MCF8329EVM: BASE_CURRENT and Current limits

Tool/software:

The Base Current I calculated using the Equation given in the MCF8329A Tuning guide (with RSENSE=1mOhm; CSA_GAIN=40 V/V as that was the value in the corresponding register then) was 1024 or 0x400 which from my understanding corresponds to 37.5A. 
I am driving my BLDC-Motor at a voltage of 18V and a max current of 10A (using current limiter of my bench power supply). In the default fault configuration ILIMIT=60%, HW_LOCK_LIMIT=80% and LOCK_LIMIT=65%, still when trying to start the motor I instantly get a HW_LOCK_LIMIT fault. The System can't draw (and isn't drawing) 80% of 37,5A which is the source of my confusion. 
Through trial and error I got the Motor running decently well by setting CSA_GAIN to 5 V/V but leaving the Base Current untouched. I think I am misunderstanding something about how the Base Current and current limit settings function.

Attached is my current configuration exported from MotorStudio as a txt file.
In this configuration the motor is spinning but very slow acceleration and high noise level which I couldn't improve using the provided tuning wizards.

Thank you for your time,

George

e2e.ti.com/.../250716.txt