"When Just A Pinch Is Not Enough"
 

Last orders to go out this morning:

James (NV) Your Novarossi Plus 21-5K sleeve liner had some minor issues, But look great now. Please be my guest, when package arrives back to you wipe sleeve down and look inside with mag glass......Your gona like it :D And the fitment is as requested. :nod:

Ryan (WI) Your B5 did not require as much extra attention as the above, but finished up same, I expect you will be very pleased with finish product :nod::nod:

Thanks guys.....I appreciate you all

Kind regards,

Ray
RayAracing

Thanks Ray,

Look forward to getting the P&S back and putting new life in that old mill. Once I get it all rebroke in it'll make for a perfect practice/club race mill or a solid backup.

RayAracing Piston+Sleeve Reconditioning-Resizing Services
 

James, I agree ;)

Ryan(IL) Your OPS Radical 621T return ships today. Inspected unacceptable issues. An Email has been previously sent.

Brandon(NV) Your Toro Nero,Dynamite,Alpha Plus,and Orion MTE will return ship as well.

Thanks guys for the continued support :blush: :D

Kind regards,

Ray
RayAracing
Hektor Vom Eichenluft (preliminary bite/protection work puppy training has begun) :tire:

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Shipped today as fallows:

Lenny(NY) B2 Sealing surface finish conditions good now, and resized with nice compression in resized piston+sleeve fitment.

Brian(NJ) S852 Orange top Sealing surface finish conditions good now, and resized with nice compression in resized piston+sleeve fitment.

Tomorrow morning return shipment:

Ryan(WI) B5 Sealing surface finish conditions good now, and resized with nice compression in resized piston+sleeve fitment.

I appreciate the repeat business, Thank You!

Ray
RayAracing
Hektor Vom Eichenluft (Tracking,Obedience,and Protection training Honor roll student) :D

Ray handcraft - works of art IMHO
 

Hi guys
Wow - i was not aware of this thread. You sure are giving some detailed info regarding shipment etc. here Ray my friend ;)

Not that i have ever had the use or more info. I have had the pleasure of beeing Rays representative here in Denmark for - hell -i think its the 4th year now. And sleeves just come back to me as clockwork. It must be more than 100 till now.

As this thread clearly shows, Ray is THE MAN when it comes to resizing nitro sleeves. It is a pleasure to get a sleeve back from Ray - not only to the wanted tolerance of course, but also if needed honed and polished.

But the main thing about Ray is, that he knows exactly what you are talking about when it comes to special problems, or specific needs for a specific engine. Let me give you a couple of examples:

The CEN GST 7.7 is a big MF. Ray would normally just give these babies a loose fit - otherwise you simply could not turn the engine around because of the sheere size of the thing. But loose fit is just a tiny bit too loose if you know what i mean. So you just tell Ray to give it just a litle bit more than loose - not as tight as medium - and then it runs like a sewing machine after normal breaking in...Nobody else to my knowledge, can do this with this sleeve.

Another example: i have had like 5 or 6 of the Novarossi Plus 4 .21 FT engines that have all lost compression from one second to another. Reaching like 140 degrees C and POW - no compression. I dont know if we have just been unlucky with a shipment of poor quality sleeves to the Danish importer - but i have heard the same story from a couple of other guys in the business, about this engine.

I explained the situation to Ray an asked him to try to do one of mine a bit more than medium. Not only did Ray do that of course, but he also moved the point at which the conical narrowing started - moved it a bit down.
I did some testing on this particular engine after Ray had done his magic - and i had it all the way up to 160 degrees C - without loosing its compression.

What i am trying to say is that Ray surely knows his stuff and i can guarantee you that i will stay a dedicate and loyal customer or a long as i can take a nitro engine apart. BTW - i am almost 55 now - so it might not be that long after all :sweat:

Keep up the great work my friend - and all the best from Mikkel as well.

Niels Vangsoe - Nitromekanikerendotdk - Denmark

Thanks Ray. That was quick, look for 2 more coming soon. They dont need a pinch but they seem to run better when you pinch them!

Lenny

Aint that the truth :nod: funny how that works huh?

Ray is very good at what he does , thats no joke:D

Very funny how that works. He did a motor awhile back for me and it's on its 6th gallon after resizing with great compression still. Thats a total of 12 gallons or so (I lost track) on the same Rod, Piston and sleeve. It ran better after a pinch than it did new. Ray, thanks again. Love your service.

