REEDY .21 Nitro Engine
 

Hello Guys,


I just thought I would start a thread for the new REEDY .21 Nitro Engine. I took some in from Neo-Buggy.Net also AE has this topic on their thread as well.


"Spotted at the nationals was a new unnamed engine; Associated's Brent Thielke told Neo-Buggy that the design is by Reedy as part of the Associated engine program. Currently powering Rick Hohwart and Scott Browns' buggys. Stay tuned for more info..."


What do you think? I for one will be getting one to try out. I have had no issues with my V-Specs but you never know what can happen in Nitro, so I want to try one out when they are released.


Thanks
Kevin Boyle

Interesting bolt on carb. I assume it's being made by Thunder Tiger?

I am not shure about it being a TTR mill but I do like the head on it. And me being partial to AE yes I would probably try it also as long as it isnt crazy priced.

i love the way the card bolts on.. better than slotted screws

What if you want to rotate the carb?

that is a good question... does anyone have the answer??

From the looks of it, you can't.

The carb can be rotated enough so that it can be positioned for perfect orientation in any current 1/8 buggy/truggy.

cool thanks rick.. te motor looks sweet.. i just wonder what its goint to cost??

They are not going to be cheap engines but they won't break the bank either. These first two will be pure competition engines from the ground up. Imagine OS V-Spec performance and features, but less expensive. That is the goal.

i wasnt really worried about them breaking the bank! ;-) i am sure that they will be a good quality product for the money just like all other associated/reedy products

How? That is a fixed flange on the carb bolted on a fixed engine case. Just curious........

DLC Coating and quality are very imortant.

You can't tell from the pic, but the carb holes are slotted.

Thanks Rick,
I was looking at that more to see how after I asked and slotted holes would work. Nice, guarantees nice tight fit with gasket and no high temp silicone needed.

ae .21 motor
 

when will this motor be available :nod:

Thanks for the info Rick,


Hey Guys,


AE is producing a pipe that is just like the OS 2050 but a lot cheaper. So I would think the Reedy engine will be great out of the box but at a lower cost.

Only time will tell how this new engine will be received by the consumers but if it is anything like the other Reedy Products it will be top notch.


Just my $.02


TTYL

Kevin Boyle
:cool:

The date has not yet been determined. We will post info once it has.

Can we know alittle more about it? Short or long stroke, how many ports ect.

We will post the details shortly as well. On a side note Maifield TQed the first round at The Farm 2 with the engine.

I hope it wasn't an OS with an AE head. Just kidding, I'm sure he will do well with the new mil.

I hope it wasn't either.:eek:

Thanks for the update Rick .... Ryan also won the Summer Nitro Fest with the new engine. I spoke to another AE Team Driver who was at the Farm and he said Ryan looked strong the entire event with the Reedy Engine.


Thanks
Kevin Boyle

flying ryan
 

pfttt you can stick a worn out .12 motor in his buggy and he will still be strong ......:lol:ryan can flat out drive with the best of them if not better :ha:

not 100% sure, but looks picco-ish, minus the new carb set up, any info on it's base Kevin, picco based looks like i may be wrong, back plate and motor mounts look familiar.

Tere is no "base". It is 100% Reedy designed and Thunder Tiger manufacturered. A complete in-house project, not a re-badged existing engine.

Rick, thats awesome to hear, glad to see someone step up and make a sloid foundation of there own, any internal specs available yet?

The internal specs have not yet been finalized. We will post additional informaiton as it becomes set in stone.

i like the way the carb bolts on

I don't know if I like the way the carb bolts on or not but I do like how it moves the carb just a little farther from the crankcase.

I may have this wrong but the carb actually looks closer to the crank case to me, and on larger engines the shorter the run the better high RPM performance:nod:

It is closer and the reason for the design (and the bolt on carb is very reliable.)

When I said farther from the crankcase I meant farther from the cylinder part of the block, not farther from the crankshaft. In other words, there is plenty of room for the exhaust manifold spring.

I've always liked the bolt on carb on my Fox airplane engines. It's more reliable than the standard airplane two-opposed-setscrews setup (which I've had fail), and I'd expect it to distort things less than the standard car pinch bolt setup.

and...Thunder Tiger has been making airplane engines for a number of years now....technology does transfer over once in a great while :nod:

Ah! Yes I need as much room as possible :lol:

I like how you can see the head bolts through the cooling fins, this may mean more airflow over the glow plug similar to the orion crf design ??

The engine head is not the final design. From what I've seen, the new design is even more clean and functional.

being functional is good!! lol

IF it works run it :nod:

http://www.fthobbies.com

This is true. Not only will the final head version look great, it will provide exceptional efficient cooling.