Who uses on road engines for off-road racing???
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waiting to here that my self.........
On road engines are $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ bucks for 1/8
plue they have no torque...
On road engines are $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ bucks for 1/8
plue they have no torque...
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And yes you can put a on road motor in a buggy they both have a rear exhaust so yes you can but there are only a hand full of people that i seen do it
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I use Helicopter Engines in my Buggy, it makes it FLY!!!
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@ Killa B - hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha +1
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A friend of mine does it for his 9-yr old once in a while to help him control the bottom rpm's better. It actually works. It's pointless to purchase an on-road mill to run offroad, but if you have a stack of on-road mills you don't know what do do with, why not.
Paul
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The off-road mills produce more torque than their on-road counterparts? Seems rather backwards to me, on-road vehicles have a ton more traction and could put the power to the ground much better than an off-road vehicle. They typically have tighter turns that could benefit from more torque as well. I've only seen a couple 1/8 on-road tracks but both had a single long back straight with a front straight approximately 1/2 the length of the back so it wouldnt seem top end HP would be the main focus.
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The off-road mills produce more torque than their on-road counterparts? Seems rather backwards to me, on-road vehicles have a ton more traction and could put the power to the ground much better than an off-road vehicle. They typically have tighter turns that could benefit from more torque as well. I've only seen a couple 1/8 on-road tracks but both had a single long back straight with a front straight approximately 1/2 the length of the back so it wouldnt seem top end HP would be the main focus.
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I was also told the case and the cooling head would not hold up to the pounding offroad conditions. Not to mention the head is smaller. Mark smith at powerhousercperformance built me a grp tuned 21 that he modified an onroad p/s and put in an offroad case. Can to change the ports up quite a bit to give the motor any bottom at all, also had to use a jp-1 pipe. With all this work done the motor ran great I have since sold it to a guy that races oval and he said it is a rocket on an oval-more power than a C6 and almost as much as a 28.
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My post was pretty dumb, I agree, but so is this thread. Most on road motors are 9 port motors, don't need that in a buggy, nor would it be benefitial.
I based my post off of how the motor mounts in on road compared to offroad, but after some comparison it would work just fine, so I retract my statement about needing custom stuff.
Still i do believe it would be pointless to try an run offroad with an on road mill.
I based my post off of how the motor mounts in on road compared to offroad, but after some comparison it would work just fine, so I retract my statement about needing custom stuff.
Still i do believe it would be pointless to try an run offroad with an on road mill.