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Old 10-19-2014 | 11:16 AM
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Some racers would do well sticking with an OS for ease of tuning.

I do know that the guys who have flameouts have them with anything they run aside from a few that get an OS and run a superhot p3 plug and change them all the time. Same guys that burn up clutches and clutch bearings and blame everything and everyone aside from themselves. engines are delicate. You treat them like crap they make you pay. I have had great luck with clocked engines. For example the Clocked BTT and the clocked P5 run flawlessly. between me and my buddy Bobby we have 8 clocked engines and they all run really good. No flameout issues. I don't understand why you guys are picking on Neal. He has been super nice and always helpful. I remember what my grandma always said. " If you can't say anything nice then don't say anything at all". words to live by.
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Old 10-19-2014 | 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by merdith6
Some racers would do well sticking with an OS for ease of tuning.

I do know that the guys who have flameouts have them with anything they run aside from a few that get an OS and run a superhot p3 plug and change them all the time. Same guys that burn up clutches and clutch bearings and blame everything and everyone aside from themselves. engines are delicate. You treat them like crap they make you pay. I have had great luck with clocked engines. For example the Clocked BTT and the clocked P5 run flawlessly. between me and my buddy Bobby we have 8 clocked engines and they all run really good. No flameout issues. I don't understand why you guys are picking on Neal. He has been super nice and always helpful. I remember what my grandma always said. " If you can't say anything nice then don't say anything at all". words to live by.
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And In all fairness you yourself even had a learning curve adjusting to my engines and how they tuned and responded..
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Old 10-19-2014 | 02:21 PM
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Neal You told me on the phone 2 years ago that this was done yet you still constantly poke me and nag me every chance you get, after 2 years of your bs enough is enough. It's just a shame that you can't hold true to your word. You avoid the difficult questions, it's always someone else's fault.

I don't expect anyone in this thread to do anything but tear my opinion apart and it's just that, my opinion who really cares anyway. Experience is experience believe it or not, makes no difference to me. Bottom line is - I tried your engines, they ran inconsistent at best, I sold them and you got pissed and seem to still be pissed. I've wasted enough time in here
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Old 10-19-2014 | 02:35 PM
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everyone i know that run engines modified by neal have zero issues. and i just ran rob hamm's and i loved it i see you do great work
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Old 10-19-2014 | 02:50 PM
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Been running CRE 4 years now and never any problems. Neal and John are always helping when in need. My friends are running CRE too and they run different fuels no issues either.
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Old 10-19-2014 | 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Frank L
Neal You told me on the phone 2 years ago that this was done yet you still constantly poke me and nag me every chance you get, after 2 years of your bs enough is enough. It's just a shame that you can't hold true to your word. You avoid the difficult questions, it's always someone else's fault.

I don't expect anyone in this thread to do anything but tear my opinion apart and it's just that, my opinion who really cares anyway. Experience is experience believe it or not, makes no difference to me. Bottom line is - I tried your engines, they ran inconsistent at best, I sold them and you got pissed and seem to still be pissed. I've wasted enough time in here
Frank I have ignored you ever since...it wasn't till you made a huge point of trying to discredit me over the vacuum port that I was finally forced to respond to you and obviously you didn't care for how I responded .... I still stand by my guns.
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Old 10-19-2014 | 03:05 PM
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You know whats really funny is that reading some of the posts here you would imagine there was something pretty wrong with the engines in question..flaming out non stop, lack of power, wont idle...inconsistent tuning.....everything to me as a professional that would signify engine damage.............. However you go read the classifieds that said person made over those engines and all you read is engine runs excellent, low mileage, tons of power, only 1 gallon of use, like new condition......... Now I am not singling anyone out here as this happens all the time...But it is interesting and definitely worth noting.... anyways I talk to many others in the engine industry and we all see the same pattern and cycle over and over...
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Old 10-19-2014 | 04:13 PM
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....... Now I am not singling anyone out here as this happens all the time...
Again Neal. The truth please. That's exactly what you are doing. Just so typical of you.
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Old 10-20-2014 | 03:02 AM
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Been running CRE 4 years now and never any problems. Neal and John are always helping when in need. My friends are running CRE too and they run different fuels no issues either.

That's odd...weren't Ryan Hernandez and Big Shawn both running CRE engines this past weekend at Revs Fall Classic? I believe they both flamed at laps 6 and 2 respectively. I've seen Franks cars at other races when he was a CRE fan and seen some flameouts there too.

I know its my first post and I am going to get flamed for my above post but I am just putting the facts out there. Neil has some decent pointers on maintaining engines but I do not believe he is the god some of you make him out to be. (just my opinion people)

Novarossi puts a rivet in the engine backplate on pros engines in order to prevent modding. Back in the day engines would get butchered by Joe Modder and the manufacturer would get the blame. Next time you are at the track and see a full factory pilot ask them.

Nothing personal Mr. CRE. I've been trolling the forums for many years and just can't take all this BS about how your modded engines are the most superior thing since their creation. A little humbleness would go a long way. That and not always indirectly saying your customers are dumb because their problems arise from their insufficient tuning and maintenance skills.

Ok.....I'm off to more trolling. Till next time.. Happy Halloween!

