That's what I've been hearing. And despite how I may have worded my description last night after becoming very aggravated at a big race, I'm actually trying to give EB Mods the benefit of the doubt. I've been racking my brain all night, trying to figure out if I did something wrong, but it's not been repositioned in the buggy since I last used it and it worked great....until yesterday. Was kind of hoping that this was a common enough problem that someone might have a "quick fix" to offer. :mad:

I'll take the engine out today and see if I can find any problems. If not, guess I'll be sending it back to be repaired/replaced. In the meantime, I'm still looking for any good suggestions (quick fixes).

Thanks!!

Gotta +1 this....
I'm a Werks guy and Ed bent over backwards at the races one day to help me out. Turns out it wasn't an engine issue, my RC8 clutch pins had elongated causing the bell to hang up. Nevertheless Ed spent a ton of time helping me on a day he was racing.

Customer service is a reason to buy or not buy a product IMO. Talk to Ed I'm sure he'll bring the smile back:D.

hmm. i have not heard or anybody having carb problems. just make shure your linkage is not binding. if its something with the carb edd will take care of it.

Binding was my first thought, too. We all know that sometimes that tiny little jolt knocks more stuff loose than long cartwheel down the straightaway, but I disconnected the linkage and it's still frozen. :confused:

I have no doubts that it'll get taken care of. I've got plenty of back-ups to get me through a few race weekends, but I really like how this engine has done in the races that I have used it. Despite this set-back, I still believe that it's one sweet mill!!! :nod:

Try backing the idle screw out and take the barrel out and inspect it.

what kind of run time is the JS .23 mod getting? anyone know?.

I'm just about settled in and will be back online hopefully Monday. If anyone needs CS In the meantime they can contact Ed or I by phone.
EBMods : 570-779-0646
Lucky7: 845-787-2485

Hi Bob!
Any JS crank will work in any JS.

i have been getting 10mins + at one track and the other track i raced at was 8-9mins. im running a p4 with a re-10. these are both indoor tracks.

j-dub

Well, finally found time to get my engine out of the buggy and the carb seems to be just fine. The more I look into it, the more it looks like something was hanging up (probably the linkage hitting the fuel tank). Guess I'm just an idiot because I swear that it seemed to be stuck without the linkage. Oh well, I'm not going to be upset over NO problem!!!! :D

Binding
 

I had that problem with my losi. Turned out that when you have the clinch bolt loose and your setting your carb, make sure that your servo linkage is pulling the slide directly toward the servo, rather than off to the side which would cause your binding! That turned out to be my problem:nod:

Hey Joe good to see your still around! Congrats on your move. Ges I won't see you at any races anymore, unless your still gona do the Motorama race.:tire: Have fun in Cali. Wish I was there!:cry:

Just got back from raceworlds first point series race. I was able to run a 10 min pit and allowed me to slip into second place. I was able to stay there till the end. The js .23 ran great and got great fuel milage.

Jdub

Hey Joe,

Called the number you gave me and it went to your business. Left messsage. Could you get ahold of me? 574-780-2490

Thanks man,

Randy

Matt, I just received your email from RCT and replied, sorry for the delay.

In the future anyone who needs to contact me for Customer Service please email me direct at [email protected] or call the shop,, please try not to send emails through RCT, as I don't always receive them. Direct is always the best solution.

Congrats to Joe Alessi of Lucky7 RC and EBMods for making the move out West leaving all of us to freeze are arse's off in the Northeast.....

I'm ready to jump on a plane now and fly out.. :)

Hey Randy could you call me today please, Joe's on West Coast time,,,, oh wait even when he was on the East Coast he was still on West Coast time... :) 570-779-0646

Didn't see this,, hahahaha,,,

Don't get to relaxed today, that truck should be showing up with those 3 skids to unload and inventory :)

Ok, the Full Mod .23's are now shipping, Absolute Hobbyz should have some listed and AMain should have them up soon.