Finally got the XZ Speed back to race tune last night... it's faster than it has ever been. :tire:

The adjustments turned out exactly how I envisioned it would. Thanks Ray!

Thanks once again for the great service Ray!

Hope my special requests werent too taxing ;)

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Monty,
Once I get thru the inspections all the sets, damages of any kind identified, and know my surface finish conditions are acceptable....The extra time to putting new designed fitment "per your request" is no trouble at all. After-all, you are in the "OVER 100 SETS SERVICED CLUB" right along with Niels from Denmark above post :nod::nod: And back at you with the both the Fusion X7 ran last year and Fusion Extreme X3 I will be running this year. :) Thank You Friend The X7 is one sweet engine

Niels,
Again, Thank you for the great feed back/experience of last 4 plus years and over 100 piston + sleeve sets reconditioned-resized. Thank You Friend!!!

Lenny,
Thank You also for your feedback/experience running RayAracing reconditioned-resized piston + sleeve sets. 12 gallons is GREAT but sure is pushing the envelope on any engine without changing bearings, conrod, or any other parts. LOL, Tim has 11 gallons on his P5 with only replacing bearings at 5 gallon mark, and is as reliable and fast any engine we have between us at this time....go figure :blush: And I got a call just yesturday from Steve A (Litle Rock, AR) that confirmed ( double WOW) gallons on his werks B5 after serviced here. We'll let him mention the number of gallons if he so chooses. :nod::nod: See you & your son on the Western New York and Canadian tracks soon enough Lenny ;)

Rsickles,
Thanks for the update on the OS XZ Speed. My experience has been that reconditioned-resized OS engine models do perform well. I'll have to pull your invoice because now I'm curious as to the new designed fit you requested :( my memory just ain't what it was last week, LOL

Jody (NJ) your sets are on the bench

Clevon (VA) Your sets are on the bench

James (SC) Your set is on the bench

John (Bronx NY) Your sets are on the bench

Steve A ( Little Rock AR) Your set on bench

Thanks guys for the continued support and all the repeat business you guys send :blush::blush:

Ray (your friend first)
RayAracing (The service I hope you all will continue to trust)
Hektor Vom Eickenluft (Very cool shop mutt)

Thanks you Ray, I appreciate your service.
Best regards

Alain

In shop late last night, and again tonight
 

Jody (NJ)

Clevon (VA)

James (SC)

John (Bronx NY)

Steve A (Little Rock Ar)

Late night in the shop last night, orders completed and Shipped this morning ;)



Kevin (MD) Giovanny (TX) Daniel (NYNY) and Jaime (TX) are on the bench working late :nod::nod:

Kind regards,

Ray
RayAracing

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Judd(CA) Piston+Sleeve set serviced and ships in the morning

Richard(FL) Piston+Sleeve sets serviced and ships in the morning

Lee(England) Piston+Sleeve set with Head button serviced and ships in the morning

Jody(NJ) Your package next day aired arrived today early afternoon and group order Piston+Sleeve sets serviced and also ships in the morning :D Your order kept me busy thru the evening. Sealing surfaces look great and resized just as requested. Your gona like these :nod::nod:

Thank you guys....Time for dinner:)

Kind regards,

Ray
RayAracing

Ray sending you a package today Do you special Treatment as my last sets > Same method

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Jason,
I'll be looking out for your package. Nice note you left me on order form. Always nice hearing how many gallons fuel customers get after services here. And you have had quit a few sets done :D Thank You!

Kevin (OH) Package arrived, serviced and return ships in the morning. Improved Sealing surfaces and resized new desined fits came out very nice :nod: Thank You!!!

Kevin (MD) Package arrived, neither of two sets sent are salvageable. See invoice notes and call me :eek:

Robert (Europe) Chris (New Zealand) and Niels (Denmark) I'm expecting your' packages tomorrow or Sat. United States Postal Service has been very slow with air mail post packages arriving here lately. None the less, I will be working in the shop thru the weekend this week providing a nice speedy turn around for you all. Thank You!