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Old 10-20-2014 | 05:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Elcananea
That's odd...weren't Ryan Hernandez and Big Shawn both running CRE engines this past weekend at Revs Fall Classic? I believe they both flamed at laps 6 and 2 respectively. I've seen Franks cars at other races when he was a CRE fan and seen some flameouts there too.

I know its my first post and I am going to get flamed for my above post but I am just putting the facts out there. Neil has some decent pointers on maintaining engines but I do not believe he is the god some of you make him out to be. (just my opinion people)

Novarossi puts a rivet in the engine backplate on pros engines in order to prevent modding. Back in the day engines would get butchered by Joe Modder and the manufacturer would get the blame. Next time you are at the track and see a full factory pilot ask them.

Nothing personal Mr. CRE. I've been trolling the forums for many years and just can't take all this BS about how your modded engines are the most superior thing since their creation. A little humbleness would go a long way. That and not always indirectly saying your customers are dumb because their problems arise from their insufficient tuning and maintenance skills.

Ok.....I'm off to more trolling. Till next time.. Happy Halloween!

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so its Neal's fault why Ryan went almost 11min towards the end of the main but fell short and ran out of fuel. Yes you and frank are right. Engine does flame out and actually needs fuel to keep running. So running a engine out of fuel won't run anymore. How come you don't mention the Ryan H TQ'd buggy??????? And if you were there you don't mention that his wheel came off his buggy in the begining of the race. Oh that's Neals fault too.
And also Neals fault why big shawn's glow plug went out and we changed it and he didn't flame out again. Yes this is all CRE and Neals fault.
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Old 10-20-2014 | 05:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Elcananea
That's odd...weren't Ryan Hernandez and Big Shawn both running CRE engines this past weekend at Revs Fall Classic? I believe they both flamed at laps 6 and 2 respectively. I've seen Franks cars at other races when he was a CRE fan and seen some flameouts there too.

I know its my first post and I am going to get flamed for my above post but I am just putting the facts out there. Neil has some decent pointers on maintaining engines but I do not believe he is the god some of you make him out to be. (just my opinion people)

Novarossi puts a rivet in the engine backplate on pros engines in order to prevent modding. Back in the day engines would get butchered by Joe Modder and the manufacturer would get the blame. Next time you are at the track and see a full factory pilot ask them.

Nothing personal Mr. CRE. I've been trolling the forums for many years and just can't take all this BS about how your modded engines are the most superior thing since their creation. A little humbleness would go a long way. That and not always indirectly saying your customers are dumb because their problems arise from their insufficient tuning and maintenance skills.

Ok.....I'm off to more trolling. Till next time.. Happy Halloween!

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My gosh Big Shawn has been been tearing up it up all year long and doing fantastic with my engines, multiple podium finishes and TQ placements to prove it, Shawn had a fantastic season........If he had any sort of flame out I doubt it had anything to do with his engines being mine....If Shawn wasn't happy with my work he wouldn't have just reordered a fresh engine........... I do not believe Ryan Hernandez is mine......Mike A however I believe was using one of mine

As for calling customers dumb... You should really talk with me yourself before you judge me by second hand information ...I wouldn't call anyone dumb , nor have I ever called anyone dumb...To say I am anything but a polite humble person is untrue and unfair..I am as honest and straight forward as they come... I Am extremely helpful and will take the time to help anyone, even if they aren't my customer, however I am unwilling to be anyone's scapegoat and will stand up for myself when I have to........
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Old 10-20-2014 | 05:50 AM
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It would be nice if a few of you could walk in my shoes for a while, just to to be able to better understand the situations I am faced with dealing with a few of these racers... As plenty of you are aware when it comes to racing some guys are very passionate, when things are good they are very happy, however when things are bad they can be very unhappy.. I Am sure you have heard many a racer yelling at marshals, or their pitman, or a fellow racers, or whoever manages to get in their path when things are going wrong........ Imagine being the engine supplier for a few of these guys ? I can't count how times an angry racer has called me to tear a strip of hide off my back as they are driving home from a bad day at the track...These guys have some sort of unknown running issue, they don't bother calling me from the track...Instead wait till he end of the day after maximum frustration has set in... You should hear how nasty some of these guys can be, even some of them were Team guys who I did not charge for my labor......... These guys would have no clue what was wrong wit their engine but would still shoot first and asks questions later, blaming me for all their issues and at the same time using me to take out all their frustrations... Not fun , trust me...



So skip forward tot he point I ask to have the engine returned.....I tend to stay as neutral as I can be until I can see the engine myself, but it almost always ends up the same way..whatever was wrong was nothing of my doing ad I was blamed for something that had nothing at all to do with me or my engines..

Anyways her is a few pictures of a couple of the gems was sent back .. for some reason these engines were flaming out and not running correctly..



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Old 10-20-2014 | 05:54 AM
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Old 10-20-2014 | 06:18 AM
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Old 10-20-2014 | 06:26 AM
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I have hundreds of pictures of damaged engines... every damaged engine that passes thru here is photographed when I disassemble it...Dirt damage is the #1 issue I see, however there are dozens of other things that can go wrong as well





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