way short! the best shirts I have gotten were from amain hobbies thought they would shrink to nothing,not still same size. Great quality that you don't see any more. Unless your 5'2" and 400lbs then most of the 3-4xltalls will fit you.

:lol:

Wash them in cold water and hang dry it. No more shrinking and graphics last forever. ;)

yes mother :lol: j/k....that is usually how its done...but sometimes it doesnt work out that way...:flaming::D

Lol I used to always shrink my shirts to them my girlfriend taught me that. No one undersized shirt in the past year.

:lol:...makes you wonder if you should listen to women more often:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

This is why I got married. I havent touched a piece of laundry or a dirty dish in years lol....

I dunno why I got married.

Thinking back.............................................. it seemed like a good idea at the time.

You too:weird:

Ok boys and girls. A few pages back I said I would give you a subjective comparisom between the GXII and the MG66 once I had a bit of fuel through one of the new motors.
I have a GXII with 1.5 litres through it. It still has considerable metal pinch, but can just be turned over in the buggy by hand when hot, so I feel it is performing well enough to make a fair comparison between the two motors, allowing for the fact the GXII will free up some more with another couple of litres through it.

I spent an afternoon at the track with the following set up -
X-Ray 808 buggy, standard gearing, same as I run with my MG66
GXII motor running 25% fuel, stock shims, O'Donell 97T med temp plug, JVD 4 shoe clutch with 4 x alloy shoes and gold 1.0 springs, Werks 2013 pipe, and 7mm venturi.

Bottom end -
The GXII has more bottom end than the MG. This is obvious even with only 1.5 litres through it. The bottom end is sharp and snappy, but not like a light switch. The power is there on demand but the application is a steady pull of power. This is with the JVD clutch, which I don't run on the MG as I find it is too soft for most tracks I run on.
This clutch set up is perfect for the GXII in the buggy. Running a stock 3 shoe clutch with alloy shoes and 1.1 springs would make the GXII very similar to the GX-5R, so that's what I would run in truggy with the new motor.

As a reference, I used our six pack jump as the ultimate test for the bottom end comparison. With a nice straight run up the MG66 with three shoe clutch and 1.1 springs does the 3 and 3 jump easily, but if you get offline and have to slow too much before the jump, it is a 2 x 2 x 2 as I don't normally have the launch to clear it 3 x 3.
With the GXII it clears the 3 x 3 easily from any speed of appraoch. To prove a point to myself, I did several runs where I stopped completely about 5 metres short of the first jump, then gunned it. I cleared the 3 x 3 easily every time from a standing start. Remember, this is with the softer JVD 4 shoe clutch fitted, as opposed to the stronger 3 shoe fitted to the MG, plus limited fuel through the motor.


Mid and top end -
Here the motors are very similar. I would say at present with only 1.5 litres through the GXII that it has the mid and top end of the GX-7R.
I would say with more fuel through it, the GXII would be on a par with the MG for mid range power, and somewhere between the GX-7R and MG66 for top end - which is not a bad place to be.

Power application -
The GXII and the MG have a very similar power band. They both have smooth turbine like power that makes driving very easy. What you pull on the trigger is what you get directly and immediatly. There is no bottom or top end feel to either motor, just an instant response of power no matter where you are sitting in the rev range.

So to sum it up - the GXII once fully bedded in will be very much like the MG66, but with quite a bit more bottom end.

Buggy application - with mid range pipe and medium clutch set up = perfect :)
Truggy application - with a stronger clutch and long header pipe (like the 2072) = excellent.

I don't run a truggy presently, but have a lot to do with the truggy guys that run the GX-5R's purchased from us here at GO Racing NZ, so have a very good idea of how the new GXII will compare, going on what I have experianced with this motor so far (plus having run a GX-5R in my buggy for fun events on ocassions).

Well, that's as fair and impartial as I can be. Remember, I sell both motors, so have no reason to favour either model over the other one.
I have been racing the MG66 in my buggy since it's introduction (engine # 00031) so am very familiar with it, what clutch it likes etc, etc, so I think the comparison is a pretty fair one.
With it's extra bottom end the GXII will suit the tracks I run a little better I think.
I will be running it as my #1 motor this season.

And please remember - this is just my personal opinion, Others may disagree :) :cool:

Both using the same size venturi Grizz ?

PS; you and the team coming over for FEMCA in August ?

Oops, sorry Flanno, should have mentioned that - yes both with 7mm venturi. I'll add that to my original post now.

We ran the GXII in Craigs truggy (Mugen MBX-6) this avo and it rocked.
No appreciable difference in bottom end pull from the GX5-R, but definitely extended top end.
This was running the 7mm restrictor and the JDV 4 shoe with gold 1.0mm springs. I reckon it would pull harder with a 3 shoe if you needed it (muddy winter conditions etc).
This motor just pulls hard right through the rev range. Impressive.

Re the FEMCA trip - I know a couple of the Christchurch boys have had to pull out due to losing their homes etc in the quake, but there are still a good few making the trip.
I am not 100% booked in yet. The better half wants to go to the Gold Goast in August, so we will see what happens. Two trips that close might just break the bank a little :(

So to sum it up - the GXII once fully bedded in will be very much like the MG66, but with quite a bit more bottom end.
sounds like the mg66 rex did up for me/Has bottom end!!!!

Sounds like it might be pretty similar Matt, from what you told me.
Now we have had some time with the new motors, run some fuel through them, done some testing and the dust has settled, we can definitely say the GXII is a step up from the GX Series motors, which were pretty good in their own right.
They are lighter, more powerful, more refined, with a great power band for buggy and truggy.
We are surely heading in the right direction :nod:

From the one I seen running, it sure will suite Truggy.

I'v had great results with my MG66 and it is certainly no slouch in my Truggy,
and a second option for certain track conditions where ya need just a little more pulling power without wanting to go to a bigger donk, for you Truggy drivers the GXII looks just the rite option to get more pull without losing run time.

:tire: Flanno