thinking of converting this baby to a gasser,,,
11-04-2008, 11:22 AM
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RE: thinking of converting this baby to a gasser,,,
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captainjohn,, you making me want to keep this engine more and more !!
as long as you have been in this hobby you should know by now that where some don't succeed others do,,
I wish you had a link to the article, I would love to read it to see what the guy was doing wrong,, I mean what could he have done to put so much extra money in it,,,
most likely his problem was ether the notorious Dellorto Italian carb, or to much nitro, or to much oil, or to cold plug,,, what else is there,,
if you do a search on RCU you will see they have plenty of power right out of the box,,
Jim
captainjohn,, you making me want to keep this engine more and more !!
as long as you have been in this hobby you should know by now that where some don't succeed others do,,
I wish you had a link to the article, I would love to read it to see what the guy was doing wrong,, I mean what could he have done to put so much extra money in it,,,
most likely his problem was ether the notorious Dellorto Italian carb, or to much nitro, or to much oil, or to cold plug,,, what else is there,,
if you do a search on RCU you will see they have plenty of power right out of the box,,
Jim
There's no reason to go all defensive about your Tartan. No one's bashing it, although I'll bet you've heard some derogatory comments about it over time.
What's being said is that it will be a lot more reliable on ignition. Many excellent engine men have converted it to ignition for that reason. Not fair or reasonable for you to jump to the conclusion that quite a bunch of experienced engine tuners didn't know what they were doing because they had intermittent glitches with it. CR
11-04-2008, 03:02 PM
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RE: thinking of converting this baby to a gasser,,,
no I'm not upset with anyone here !! it's just I been in the hobby long enough to know not to jump the gun over something I read, I have seen many lower quality engines run extremely well yet they have been bashed many times on the forums, and many of these engines that are glow'ers produced more power than the big names..
Jim
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11-07-2008, 02:19 AM
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RE: thinking of converting this baby to a gasser,,,
Have you considered the Supre Tigre 4500? I have one in my 84" Edge, spinning a 24x10 mejzlik prop at 6400 consistantly running on 5% nitro, 4 stroke plug with idle bar. Its mounted inverted, and I have had no issues with idle and transition and its starts nicely every time. its not so bad on fuel either, and all up is why its still on the Edge despite many a temptation to go gas.
