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Good engine for $200 or less.......

Old 10-21-2009, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by tc5 man
them alpha engines do look good and there not to much money
I qualified 9th in the Expert truggy A main at this weekend Nitro Cross World Championship with an Alpha Z852 and was the only one to consistantly make 11:00 run times stock out of the box. For a list price of $210 you can't beat these engines.

I have a full report on the Track Star thread.

http://www.rctech.net/forum/nitro-of...n-socal-8.html

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Old 10-21-2009, 08:59 AM
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I just bought a Werks B5 for next season. They are hard to pass up for $200 and I'm thinking I'll probably grab a second one and run them in both buggy and truggy.
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Old 10-21-2009, 10:16 AM
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Ive had great luck with the Dynamite XP...fast little bugger with a JP3 pipe...easily kept up with much higher price mills. Run times are ok but for the price its strong.
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Old 10-21-2009, 10:26 AM
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Go Engines are as good as any of the best. There is a thread fo Go engines in the nitro off-road section, be prepared.........it's over 600 pages.
http://www.go-engine.com/
The U.S. Importer is USER ID Ruune on this forum
http://www.go-engine-usa.com/ His list of dealers is constantly growing.
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the only motors i have used in your price range are the Go's and the Werks B3 and B5.
I would go with the B5 . People are getting 10 min run time and have good power all around plus some of the best customer service there is.
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Well I think I'm leaning towards either the N21BF or the B5 now. I think it's more towards the B5. Would the dynamite 053 or 086 be a good pipe for either one of these engines or should I get a JR pipe. Don't know a whole lot about pipes yet. I'm sure I will have to figure out which one I like. The only one that I have run is the 053 on the mach 2 .21
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Originally Posted by Tate72
Well I think I'm leaning towards either the N21BF or the B5 now. I think it's more towards the B5. Would the dynamite 053 or 086 be a good pipe for either one of these engines or should I get a JR pipe. Don't know a whole lot about pipes yet. I'm sure I will have to figure out which one I like. The only one that I have run is the 053 on the mach 2 .21
the werks motor loves the werks 2013 pipe and has an excellent note.
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Old 10-22-2009, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Tate72
Well I think I'm leaning towards either the N21BF or the B5 now. I think it's more towards the B5. Would the dynamite 053 or 086 be a good pipe for either one of these engines or should I get a JR pipe. Don't know a whole lot about pipes yet. I'm sure I will have to figure out which one I like. The only one that I have run is the 053 on the mach 2 .21
Tate72, I've been watching this thread the last couple of days and would like to thank you for considering one of our engines. I believe in a more low pressure sales tactic which is why I have refrained from posting on here until you narrowed down your choices to 2 engines, one of them being our B5. Either engine will serve you well and both are high quality, Italian made motors.

I know that you mentioned that you were looking for a $200 practice engine however our new B5 is truly a competition worthy motor, not just a product that you would use for practice and then replace with your race motor. To get an idea of the performance that this engine offers please take a look at the Nitrocross Buggy Main video which is currently on www.neobuggy.net home page. In it you will see Jeremy Kortz leading a significant portion of the race running the B5 motor. The video is a bit fuzzy but he has the black body with white wing and white wheels. Most importantly though I want to mention that he is running a bone stock motor that was just randomly pulled out of stock. So he runs the exact same motors that you as a consumer have access to with no modifications, no special part and no special selection process! So with the B5 you can in my opinion for the first time as a consumer, purchase a truly competitive, high quality Italian racing mill for under $200! I believe in letting the product speak for it's self instead of us as a manufacturers pumping it up and claiming it is the best or it does that and others don't etc. etc. Take a look at the video and or at some of the comments on the B5 thread on here and I think that it will speak for it's self! If you have any questions or would like additional information about our products please do not hesitate to ask.

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Hi all, my name is "San" and I'm a Werks B5 addict. Thank you for listening.

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Originally Posted by Werks
Tate72, I've been watching this thread the last couple of days and would like to thank you for considering one of our engines. I believe in a more low pressure sales tactic which is why I have refrained from posting on here until you narrowed down your choices to 2 engines, one of them being our B5. Either engine will serve you well and both are high quality, Italian made motors.

I know that you mentioned that you were looking for a $200 practice engine however our new B5 is truly a competition worthy motor, not just a product that you would use for practice and then replace with your race motor. To get an idea of the performance that this engine offers please take a look at the Nitrocross Buggy Main video which is currently on www.neobuggy.net home page. In it you will see Jeremy Kortz leading a significant portion of the race running the B5 motor. The video is a bit fuzzy but he has the black body with white wing and white wheels. Most importantly though I want to mention that he is running a bone stock motor that was just randomly pulled out of stock. So he runs the exact same motors that you as a consumer have access to with no modifications, no special part and no special selection process! So with the B5 you can in my opinion for the first time as a consumer, purchase a truly competitive, high quality Italian racing mill for under $200! I believe in letting the product speak for it's self instead of us as a manufacturers pumping it up and claiming it is the best or it does that and others don't etc. etc. Take a look at the video and or at some of the comments on the B5 thread on here and I think that it will speak for it's self! If you have any questions or would like additional information about our products please do not hesitate to ask.

Best Regards,

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Thanks for the reply. This won't be a practice engine it will be my main engine. If I use a practice engine it will be the mach 427. I will check out the site that you have posted.
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Old 10-23-2009, 04:27 AM
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Fantastic responses from Ron are the reason I bought my B5. It's a great engine, and for a guy to take time like he does to make the posts that he does, well I'm all for good customer service.
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Old 10-23-2009, 07:32 AM
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Does anybody else think it's GREAT that there are so many good choices to ponder in the $200 price range?

Ditto what the others said, all of these are good engines but the B5 is a real racing engine that happens to cost only $200. The one I've seen on the track ran stronger than any other engine I've ever seen in this price range.
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Old 10-23-2009, 09:49 AM
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I can't say enough about how impressed I am with the B5 and Werks. It easily hung with the guys at my track running $400-500 motors. It never flamed out and just could idle all day long. Can't wait to pick another one up over the offseason as a spare. Ron is always there for your questions, which really sold me.
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I will be trying a Werks B5. The price of this engine along with what I have read about its performance and the customer service . Ron really supports his product, And that is why I will try one of engines, thanks to Ron for thinking about the little racer like myself .
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Originally Posted by nothin special
I will be trying a Werks B5. The price of this engine along with what I have read about its performance and the customer service . Ron really supports his product, And that is why I will try one of engines, thanks to Ron for thinking about the little racer like myself .
Lol, we were all little racer at one time including my self! Frankly that's the beauty of this sport. It can starts off as a hobby and then turn into a career or as in my case a business! Trust we though when I say that I'm still the little guy surounded by 300 pound gorillas but I'll never forget that the whole reason I got started with this business in the first place was because I was so unhappy with the support and service that I was getting from companies at the time! I'm not going to make the same mistake my self lol!!!
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