Yeah im using a brushed ESC and a brushed motor. The ESC does have a setting for the 3 cell LiPo. The only thing i can possibly think of it wasnt exactly sure what type of solder i used to solder all my connection since the label was worn off. Im not sure if there could be that much resistance in a connection or not though. Could be a bad motor pulling a ton of amps. Thanks for the replys and feel free to post any more thoughts.