[Al Skierkiewicz]

Jess,
You can bend the terminals at right angles to allow wiring to rise straight up from the sides of your speed controllers. This might help getting you r electronics to fit. However, controllers do not need to be grouped together. They can just as easily be placed near the motors they are controlling. The wiring distance is the same. In the case of motors with supplied wires, i.e. the CIMs, place the speed controllers close enough to the motors that you can attache the CIM wires directly to the speed controller. This gives you less connections to add resistance of fail.