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Tony Newland 11-05-2010 02:48 PM

Hmm never heard of them.... no heat comparison chart for turbo plugs either. No pictures of their products or much information at all.

motomatt 11-05-2010 06:34 PM

I met the man at the I-Hobby Expo a couple years ago. His name's not Merlin. But I'll be jiggered if I can remember it.
He stated that he had manufactured plugs for Traxxas for a time.
He was quite friendly and willing to discuss his product in detail.

rjgreen4 11-06-2010 02:33 PM


Originally Posted by Tony Newland (Post 8155466)
Thats great news..... The engines should be solid for ya, now to fix some bad luck? I'm affraid rabbits feet are on backorder :)

The tuned and truggy engines will be here mid next week depending on customs. We should have some in stock after pre-orders are filled :)


Tony,

Have you tried the 21BT yet?

I have heat cycled 21BT with 6 tanks on the box and 3 on the deck, not come alive yet, however wondered if you had run one in yet.

For some reason it kept on cutting, probably too rich, however going to run the 21B tomorrow as its had about 3/4 gallons and is really coming to life.

We are racing on this track tomorrow;
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and want to take my time with the BT as I recon it will be special.

Roelof 11-06-2010 03:30 PM


Originally Posted by Tony Newland (Post 8170923)
Hmm never heard of them.... no heat comparison chart for turbo plugs either. No pictures of their products or much information at all.

There is only one other brand having plugs with a color code and that is o'Donnell so I suspect both are made at the same company.

losiracer78 11-06-2010 05:50 PM


Originally Posted by rjgreen4 (Post 8174461)
Tony,

Have you tried the 21BT yet?

I have heat cycled 21BT with 6 tanks on the box and 3 on the deck, not come alive yet, however wondered if you had run one in yet.

For some reason it kept on cutting, probably too rich, however going to run the 21B tomorrow as its had about 3/4 gallons and is really coming to life.

We are racing on this track tomorrow;
maxbashing.com/mbforum/showthread.php?t=11215[/url]

and want to take my time with the BT as I recon it will be special.

Rjgreen take your time your looking at a min of a gal for break-in. I have little over 1.5 gals on one engine and I still cant turn it over by hand when cold. Take you time and your engine should last you a good while

Tony Newland 11-08-2010 10:25 AM


Originally Posted by rjgreen4 (Post 8174461)
Tony,

Have you tried the 21BT yet?

I have heat cycled 21BT with 6 tanks on the box and 3 on the deck, not come alive yet, however wondered if you had run one in yet.

For some reason it kept on cutting, probably too rich, however going to run the 21B tomorrow as its had about 3/4 gallons and is really coming to life.

We are racing on this track tomorrow;
maxbashing.com/mbforum/showthread.php?t=11215[/url]

and want to take my time with the BT as I recon it will be special.

I have not tested the Tuned engine yet, our tracks have been closed for over a month. It has snowed here several days already :( our season is much shorter than most. But the feedback I have received from team members is very good, the Tuned engine is definetly the cadillac of the engine line, good smooth usable power with a even more precise carb and once again excellent mileage.

My experience with the engines is you'll need to run at the least of about a gallon to get it close to loose enough for decent mileage and consistent tune. I have engines that have 3-4 gallons on them that I cant turn over by hand cold. Warm they turn over, the seal is excellent.

nascarracer 11-09-2010 09:00 AM

Is there anyone at the worlds running the tecno engine?

Tony Newland 11-09-2010 10:27 AM

Yes quite a few europeans... Rody is also there

JCathey 11-10-2010 03:18 PM

Got my order in for the tuned .21 :nod:

Tony Newland 11-11-2010 10:54 AM

Nice avatar Joe :D

RCworks216 11-14-2010 06:18 PM

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I started my breakin this weekend. Two tanks on the box sat and two tanks running today. the top was really rich so i had to lean her a bit to keep it running. I think i'll head out to the track in the morning.

Dr. Evil 11-14-2010 11:22 PM

Engines
 
Any News as to how the Tecnopower engine worked at the Worlds??

Thanks

losiracer78 11-15-2010 08:39 AM


Originally Posted by Dr. Evil (Post 8211514)
Any News as to how the Tecnopower engine worked at the Worlds??

Thanks

Marcus Sandberg was to run in the last 16th final but was not able to make the race due to getting sick the night before Marcus was the highest placed driver with Tp engine. Tp only had 2% of the drives running this engine. That number should grow for the 2012 Worlds in Jundiai, Brazil

Tony Newland 11-15-2010 11:48 AM

There were a few there in the european drivers cars... Rody was also there testing a few things as well as gathering data on the conditions. I received emails and updates throughout the week from Rody, he also posted some videos on his FB page of the Tecno's racing throughout the week

Nice Donnie !!

RCworks216 11-16-2010 03:12 AM

Thanks Tony. I can tell this motor is going to be a screamer. Im going to order some h6 plugs today. Im thinking of going to Motorama in feb 2011. im sure we will have a lot of tecno Power running around.


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