FM .23's don't have the bored and filled cranks, but instead they come with a Tungsten Weighted counter balance. We tested the light balance crank verse the heavy balance crank and found the heavy balance crank produces 20% more torque on the bottom over the light balanced crank. And after talking with the Team guys who tested them on the track, they all preferred the feel of the heavy balanced crank over the light balance.

js clutches and flywheel
 

Well i got race again this weekend. The .23 ran great and i used the js twister clutch shoes and js flywheel. I was able to pit at 10min easy. The clutch I ran for practice and all 3 quals and 20 min main. The clutch shoes should go a gallon easy and i was happy with the way the performed. I used 1.0 springs. I would recomend these clutches to anyone they are affordablea and reliable.

Thanks Ed and Joe

Jdub

Hey Ed any chance you'll be attending Motorama?... I am confirmed for Expert Nitro and Electric 1/8th... awaiting the packet in the mail. Working on Midwest.:tire:

Dad or myself will give you a call here soon. Sounds like Joe's gonna be busy setting up shop.

Also have my eye on the FM .23 for Truggy next season, Good info!!!

Hey Gary, yes plan to be at Motorama to race personally and Display EBMods, JS Racing and Lucky7 RC products.

New Engine Bearing Tool.

....

Great to hear that you'll be racing too. I'll give a call soon, as we have just moved also, (still in w. pa) and are in the process of setting up new email accounts.

Very nice addition!!!

:D

:D
none stop chaos. :tire::tire:
:):tire::tire:

As much as I wanted to hate my JS race prep, it kept on ticking. Bad news was the air filter and exhaust came loose on the qualifing of the first race weekend. It lost pinch and developed a good bit of play in the connecting rod after that. Engine still had good power and some compression, piston had a chip and some scarring on the sleeve. Kept racing the motor through the first gallon then got it pinched and raced another through it, but the play in the connecting was getting exessive and I finally started lossing power so I pulled the engine apart. Through its rough, short life my engine held good power, easy to tune, held tune, got 9-10 mins a tank, and NEVER FLAMED ONCE. Definatly gonna rebuild and hold onto it as a back up while I try this Werks.

BBoard, hey thanks for your honesty. I'm not sure why you "wanted" to hate the JS, but I'm very happy that you don't :)

Maybe give me a call when you go to rebuild that JS. I have a few options when it comes to rebuilding.


Thanks for the support
Ed

hey ed
 

Any thoughts on this?

The Mod crank will work, but works better with the lightened piston and rod that the modified engines comes with.

Did you have clutch bearings seize up?

bearings
 

no but I did have some come apart I am guessing thats what messed it up

It seems like if the coating whears off there is play where the bearing rides

Either way I love my engines best I,v used so far

thanks ed look foward to meeting you at motorama:p:p

Ed, you bringing fuel to motorama? (prob a dumb question)

Yes if the bearing fell apart then it's possible it seized before breaking apart. The TiN coating is around 12 microns on surface and 24 microns total because the shaft is cylindrical. 24 Microns is around 0.001" which is giving you that slop between the bearing and crankshaft, if you have the down time send me the crank, I will check it and see what I can do to help.

I can't wait for Motorama :)

Sir Yes Sir :)

crankshaft
 

What address should I send it to

thanks

john b

I knew that the shape the piston/sleeve/rod was in that the motor shouldnt have to long of a life ahead, and shouldnt be running as smooth and powerful as it was. I run another gallon and a half, before I just tore it down. YGPM Ed.

EBMods
580 East Main Street
Larksville, Pa 18651

Did you email me? I didn't receive anything yet.

[email protected]

Mikey-B just received your PM, reply sent thanks :)

A real quick note about the FM .23 crank. The Tungsten weights are just that, Tungsten.

We found during the testing of other cranks that not all use a Heavy Metal like Tungsten. In fact some used a brass or copper slug. Tungsten density is around 19 grams per cc, and the crankshafts we tested averaged 8 grams per cc. If you were to look up the density of brass and copper you would see they average around 8-9 grams per cc. Not much of an increase when you figure the difference.

cool, thanks