Thanks guys :)

Ray
RayAracing

used b6
 

Just got my b6 that I bought used running last night. Had a hard time getting temps above 180. I can tell its going to be strong tho, thanks to Rays resizing. It was a basket case when I bought it and its a practice engine for me as its my first .21. Its probably had a hard life but it has a good home with me.:nod: Have a total of $153 invested in this engine and a 2058 pipe so I think I made a good deal. Was worried at first tho when I had to beat the piston out of the sleeve. :lol: You did a great job with it Ray and I thank you. I'll be back...:nod::nod:. take care.... Shane

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Shane,
Glade what started to be a potential "belly flop"( sleeve very distorted/out of round/uneven tapper) is now a money savings for you and now you can use saved funds to buy tires and such, and simply concentrate improving your driving skills, and having fun :nod: Thank you for the feedback :blush:

Bill (NY) Your Werks B5 P+S set with HeadButton serviced and return ships in the morning. :D

Jason (HI) Your OS 21XZ-B Speed Hara Edition P+S set also serviced and ships tomorrow. :D

Foot of snow forcasted here late tonight thru tomorrow :flaming:

Thanks guys

Ray
RayAracing

Thanks Ray your the best

ray needs his starz!!! cabaret? :nod::lol:

rate rays thread guys, Ray does great work , let the world know :nod:

Ray,

Mailed out the Arrow GTR, Werks B5 and Werks B6 P/S this morning.

The B6 has 14 gallons on it. Hopefully you are able to make it last another 2 or 3. This motor is my baby...

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Monty,
That's some good stuff ....Your one cool dued :nod:



joey91473,
Your package should arrive no later than Wednesday. By that time my bench should be clear again from packages arrived today, Holy smokes :eek: 14's Alot of gallons on that Werks B6 :cool:

Robert( Malta Europe) Serviced and return ships in the morning

Jesus(Tampa FLA) Serviced and return ships in the morning

Chris(New Zealand) Yours and your brother-in-laws sets will go out Wednesday morning.

Michael(NJ) Your group order should also go out Wednesday.

Power napped after dinner so im good till 2am :deathstar

Thanks guys

Kind regards,

Ray
RayAracing

Ray,

I putting a package in the mail to you today. Its one of the "new v-specs" you did for me late last year or early this year little runtime on it but im going through it . Please let me know what ya think and do your magic :) thanks Julian Semmes aka DILLARDS

Shipping resizing service and resizing tooling this morning
 

Julian,
Will do. Sorry I missed your call yesterday, while in tool+die shop. Figured I'ed return missed call home in my shop. Then we a rain storm knocked out my power around 7pm until midnight. Required packaging this morning shippings under 12 volt light. Dang, what a night.

Another long day and night ahead

RayAracing

Incredible service!
 

Ray,

Thanks for the insanely quick service for my Novarossi Toro Nero. I sent you a sleeve out early in the week from the Midwest and by week’s end it was back in my engine ready for fuel.

I was sweating it a little bit because while doing a preventative maintenance of changing out a rod, I noticed that I no longer had any mechanical pinch left. I found this out about a week before a big race for me, Outlaw Nitro Series for 1/8 gas LM here in the Midwest. This was the first race in the series and would set the tone for the rest of the series.

With you phenomenal service I was able to put my favorite mill back in my car and take the "A" main win(missed TQ by .1 sec...damn it)

Thanks for the quality work!

Sincerely,

Chad Smith
www.dynotech-racing.com

Going to mail out a Reedy121vr P\S set from here in Canada tomorrow.

Looking forward to trying your services, you have a great reputation at the local club.

Keeping busy
 

Chad,
I seen your post here but just not catching my wind after a very busy week. Very nice race results. :nod::nod:

Serviced and return shipped last week Mike(MI) Randy(KS) Chris(CA) Hugo(FL) Jeffrey(KS) Neal+John(MB Canada) John(NY) John(CA) Ron(GA) Niels(Denmark) Jullian(Lousiana) Ron(VA)

Packages delivered here Saturday , serviced and return ships tomorrow morning Aaron(WA) Ryan(IL) Rick (Australia)

Group orders On bench now that will keep me busy tonight thru Tomorrow are Tim(Ohio) and Mike (CA)

Thanks guys for all the continued support ;)

Kind regards,

Ray
RayAracing
Hektor Vom Eickenluft (started Schutzhund/bite work training last week:) Hektor had a great week :D

basket case b6
 

Just an update Ray, I sent you a p/s from a b6 that was seized when I got it. It was missing carb pinch bolt, etc... Anyway, come to find out, it has an Orion carb on it.lol... I got it running and about 3/4 to a gallon later It still has a hint of mechanical pinch. I'm amazed at how well this thing runs and idols considering what it was and what it is. Its a monster!:nod: I have about $160 invested with a 2058 pipe and your pinch service so I think I'm getting a pretty good bang for my buck. Your p/s service is top notch and I would recomend you anytime. I ordered a clocked b6 pro, so my current b6 will get a rest for a while. Thanks again Ray!
Shane...

