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RE: 4-tec really hitting 70? - 9/25/2006 5:13:53 PM   
LunchBoxx


 

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Status: offline 		Did I say the 80 mph Jatos were stock 3.3 ?

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RE: 4-tec really hitting 70? - 9/25/2006 6:02:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		that video looked more like 50mph... mAYBE!

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RE: 4-tec really hitting 70? - 9/25/2006 10:10:18 PM   
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RE: 4-tec really hitting 70? - 9/25/2006 11:23:33 PM   
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ORIGINAL: LunchBoxx

No they are getting over 70mph out of TRX 2.5 and over 80mph out of the TRX 3.3, the .21 guys just do it to say they have a .21 in there Jato.



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ORIGINAL: LunchBoxx

Did I say the 80 mph Jatos were stock 3.3 ?


They are sock in the engine department and that those engines as tested by RC Car action aren't able to reach those speeds even with alternate gearing.

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RE: 4-tec really hitting 70? - 9/26/2006 3:41:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yeah they are, trust me boys down here do not claim, they only state facts. The only way you will here someone say they have a 80mph Jato is if they have used more than one radar gun to confirm it.

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RE: 4-tec really hitting 70? - 9/26/2006 3:42:57 PM   
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RE: 4-tec really hitting 70? - 9/29/2006 1:53:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		at the hobby shop I work at we radared a jato 3.3 at 64mph (ran out of room, it could have gone faster). I have no doubt in my mind that the 4tec 3.3 could easily hit 70, if not more. this was on 20% nitro btw.

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RE: 4-tec really hitting 70? - 9/30/2006 1:53:05 AM   
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Status: offline 		I am sorry to disappoint all you traxxas guys but dont be trying to mess with schumacher it is the best fastest car on the road right now I have my fusion with a .26 in it right now and I top out at 80 mph with low speed gearing I would literaly kill a traxxas 4 tec and no you cant fit a 3 speed in a 4 tec that would just be stupid you would have to do so much drillign it woudnt even be funny.

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RE: 4-tec really hitting 70? - 9/30/2006 3:37:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		Wow, this thread really took off. I am mostly a plane guy and havn't checked this forum much. I do have a Nitro TC3 plus. I think i am hitting between 50-60 depending on weather. BTW, 60 going down hill, LOL. Anyway, i asked the question because in my experience an engine revs less as it gets bigger and i would think only acceleration would increase. Hek, my TC3 takes off like a absolute rocket, i seriously can't imagine accelerating that much faster. Plus, to really hit those high speeds, especialy after 45-50, takes an extra 200 ft. By that time the car is a little spec on the horizon.

BTW, if you really want to go over 80, by a jet turbine and slap it on a TC3 chasy, lol!!!!.

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RE: 4-tec really hitting 70? - 9/30/2006 4:53:30 AM   
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Status: offline 		True bigger engines don't tend to wind out as high of rpms as the smaller ones do but the kill in torque and power making it possible to run taller gearing in turn cancling out the difference in rpm with smaller engines.

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RE: 4-tec really hitting 70? - 10/2/2006 4:16:11 PM   
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RE: 4-tec really hitting 70? - 10/3/2006 5:19:30 PM   
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Status: offline 		Schumacher's are over rated yeah you can go 80 mph but you need half a mile to do it. I am talking over 80 mph in 250 feet or less.

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RE: 4-tec really hitting 70? - 10/16/2006 9:00:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have a nitro 4-tec 3.3 and its nick name is the beast, iv been clocked all stock by police radar gun on a street just the other night 72MPH this car rocks the only upgrade i have is HPI X-tread tires, there the only tires that will make this car stick to the ground. this engin has so much low end mid and hi end power its truly is amazing, my buddy has the 2.5 and the 3.3 the 2.5 looses every time by at least 7-10 car lenths off the start and at top speed, the 3.3 is a work of art, i love this car the only thing i want to change is the shocks, the stock ones cant handle what this car can do.

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RE: 4-tec really hitting 70? - 10/16/2006 10:27:02 PM   
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Status: offline 		WOW. ive been reading. Im done haha. I want to go out to a drag strip when there closed on weekends. And try clocking it! I want to clock my RS4 with OS 18CV-R

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RE: 4-tec really hitting 70? - 10/17/2006 2:35:23 PM   
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ORIGINAL: LunchBoxx

Schumacher's are over rated yeah you can go 80 mph but you need half a mile to do it. I am talking over 80 mph in 250 feet or less.
Lunchbox do you have a video of these jato's doing 80mph??

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