock motor.
plus, under more power, the esc has managed to crack the screw holes on the motor mount.
I keep posting but no one seems to care...oh well, at least this clone car will have some information for the next person who googles "mini-rodeo" like I did.