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Old 05-23-2010 | 05:39 PM
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Originally Posted by rcdude236
Hey im lookin at getting another motor, Is there any other pipes besides the 2013 and 2057 that work good with the werks b5 motor? Im pretty low on money and cant afford a 100 dollar pipe. You got any other recommendations. I have the jp2 how would that work?
The B5 will work fine with a JP2, runtimes will suffer a bit and you will not make peak power as with the 2013 or 2057. But the B5 has a lot of power to make up for it. So it will get you by fine until you can get a werks pipe.
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Old 05-23-2010 | 05:42 PM
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Hey im lookin at getting another motor, Is there any other pipes besides the 2013 and 2057 that work good with the werks b5 motor? Im pretty low on money and cant afford a 100 dollar pipe. You got any other recommendations. I have the jp2 how would that work?
That will work and a 2035 works pretty good with it also...
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Old 05-23-2010 | 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by heidmann1
The B5 will work fine with a JP2, runtimes will suffer a bit and you will not make peak power as with the 2013 or 2057. But the B5 has a lot of power to make up for it. So it will get you by fine until you can get a werks pipe.
Ya when you say peak power how much top speed and bottom end am i gonna miss out on? a lot or just a little? I should ask how noticable will it be? Well i forgot to mention that if i get one it will be the clockworks modded one. Well thank you for the help and if any of you guys ever need to sell a werks 2013 or 2057 lmk i might be a possible buyer. Thanks
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Old 05-23-2010 | 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by rcdude236
Ya when you say peak power how much top speed and bottom end am i gonna miss out on? a lot or just a little? I should ask how noticable will it be? Well i forgot to mention that if i get one it will be the clockworks modded one. Well thank you for the help and if any of you guys ever need to sell a werks 2013 or 2057 lmk i might be a possible buyer. Thanks
Please trust us when we say the B5 needs no modding use that money and get the 2013 or 2057
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Old 05-23-2010 | 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by rcdude236
Ya when you say peak power how much top speed and bottom end am i gonna miss out on? a lot or just a little? I should ask how noticable will it be? Well i forgot to mention that if i get one it will be the clockworks modded one. Well thank you for the help and if any of you guys ever need to sell a werks 2013 or 2057 lmk i might be a possible buyer. Thanks
With the 2013 you will have more power from bottom to top with better runtime as well, Very noticable power gain. The 2057 will have way better runtime with a lot more top end than the JP2
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Old 05-23-2010 | 06:23 PM
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Kinda stuck with the D8 build..I am trying to get the flywheel onto the crankshaft but with the Werks supplied collet it rubs against the carb. I was trying to locate a Savage collet that I heard works fine but LHS does not have them in stock. Next option was to but spacers/washers first before putting on the collet. I need a 7mm ID and a 10mm OD to have the washer sit against the metal ring of the bearing.. Cannot find that size but did find a washer with 7mm ID but the OD is larger than the bearing itself....Are there any drawbacks to using the large washer? thanks
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Kinda stuck with the D8 build..I am trying to get the flywheel onto the crankshaft but with the Werks supplied collet it rubs against the carb. I was trying to locate a Savage collet that I heard works fine but LHS does not have them in stock. Next option was to but spacers/washers first before putting on the collet. I need a 7mm ID and a 10mm OD to have the washer sit against the metal ring of the bearing.. Cannot find that size but did find a washer with 7mm ID but the OD is larger than the bearing itself....Are there any drawbacks to using the large washer? thanks
i had the same problem with my go on my d8. In the package the clutch came with, there should be some bigger black washers. They work. Thats what i used and things worked just ifne. Thats also what are meant to be used for
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Old 05-23-2010 | 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by RC-ZOMBIE
Please trust us when we say the B5 needs no modding use that money and get the 2013 or 2057
+ 2 Put the money in the 2013
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Originally Posted by RC-ZOMBIE
Please trust us when we say the B5 needs no modding use that money and get the 2013 or 2057
honestly how does the werks b5 stack up against the o.s. vspec and the o.s. worlds? Got a few people at the track with some pretty high end motors and i want something to keep upwith them.
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Originally Posted by rcdude236
honestly how does the werks b5 stack up against the o.s. vspec and the o.s. worlds? Got a few people at the track with some pretty high end motors and i want something to keep upwith them.
No problem stock. Especialy the stock v-spec It will eat that up and say may I have another. I know, v-specs are all I use to run
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A lot of you have read my posts about the b5 and jp4 pipe. I wanted to chime in and note that I went out today on a completely different day, brand new 97t plug, and re-confirmed my belief that this pipe and motor are just a bad pair for good low to mid throttle operation. If you tune the LSN to idle well, it is really fat in the mid range. If you try to tune for good low/mid, at idle, the motor idles very erratically because it is so lean and will never load up at all.

