Not a problem, please let me know how things go once you have had a chance to try the stuff that I wrote.

Regards,

Ron

I'm sorry to hear that but to be totaly correct what I told you was that bearings are questionable when it comes to warranty claims as to start with they are wear and tear items. I also mentioned that to date we have had absolutely no reports of any bearing failures in any way on the B5. Flip back through the last 1300+ posts and you will note that not a single comment from anyone reporting a bearing failure.

I also asked what fuel you were using and you told me the a-main fuel that is made in Australia (which has no affiliation with A-main hobbies here in the US). I told you that there have been a lot of reports about bearing failures with other brands of engines with that fuel including a rather lengthy thread that was on here (and I'm on an iPhone so it's a little difficult to search and post the link but maybe someone on a pc might not mind doing so). So... I suggested that you might want to consider switching fuel brands that you use. I also offered to sell you replacement parts at what was in essence below dealer cost to get you back up and running which I think is a pretty fair offer. It sounds like you are choosing not to take me up on the offer which is unfortunate. Having said that though the offer stands and if you decide down the road that you want to get your motor back up and running the just drop me a line.

Regards,

Ron

Did someone tried the B7, and how is it compared to the B5

gr Michel

all you gotta do is go to the search box and type 'amain fuel australia'

you can see what's going on there. supermoderator has closed the threads but you can read.

By the very nature of Werks' last post, you have the owner of the company answering all of our stupid bullshit questions at 11pm at night. good luck getting that out of anybody else.

still lovin my b5

There are two different B7 engines, the B5 and the B7-Pro. I'm assuming that you are asking about the B7-Pro. The B7-Pro is a full blown racing engne, lightened and epoxy filled crank with tungstene counter weights, ceramic bearing etc. etc. etc. Now comparing the two the B7-Pro has less bottom end but more mid and top end for days. I highly doubt that you will tnx a faster engine when it comes to mid/top. This engine is ideal for large flowing tracks or for more Euro style off-road tracks. Hope this helps, let me know if you have any other questions.

Regards,

Ron

Thanks Ron .

Jan van Dijk is going to use a B7 pro this weekend , i'm interested in how it performs. The B5 is for our tracks more than enough , but a little bit more can be just a little bit more fun hahahaha.

gr Michel

Great thanks for the help. I need to detune the engine and go with a smaller insert. Its too powerful for my son right now and its not even race tuned yet. Also going steal flywheel. Good advice here.

Ron thanks. Yeh I was looking for them but couldn't find them. Is it going to be a new product for AMAIN. I will pick up the 6.0 and the 6.5 and stay away from the 5.0. Thanks for the advice. I new going to small would cause to much hassle.

Oh forgot to say he is running an 053 pipe as well. It has enough power obviously but I could use some help on run time. The 053 is burning too much fuel. He cant get near 10 min.

it was a great little engine but why should i have to pay to fix i used model fuel in engine so what is the prob what brand it is if u look at any engine retailer it never says u must run a certain fuel anyhow i have other engine what have run for 48plus litres and still running strong on the same fuel u should reseach the fuel yourself and have alook at i could even send u some to trial after all your engine let go cause of poor quality bearings as i have had the engine looked over by some well know engine modders in australia and 3 of them come up with the same result in fact pm me your address and ile send it back to u for testing sorry if i have ticked u off alittle ron but just speakin facts cheers jase

Kinda hard to say that the bearings are POOR QUALITY when I've seen/heard of tons of people using the engine all over the world and NOT 1 time have I ever been to a track or been on here and see anyone having any bearing issues. But you are the first one I have ever seen using that fuel and you are the first one that has had bearing issues...

hmmm... 1+1=2...lol

but if you feel fit to keep that fuel and use your other engine thats fine... I'm not trying to tell you what to do... But I don't beleive in going on someones thread and bashing a product that has had no issues...

-DC-

This is the thread you where looking for Ron
http://www.rctech.net/forum/nitro-of...s-engines.html

what exactly is the problem.... did your bearing go? what could be damaged so bad that you need $100 to fix it

For those running the 2057 in a buggy, are you doing so with or without the extender?

How does the 2057 w/extender, compare to the 2013?

Thanks!

Run the 2057 Without the extender.......



On the bearing thing.... Its easy to blame WERKS becasue he is on this thread any easy to get a hold of, but there are people having failures with that fuel. NO one else had bearing problems and this engine has been out for 6 months or so and probrably thousands of them out there being used.

So with that fuel having complaints with engine issues and you being the only one, I think its unfair to blame WERKS for that. And In my opinion its pretty good of Ron to offer parts at a discount.... JUst my opinion

No problem, the reducers are going to use the same existing part number as they had in the past so A-main might have taken them down to update the description. I did send them a mail about this yesterday so I would expect them to he up in a day or two especially as they have already received them. Regarding reducig the power of the engine for your son I would recomend that you go with something like the 6mm reducer and change the pipe to the 2057. The older pipes like the 053 are not the most fuel efficient ones out there. The 2057 will also reduce the bottom some what making the car easier for him to drive. The pipe comes with an extended which makes it realy valuable from a tuning standpoint. Run it in the long configuration for a little less bottom than the 2013 but improved run time or in the short configuration for even less bottom (but more top) and you will get even more run time.

Not a problem, let me know what you think once you get the chance to see it in action! Also let me know your thoughts on the B5 once you get a bit of rnning on yours.