Cool.. Good to know.. Will try to find a couple..(but jeeze, what a horrible name for a plug.. Especially in German ha ha.. Tsay-fuenf-tay-gay-tsay..) Anyway, I guess the RMV guys were right about flame-outs with Tornado fuel. And yeah, sounds like Chris is even more right - take the hotter NR plug instead of the P3.. Will do..

Any chance btw of a video of the F11 M.Velder?.. (or anybody else..)

Good to hear!! It should keep getting better, and faster now!! What kind of car are you running that engine in?

Taking the time to do a proper break-in proceedure is the number
one priority for any engine, no matter what factory it comes from.
Just letting an engine idle on the starterbox for a while isn't what
I would call a break-in proceedure. Trying to get an optiminum
tune and pushing and engine too hard, before the engine is
broken-in properly WILL cause you nothing but headaches.
There are buku posts in every engine thread on this site
about engines that flame out, are hard to tune, had pre-
mature con rod wear or con rod failure. Most all can be
traced back to the fact that the engines are being pushed
too hard before they broke-in. Please don't end up being one of
those, who only has himself to blame.
Take your time and do it right guys. I know it's a pain
in the ars to do, and the excitement of throwing that new engine
on the track and watching it scream is sometimes unbearable.

Chris,

MBX 6R

Awesome!! Thats a light car, once the breakin is finished that thing should be a rocket

That's what we hope for

What is this engine based on? Taiwanese, or Italian?

http://www.rmv-deutschland.de/rb-bla...d-edition.html

Judging by the part number that is a 2012 engine that will be coming out soon. It is a Nova engine as the engines from Taiwan do not have Nova carbs on them. It looks to be a WS7 engine as it's a 7 port square stroke engine with a 13MM crankshaft. I know the WS7 was always one of my favorite engines in a buggy!!! I see on your site it's listed as a truggy engine so maybe there are timing changes done to it to make it more powerful and a better truggy engine than what the WS7 was. Many people felt the WS7 did not have enough bottom end power for a truck. Are they already available for you to purchase?

I cannot believe that's a Nova.. It costs €150 as a combo with the 2045.. That is nothing over here... I would think it has to be Taiwanese at that price.. If it's a WS7 with more bottom end for that price then the world has turned upside down ha ha...

It's a limited edition from RMV Germany I think.. It is available, and on sale for the above-mentioned price... The 2045 looks cheap-ish in the pics - not shiny like the "normal" ones...

http://www.rmv-deutschland.de/media/...1012-BLAST.pdf

If you look at that you can see it is the same piston and sleeve part numbers as the WS9 engine so it should have the MES 3 port exhaust like the WS9 did. It also has the new updated 9MM RB carb from Nova so I would have to say there is no way it's from Taiwan. It also shares the same crankcase as the WS9 engine. My guess is it has a great price because it is an engine they put together with a bunch of leftover stock from the older square stroke engines. The pipe just looks to be unpolished to also lower the cost. If it's that great of a deal and you ever liked the WS7 engine I would say jump on it!!

Got a new Fire 11 waiting here for spring*... And a couple others too..

With all these crazy deals recently, maybe RB has something major in the works for the Nürnberg toy fair next month?...

* Still seems to be an open question as to whether the F11 will really go well in my buggy.. One shop I dealt with tried to talk me out of it..(and to get an OS XZ-B instead - for a few bucks cheaper too, to be fair..) I liked what I heard about the silly power of the F11 though... And honestly, it's probably more destined for my SC8 anyway.. The F11 should out-power this Blast though, right??

I would say yes the F11 will be more powerful. I have a feeling the Blast probably should not be marked as a truggy engine as the parts it shares with the WS9 would lead me to believe it will perform quite a bit like the WS square stroke engines did.

you´re right chris.
I talked to Dani Reckward about this engine and he said nearly the same things about it.

anyone know any cooling heads that will fit a RB C4 and a C5 turbo? I cracked a few fins a while back and need to replace the head on my C4 rody .21.....I also have a C5 that I was just going to switch the head on but its non turbo. I took a shot in the dark and ordered a cheap Losi 350 head (got it for cheap)but who knows if it will fit? Any help would be great, thanks

Look on Amain hobbies, they have O'donnell heads that there closing out for 19.99, they say will fit WS7, but will fit all the Nova based. 21 engines. The WS7 O'donnell head comes with a standard head button for the WS7, without a standard OD plug. They will fit the C4,C5 engine, I have one on a C6.Just the head, not the head button!