For those who are curious, this was the tuning method I used when re-evaluating.

The first thing I do is get it 'a little rich on thebox', meaning I get it to a point on the box where I know it is close, but a bit rich on top/bottom when put on the ground. I do this before any full re-tune. This was a warm and humid day with a brand new 97t plug. First I warmed up the motor, richened all the needles till they were both obviously fat -- there was no top end to the motor and the motor would go fully loaded almost instantly when it came back to idle and rev up like a smoke machine if you sat for a few seconds. Next I tuned the HSN on the box till it cleaned out and didn't sound faster when I blipped the throttle on the box. I then tuned the LSN so that after cleaning out with a few good pulls of the throttle it would idle for about 5 seconds before loading up. At this point, it would high idle for a moment as well, then idle for around 5 seconds, then load up.

Next I tuned the high speed with repeated pulls back and fourth on the street to where it was just nearly at top speed and stable temp wise. Today, on a warm muggy day, that was in the 220-230 range. Next I adjusted the LSN so it would take around 3 seconds to come back from high idle, then around 15 more seconds to drop to a loaded up idle speed. At this point, the motor operated really well, but if you just drove slow in part throttle, it was obviously fat and boggy after a moment and transition to full throttle showed it had loaded up pretty good. Adjusting the HSN leaner makes it run too hot on full speed runs, and djusting the LSN much leaner makes the car run on when returning to idle and idle erratically, never loading up.

In pure race conditions, since you always blip a bit and keep the motor clean, it really doesn't do much, but it will getcha if you need a short take-off where you didn't get to keep it clean. This is a condition that I would just adjust out of a 3 needle carb, or at least improve. I'm hopeful that a 2057 will make this better.
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Well i finally had my first day out with the B5 in my truggy. I ran 8 tanks through it on the box at idle last week and was ready to hit the dirt. The first tank i did not tuch the needles from were it was during break-in wich i thought was a little on the fat side since the temps at idle were around 170-200. Only a couple of laps in the temps got to around 235-240 but still smokeing. The track was dry and slick and temp was 95 and humid so i decided to richen it up a little to keep temps from getting to high. after 2 more tanks the motor was SCREAMING FAST and temping at 212 after the 5 min qualifiers and still had 1/2 a tank of fuel left. needless to say i took TQ and the win. Motor ran great all day and never gave me any problems. Also still on the same glow plug that i used for breakin 97t. Thanks again Ron for an outstanding product as usual.
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Originally Posted by Razathorn
A lot of you have read my posts about the b5 and jp4 pipe. I wanted to chime in and note that I went out today on a completely different day, brand new 97t plug, and re-confirmed my belief that this pipe and motor are just a bad pair for good low to mid throttle operation. If you tune the LSN to idle well, it is really fat in the mid range. If you try to tune for good low/mid, at idle, the motor idles very erratically because it is so lean and will never load up at all.

For those who are curious, this was the tuning method I used when re-evaluating.

The first thing I do is get it 'a little rich on thebox', meaning I get it to a point on the box where I know it is close, but a bit rich on top/bottom when put on the ground. I do this before any full re-tune. This was a warm and humid day with a brand new 97t plug. First I warmed up the motor, richened all the needles till they were both obviously fat -- there was no top end to the motor and the motor would go fully loaded almost instantly when it came back to idle and rev up like a smoke machine if you sat for a few seconds. Next I tuned the HSN on the box till it cleaned out and didn't sound faster when I blipped the throttle on the box. I then tuned the LSN so that after cleaning out with a few good pulls of the throttle it would idle for about 5 seconds before loading up. At this point, it would high idle for a moment as well, then idle for around 5 seconds, then load up.

