R/C Tech Forums - View Single Post - The New Werks B5 .21 Racing Engine
View Single Post
Old 09-09-2009 | 07:25 PM
  #275  
Werks
Tech Elite
iTrader: (3)
 
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 3,769
Default

Originally Posted by smb17
Welcome back ron! Let me know what kortz thinks! Did he run the bigboy pipe yet? I'm not convinced that the engine liked the pipe. but it did have some nice run times.
I just got them on today and sent them to Kortz so he will not have them until Friday but I should have some initial testing results early next week. Regarding the 2056 (big boy pipe) I have the feeling that it also mght excessively mute the bottom in the engine (but some people might realy like that). However I already talked to Kortz about thY and we are going to see if we can clutch the engine lighter to make up for any loss in punch while still retaining most of the improvement in fuel economy! In a nutshell we have quie a few things that we are going to play with including a new 3 shoe traditional scissor style clutch design that we can adjust spring tension on that I might be releasing if testing works out ok. So.... stay tuned, whatever we come up with I will pass on to you guys!

Before I forget, congrats go out to Kortz for winning last weekends Nitro House race at Revelations running another box stock B5 engine & Werks "Race Blend" fuel in his Hyper 9! Another podium finish for the little $200 engine that can
Werks is offline