Ray i'll have a p/s/r set coming your way by the beginning of next week. had some running issues with my p5xlt this weekend and found the compression to be a bit less than satisfactory(along with a bad front bearing) I know Mark Smith was having you do a lot of resizing for his customers and since he built my engines, i figured you must be doing good work!


Whats your usual turn around time, couple business days?

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Shane,
Great things worked out. Glad to have been of help :nod: Now you got a pipe(one of my favorite pipes) to run with your new clocked B6 (your gona like it, I have seen a few run) and the back up engine will come in handy one day. My website administrator Jim R hasnt raced in two years , pulled a original version first release Novarossi Plus 4 resized and put away 2 yrs ago. Jim raced last weekend Gleenwood King Of Dirt Series race Holland NY, with zero issues and engine ran like a raped ape. Jim made Buggy A-Main.....Not bad at all for a guy hasn't raced nitro offroad in a few years either......Nice :D

megasaxon,
I'm all cought up here after a very busy last 3 weeks, Turnaround here is next business day.

Shipped Saturday before Gleenwood race is Brian(IN) Alan(CT) John(TX) Diego(NY) Jeff(TN) and Vincint(NC)

Thanks guys

Kind regards,

Ray
RayAracing

Ray, that Arrow GTR that was in the bump up spot in buggy B-main at Glenwood was a RayA racing reserviced sleeve as well. Too bad a drive shaft cost me the race :(

My son's Truggy was also running a RayA serviced piston/sleeve set in his WERKS B5. Ran flawless all day.

Great experiences with your service. Customer forever.

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Len,
Your son did a nice job racing. He looks to be around 12 yrs old ? Very cool :nod::nod::nod: Its nice too seeing first hand my piston+sleeve reconditioning-resizing work performance results. The flyer is hanging in my shop for the June 30th Money race at Jerrysrcraceway in Ithaca,NY. ;)

Packages return shipping first thing in the morning:
Tharindu(Sri Lanka - Little Island southern tip of India :)) Mike (CA) and Corey (Queensland Australia)

I appreciate hearing the feedback on my work.......Thanks guys :tire:

Kind regards,

Ray
RayAracing

Just wanted to say thanks again to Ray. I had two damaged P/S sets that I sent off to Ray and he fixed them up right.. :nod: Both engines run great now, especially considering I had written one of them off, and just sent the P/S set on a whim. Thanks again.

Quality service that was quick.
 

I've also recently received a P\S set back for my Reedy 121vr and I must say that it looked awesome out of the envelope. Engine pinch was nicely done with a great light hone on the sleeve. Couldn't be happier with the way it runs after only 2 tanks of fuel.

Thanks for taking care of us Ray, you do quality work.

Started shop addition
 

Thanks for the feedback guys

Started shop addition. Adding another 900 sq ft floor space to shop, Finally ;)

Alan (CT) Paul (IN) Colin (CA) Paul (MD) shipped out yesturday morning

Monty and Kyle , orders serviced and going out in the morning

Charles (TX) your order started and will continue working on your group order thru tomorrow evenning and hopefully return ship Sat morning before racing Gleenwood RC at Holland raceway :D

Thanks Guys!

Ray
RayAracing
Hektor (boot thief) Vom Eichenluft

Thanks for the update Ray. Was hoping to get a couple of them run in before the state race in Katy, TX next weekend.

BTW: It's not a group order...their all mine:eek:. Just a few that I've collected over the years. Glad I didn't just chunk them:D!!!

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Charles,
10 engines is alot of RC Nitro Engines.....Nice. Working Late!

Another large package arrived today.......15 Roof Trusses X 30' long :):):):):):):):)

Ray
RayAracing
Hektor Vom Eickenluft ( Been climbing all over building material all week ;) )

all 3 recieved....heavy pinch wked great ray!!! fired 2 up and good to go:)

Shop addition takes priority Tuesday
 

Bryce,
Thus far I believe you've had light thru heavy, and every tightness between. Each should have left you with a slightly different impression, I am curious as to your overall preference now ? :nod: Please keep me posted :

Shop addition coming along slowly but it is coming along

Thanks!!!

Ray
RayAracing

Hope all is well with new addition Ray :nod:


You sir are "THE MAN"