Next I tuned the high speed with repeated pulls back and fourth on the street to where it was just nearly at top speed and stable temp wise. Today, on a warm muggy day, that was in the 220-230 range. Next I adjusted the LSN so it would take around 3 seconds to come back from high idle, then around 15 more seconds to drop to a loaded up idle speed. At this point, the motor operated really well, but if you just drove slow in part throttle, it was obviously fat and boggy after a moment and transition to full throttle showed it had loaded up pretty good. Adjusting the HSN leaner makes it run too hot on full speed runs, and djusting the LSN much leaner makes the car run on when returning to idle and idle erratically, never loading up.

In pure race conditions, since you always blip a bit and keep the motor clean, it really doesn't do much, but it will getcha if you need a short take-off where you didn't get to keep it clean. This is a condition that I would just adjust out of a 3 needle carb, or at least improve. I'm hopeful that a 2057 will make this better.

Just a little info for you.
Mike Battalie sponsored driver for Werk's, Traxxas, Pro-Line and many more. I race with him just about everyweekend here in Tx. And on his buggy and truggy with the B5's he has been running JP4 pipe's with good success, small indoor track or a big out door track same pipe. Just wanted to share this info this is a good combo.
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Old 05-23-2010 | 08:44 PM
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Hey Guys
How does the B7 compare to the B5? Got a chance at getting the B7 for a very good price. Will be running it in a buggy.
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Originally Posted by Razathorn
A lot of you have read my posts about the b5 and jp4 pipe. I wanted to chime in and note that I went out today on a completely different day, brand new 97t plug, and re-confirmed my belief that this pipe and motor are just a bad pair for good low to mid throttle operation. If you tune the LSN to idle well, it is really fat in the mid range. If you try to tune for good low/mid, at idle, the motor idles very erratically because it is so lean and will never load up at all.

For those who are curious, this was the tuning method I used when re-evaluating.

The first thing I do is get it 'a little rich on thebox', meaning I get it to a point on the box where I know it is close, but a bit rich on top/bottom when put on the ground. I do this before any full re-tune. This was a warm and humid day with a brand new 97t plug. First I warmed up the motor, richened all the needles till they were both obviously fat -- there was no top end to the motor and the motor would go fully loaded almost instantly when it came back to idle and rev up like a smoke machine if you sat for a few seconds. Next I tuned the HSN on the box till it cleaned out and didn't sound faster when I blipped the throttle on the box. I then tuned the LSN so that after cleaning out with a few good pulls of the throttle it would idle for about 5 seconds before loading up. At this point, it would high idle for a moment as well, then idle for around 5 seconds, then load up.

Next I tuned the high speed with repeated pulls back and fourth on the street to where it was just nearly at top speed and stable temp wise. Today, on a warm muggy day, that was in the 220-230 range. Next I adjusted the LSN so it would take around 3 seconds to come back from high idle, then around 15 more seconds to drop to a loaded up idle speed. At this point, the motor operated really well, but if you just drove slow in part throttle, it was obviously fat and boggy after a moment and transition to full throttle showed it had loaded up pretty good. Adjusting the HSN leaner makes it run too hot on full speed runs, and djusting the LSN much leaner makes the car run on when returning to idle and idle erratically, never loading up.

In pure race conditions, since you always blip a bit and keep the motor clean, it really doesn't do much, but it will getcha if you need a short take-off where you didn't get to keep it clean. This is a condition that I would just adjust out of a 3 needle carb, or at least improve. I'm hopeful that a 2057 will make this better.
I keep trying to tell you its not the pipe. I know guys running jp 4s with no problems. You need to close your idle gap. With the insert in you should hardly be able to see it at all,then lean your bottom to get a good idle. Then start leaning your top. As you lean the top it will also lean your bottom. When you get the top the way you want it youll probably have to fatten the bottom again to get a good idle. Do your adjustments 1 hr at a time, it dosnt take alot.....
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