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Is Fox Manufacturing still producing RC engines? - 12/9/2012 3:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		 Fox Manufacturing has a web site but it appears like it has not been updated in a few years.  I have always heard good things about Fox engines and I have always wanted one.   Has anyone done business with Fox lately or is their web site just a ghost?


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RE: Is Fox Manufacturing still producing RC engines? - 12/9/2012 4:04 AM   
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RE: Is Fox Manufacturing still producing RC engines? - 12/9/2012 4:13 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yes they still sell engines. You can call them to find out about any of their products. That is what I do. They send out a current price list sheet with purchases too. Yeah they haven't updated their website all that often.



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RE: Is Fox Manufacturing still producing RC engines? - 12/9/2012 4:14 AM   
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Status: offline 		Here's the link:  http://www.foxmanufacturing.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=143

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RE: Is Fox Manufacturing still producing RC engines? - 12/10/2012 1:19 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ok so has anyone purchased a Fox engine in say, the last two years?  Is the quality as it was 25 years ago (last time I saw one in a LHS)?  

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RE: Is Fox Manufacturing still producing RC engines? - 12/10/2012 1:39 AM   
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Is the quality as it was 25 years ago (last time I saw one in a LHS)?  


Is the quality still as what as it was 25 years ago..?




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RE: Is Fox Manufacturing still producing RC engines? - 12/10/2012 2:17 AM   
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Status: offline 		Yes,the quality is still there.  I have bought a couple of .60 engines, and a couple of .25 engines and several of their new design carbs to use on older engines in the last couple three years.  The .60 engine runs as good as my Rossi .60 engine does using the same muffler and prop on both engines. Several years ago Model Airplane news had a .60 engine shootout review article and the Fox .60 and Tower .60 engines both outperformed the other engines.




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RE: Is Fox Manufacturing still producing RC engines? - 12/10/2012 3:55 AM   
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Status: offline 		I purchased a Fox 74 last year. The quality is very good, if anything, better than their quality was years ago. Fox's website, on the other hand, is poor. They could sell many more engines if they would improve their marketing.

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RE: Is Fox Manufacturing still producing RC engines? - 12/10/2012 11:52 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks y'all. Ill be giving them a call in the future when I'm ready to dabble with glow engines again.

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RE: Is Fox Manufacturing still producing RC engines? - 12/10/2012 1:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		They tend to TCB the engine line only when their main business lags, or they have caught up with employment.  Or so I hear.  They do not make any real money from RC engines.  The business is now owned by his step son and wants to keep the engines in production as a legacy to his step father.

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RE: Is Fox Manufacturing still producing RC engines? - 12/10/2012 2:06 PM   
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Status: online 		Here is a shot of the newer CNC machined ports in a .74 sleeve.

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