Thank you for the detailed information about your testing and experience running the B5. Just curious what motors were you running before and how do you think the B5 compares to it/them?

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if you are looking for werks fuel in illinois im pretty sure RJD HOBBIES in Lincoln sells werks fuel. Maybe give them a call and see what they can do.

I will be breaking in my B5 this weekend and running it next week. :nod:

RJD is definetely worth a shot. RJD's # is 1217-732-4300.

PS: My B5 has been running really good lately. The best pipe I've tried so far has been the RB 2045. It really smoothed things out, and at the last race, I was able to make 9:30 pretty easily. :) Setup works really good in the buggy!

Happy Racing....

got my sirio 2057 on the way now i can't wait till these are back in stock.read alot and seen a couple run and very impressed and a big plus is the customer service i see here.

hey ron,

i'm planning on buying the b5 once it is off backorder at amain, and the 2013 pipe as well, but was wondering... you stated about 80 pages back:)

the b7 has more high end, and at only $60 more would you consider the b7 superior to the b5?

and one more question,

any plans on offering a werks buggy or truggy?

with your customer service and great products, I'm sure it would be a hit!

thanks, John

Hey Ron, I currently have 1 sirio cl7b sti, extech II .21, werks b3, werks b7, werks b5, N0varossi p5x. I have had more engines in the recent past but these are the ones I currently have... So.how does the b5 compare........ well first of all I have always been a sirio fan,the smoothness,power, reliablility and longetivity are top notch. the werks being sirio based just tells you the quality.b5 so far seems to be a great blend of bottom and top end power. I love the B3 it has a TON of low end grunt and decent top and for most tracks in so cal the straights arent that long anyway but it did lack a little top. The B7 Is super fast but for truggy in my opinion lacks a little bottom for certain tracks, but the mid to top is insane, perfect for buggies in my opinion, the B5 seems to be the perfect balance of bottom end and top end power. It revs to the moon, and yet has enough bottom end to clear my D8T over any of the large "hard to clear" jumps I encountered. And the runtimes are xlnt. I can not notice any less power or performance over my $300 sirio cl7b sti, or my $300 novarossi or $300 trinity extech II. Basically like you said Ron It is a $200 engine that is comparable in everyway to any other $300+ engine out there. I will not buy anything else there is no reason to spend more money The B5 is just a killer engine at a killer price. I took this thing apart too when I first got it and The quality is xlnt. There were no corners cut on this engines.... I will be racing my B5 at the Kyosho winter nationals in a couple weeks and will have the Werks B5 out there for Battle!!!. I have always been a big WERKS fan and customer and they have never let me down and once again with the B5 WERKS adds another killer engine to there lineup!!

jmudbug, as rogma (thanks!) mentioned they are set up out of the box to run 30%. Thanks also about the comment about our customer service! B5's should be back in stock at A-main around the end of next week.

Team_Orange, thanks for giving the recommendation on RJD, definitely worth a shot! On a side note I'm thinking about looking into finding some trackside dealers for our fuel to try and get it out to more location so if any of you guys might possibly be interested in repping our fuel in their local area please do not hesitate to send me a PM!

clinttredway, thanks for picking up one of our engines! Please let me know what you think once you get it broken in!

Brad S. thank you for the info on the 2045 pipe. Just out of curiosity which other pipes did you test the engine with?


Racejunkie, take a look at the heidmann1's answer right below here. He gives a really good overview of the differences in performance between our different engines. Frankly it really depends on the type of tracks that you run on. The B7 Pro is my opinion untouchable when it comes to mid and top so if you are running on high speed, flowing tracks this would be my choice. If you are running on our standard US style shall we call them supercross style tracks (big jumps, tight turns where you need a lot of bottom) then I would go with the B5 which also has better run time. Again they are both great engines it's just up to you to decide monster top and bottom B7, power band shifted down a bit B5. Hope this helps!

heidmann1, thanks for the feedback and also the break down of how our different engines perform, as I mentioned above I think that your spot on with this! Thanks again!!

Np, I race with Mike B here in Texas. I do not think there are many B5's running here yet... I will be breaking it in tonight and running it some tomorrow.

Cool! I'll be sending some to Battaile next week so that he can get ready for the RC Pro Series finals the week after next. I know he has been looking forward to trying them! Mike''s been kicking butt with our B7-Pro's though winning the RC Pro Texas State series title in Buggy and taking 2'nd in Truggy using our B7-Pro's which ain't bad!

ok, i ran 5 tanks thru my b5 today and i am already impressed! this thing will idle forever without loading up. after a small bit of tuning and an idle adjustment, i had it running around 220 and it rips! :sneaky:

I had been running a modded RB S5 and all I have to say is my STOCK b5 blows it away.. I will be getting another for sure :)

one last thing, I am running a JP-1 on the recommendation of a local pro (Mike B) as I could not get a 2013 and I am very very happy..

Can someone give me an idea about longevity on this engine, box stock, no parts pinches or bearing replacements. Run right, good tune, and broken in and maintained correctly. TIA, Jaz

Jaz240, the average on one of these with good fuel, good air filter and good tuning should be 6 to 9 gallons on a p/s I would think. I van tell you that Kortz ran several weeks of club races, the Rc pro series Australia race (5 days), a couple more club race weeks, the buggy nationals, another months worth of club racing (2x per week) and practice, qualifying & the dash for cash at the Nitro Cross race all on the same engine without rebuilds. He runs about a gallon a week club racing plus about 2 at the Nate and Rc pro event add the Nitro Cross and your easily over 9 gallons at tuned to kill pro race mode. He put a new engine in for the main just to be safe but is still planning on running the old one for club racing etc with over 9 gallons on it. If you want to takea look at the performance of a well used engine there is a YouTube video that was posted on here of Kortz in practice when he set fastest lap at the Nitro Cross (using the engine I mentioned above) that was posted a page or two back. Hope this helps!

Clintredway, thanks for letting us know how things are going! Sounds likeyour liking the performance so far! Please let me know what your thoughts are once you have the chance to get it fully broken in set to race tune!

I will for sure. for the first time in a long time I have confidence in my engine.

question, I am using a P3 plug, is the preffered plug to use in most situations?

I like the odonnell plug od97t medium heat range. they last a long time and cheaper than the os plugs. The p3 is a recommended plug for this engine also