Well let us know how they thread in

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Glad I stocked up a bit on Nova plugs. I still got at least 15 more CT06's and a few CT05 and 7's in storage. I'll be good for a bit.

The regular Protek turbo plugs are SH.

it looks like the SH/Protek are the same as novarossi and all are different from OS.
there is a thread just below here that a guy made some molds to see the differences.
one thing i noticed is that protek labels their plugs differently. It looks like their Hot plug is everyone elses medium?

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It looks like they only have 3 temps.

what’s up dude! Who were you talking with, now I’m curious :) and it was all only glowing things, I’d assume, haha. Things are going great all things considered. Racing a lot here in Southern California. Working a lot. Enjoying life! Do you guys still have a race scene there? Where are you racing? And I’m with you, I would miss novarossi and hope someone buys them out.

what motor outside the nova famley can you compare the fms to?

Ha ha ha. It was all good. Guy named Todd Claunch that used to race GT. He was talking about me being able to tune by ear and I told him I was lucky enough to have good tuners to help when I started and mostly smart enough to watch and listen ;). Told him about a time I was pitting you, and someone else had very similar bodies and the other pit guy grabbed YOUR car and put the wrong fuel in it. You called 1 minute, came down and tuned it ON THE GATE with 11 other engines running and finished I think 3rd? To Fro and Joor I believe so no shame there. Not sure to this day I could pull that off..

Not much racing in H'townI hear, MIke's I think is the only place? Pretty much quit racing a while back, still play around occasionally. Got back to riding bikes, was racing a little MTB occasionally. Moved to the country, threatening to build a track just to play on, grandkids would like it when they're here. Three of them now. Glad to hear you're still involved.

I'd say, "How 'bout them Astros", but the aftermath. Man. Took the heart out of me.

cjtamu hahaha I actually remember that happening. One thing I've always been able to do is tune a nitro engine by ear; I still help tons of the locals here tune every club racing night, I love to do it. That's hilarious you remember that. If you have any friends who still run nitro & need engine break-in, services, etc, let them know to hit me up please! I do EBIS oil bath break-in, sleeve resizing, bearings, etc. Still all about nitro & luckily here it's growing and pretty much the biggest class at every track. We're spoiled b/c we get to race year 'round, so there's no real "off season" for nitro.

Definitely build that track!! It's "for the grandkids, honey!" LOLOL dude go for it, how fun would that be. I'm jealous I don't have the land for that.

'Stros...yikes. I've been pulling for them here but this is Dodger town, so I have to be careful :lol:

I know I’m a little late on reply but I have this same exact combo in my truggy. Throws it around no problem. Tune her right and with this pipe combo you have plenty of power. Low to top! I’ve had no issues clearing long doubles triples or anything else even some with short run ups. I’ve got a little over 5 gallons on mine and she’s running great. I’m getting about 10mins per tank.

Yup Mike's is the only place in Houston that is still surviving. There is a little basher track out in Katy but thats it. Pretty sad actually. DFW has a ton of tracks now it seems.

We race at Mike's every weekend.

I have a bunch of Nova 5TF (21) and 8 5TC plugs to go with this listing : https://www.rctech.net/forum/r-c-ite...%2A%2A%2A.html

Oh, I was amazed you could do it with 11 other cars revving around you. MAYBE I could do it with my truggy with P5XL and 2013 pipe just because it makes such a racket. Still doubtful. New wife, Canadian expat ;). Actually met her on a bike ride, and discovered a few months ago when I rebuilt a 4wd SC for her that she thinks RC is fun! ENCOURAGING me to build the track. Life is good.

Knew about the break-in service but not the resizing. Might hit you up. Through strange series of events I ended up getting my old RC10GT back. Sold to a friend of my kids many years ago for his son to play with. Still has the prototype Crescenzi CF steering rack in it and Novarossi .12. I can't remember the model number now, but I believe it's the equivalent of the NR that Mugen badged as the MT-12. If the engine looks salvageable when I pull it apart I'll send it to you for a resize. Fingers crossed. Heard from friends: "I hated that truck. You won a lot of races with that truck". Like to have it back just to keep them awake at night :smile:

Edit: My sig another funny story. First time I ever raced against JB in a main, when he'd just come back. Humbling. Have to be careful. These stories making me think about racing again ha!

I think you're referring to the Nova CT12. Great engine. Unfortunately I only have a fixture for .21-.25s and not .12s! I can 100% recommend RayA Racing for .12 resizing, he does great work and has done tons of my p/s sets in the past prior to me getting the tooling.

It sounds like you're already there, re: getting back into racing. Do it do it do it!!!