hey, thanks choppers. It really does run hot and I have lubed and checked it all out. I need to go through it again and will do so over the holidays. I have always felt it should run cooler and I figured I would smoke the motor soon. Need to just get it done. It has never rotated as smoothly as the cp pro or the T-Rex but I assumed that was due to the belt drive as compared to the CP Pro and quality of parts compared to the T-Rex. Guess I need to taker her down and rebuild.