waht boat and who is the capton

capton=not a racer :lol::lol:

Chad Due was moving this weekend with his Reedy. He seemed very happy with it and it was extremely smooth on the bottom , with blazing top end power. :nod:

i dont care what that captain is doing but he needs to put his boat in high gear and get those things hear. i cant wait

yes he was, some old guy taught him how to tune a motor and due bro looked good.:p

Horizon is showing an expected date of 6/1 as of last night.

this morning it shows mid june. i wish someone would just say this is the date they are gonna be released and as long as there are no production problems, stick with it.

I just went and looked again and it hasnt changed. I am looking at the page that a hobby store would order from not the retail site. Just FYI not trying to be a dick.

I am pretty sure its what Shane said. They are in route. I just hope Somalian pirates wont hijack the ship their on.

Hopefully it will be soon as one of my engines blew last weekend.

I'm waiting too, I don't want to just buy another Vspec.

I thought it was Duefuss? :lol:

I'm going to check with the factory late next week and get another update. I'll post here when I get new info. :nod:

any news?

Marshall said he was going to check into it late this up coming week. So stand by. :nod::nod:

The ae race at revs was this weekend and ryans motor ran great. sounded smooth and had top and bottom. you guys need to be patient. all the manufactures are upping their game now. its all about fuel mileage w/ great power. and it doesn't come cheap. (os speed) so if a company can nail it for a good price they will sell like hot cakes...reputations are on the line. and the word travels fast these days...:sneaky:

My bro's Reedy just came it at our LHS and WOW what a nice looking piece. Hopefully you all that have back order should eb getting your soon if you already haven't!

Are these motors available yet

Got mine from Tower ealier this week and fired it up for the first time last night. All I can say so far is WOW. I started it up and ran a full tank through it to break it in, didn't even have to touch a adjustment screw. Idled nicly ran smooth. After a full tank with a little revin temp was at 198. CAn't wait to lean her out and hit the track.:nod:

Yes and No. They are available to people, but demand is so high that many places can't keep up with the orders.

Wonder if this engine will work well in a truggy?

Most definitely. Ryan Maifield has been running one in both his truggy and buggy. Won some big race with both, including the Arizona State race at SRS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rBsbcdyReI

So how is everyone liking the Reedy motor? Mine is sick now that its broken in. Also anybody playing with different pipes then using the AE pipe?

I really want to try this engine, anybody have them in stock?

if you wanna pay a little more:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=390061165936

otherwise you better put one on backorder with your favorite hobby shop in order to get one. I ordered mine in March and just got it in last week...

losipartshouse has them

Available here: www.bandbhobbies.com
$249.99

Thread hasn't been moving up, everybody must be loving the motors! :nod:

i'll be breaking mine in this coming week, but if it runs as good as it looks, i'm gonna love it! I'll let you all know how break in goes and my thoughts on it when i get to that point....

I got mine today and put about a 1/4 gallon on it so far. Haven't had it on a track, that's tomorrow. It looks very promising so far. AE 2035, OD97t, 7mm restricter, RC8B.

started mine today, running as i type this. AE 2035, OS P3 plug, 9mm restrictor, Byron's Prodriver 2500, RC8T

taking forever to burn through 3 tanks at idle, but it'll be worth it i'm sure. I went with the 9mm restrictor because i really only want/need to get 8-8.5 mins on a tank so if i can do it without sacrificing power, thats the way i'm gonna go. right now at idle i'm getting like 25 mins or maybe more( havent really kept track) on a tank

My tanks at idle took forever as well. I got to run mine a bunch yesterday in testing. Really smooth power, especially on technical tracks like I was running on. I was temping between 250-270 all afternoon on a pretty humid day, but had smoke the whole time. I was able to run for a while, drive up to pit lane leisurely, walk down and put the car on the wall while it was idling, change all four tires, fill the tank, blip the throttle twice and it was ready to go back out. Unbelievable!

I'm diggin it!

I raced mine Yesterday in Round 2 of the Alberta RC Pro Series. I ended up taking second place in Expert Buggy using this engine. My OS's will all go to back up engine status now.

This engine has about the power of an EB Mods V-Spec but with the fuel economy of the Speeds. I've run a lot of different engines, except RB and GRP, and these are definatley my new favourite. 10 minutes+ on a 125cc teched tank? Pretty good if you ask me.

Got 13 tanks on mine now and i'm impressed. This motor is STRONG. Plenty of motor for my RC8T. Top end is great. Powerband is butter smooth. Its at about 90% race tune right now, running about 225, and thats working it pretty hard.

For those wanting to run it in a truggy, go for 1.1 springs on the clutch and hard alum shoes. I'm running VP pro shoes/springs and they seem awesome, Assocaiated Hard/1.1 spring work great as well.

No racing Today at my local track because of the Holiday, but we have a Trophy race next week so that will be my first track experience with it, but i can tell already that its better than the Pro .28 RTR motor that came with my truggy, both power-wise and fuel economy-wise.

I did a bunch of plug testing and general tuning work on Friday. The motor ran fine on OS P4 and P3 plugs, as well as the O'Donnell 97T. I found out a few interesting things.

80 degree air temp, 45% humidity for the day. Started off with the P4 and dialed in a good driving tune, not on the ragged edge. Temped at 245-250. Put the 97T in and had to richen the top and bottom 3 hours to get the same temp and engine feel. Put the P3 in and had to fatten just the top another 3 hours to get the same temp and feel back.

I stayed with the P3 the rest of the day, then started playing with the bottom end needle exclusively. I'd never really played with that needle before, and was surprised by what I discovered. I was able to richen that needle one whole turn from where I was to where the engine was starting to blubber out of tight corners. I only started seeing a temp change in the engine after I'd fattened up the low end 9 hours. I had no idea the low speed needle's "window" was so large. I finally learned what an engine feels like when it's too rich on the bottom, too. It will stumble for a moment right when you grab the throttle coming out of a corner, then start pulling. If I remember right, an engine that's lean on the bottom will pull for a moment right when you grab the throttle, then fall on its face.

The powerband REALLY improved coming out of corners once I'd fattened up the bottom about 6 hours. I think this was magnified by the track I was on because it was low speed and technical.

The high speed needle's "window" is still pretty small. 3-4 hours between four stroking and super killer race tune on a small track.

I couldn't do any race style pit stops during my testing since I was the only one at the track, so I don't know how the engine would have run after a fuel stop. I still had the incredible idle that I had the last time I ran it though, with the idle only starting to vary considerably once I had made the low speed needle REALLY fat.

Your mileage may vary, void where prohibited. :lol:

I had this happen with an Orion US Spec. I was like WTF?? I now start with the LSN way rich and work down until if feels good and then leave it.

I got the Reedy on BO, how do you like it? Where does it make the best power?

Power is very smooth, good low end grunt with pretty good top end. It doesn't seem to wind up really high like some other motors i've seem, but the speed is there.

I really like it so far. I'm not sure what you're asking exactly, but for me so far, it's taken a head temp of around 240 degrees before it feels nice and crisp. I think the way the bottom end and mid range feel are excellent for the cars. It doesn't hit like a light switch from idle like my V-Specs do, but it doesn't need a lot of revs to make power like an RB WS7 III, either.

Thanks, I like motors that have Big Bottom power, yet linear. Just wondering where you guys feels the motor shines?

The chrome plated backplate is where it shines the most ;)

+1 The backplate is a neat feature. . . and serves a purpose.

what s the best % oil mix for this engine.

I can't say whats best, but i'm running Byrons Prodriver 25% which has 9% oil. The Race blend 30% and such has 11%. Less oil content will yield cooler temperatures usually...