Basic engine help
 

hey guys i am new to NITRO RC'ing. been in the electric scene for a little bit, but now i just started nitro....i am buying a TA NTC3 road car. I have some questions. it will accept a rotary carb, or a slide carb motor. what is the difference??? how they work???? Another thing they told me is that it wont accept a big block. what is a big block? is it relative to car terms??? or is it the higher the number gets, it moves from a small to a big? I just want to start understanding all the engine lingo used in here. Thanks for looking and for any help you can give me

Mike

Basic engine help
 

If you take a good look at the lingo, you can usually figure it out:

slide carb: the throttle is controlled by sliding in and out of the carburetor

rotary carb: the throttle is controlled by rotating inside the carburetor

big block: as you said, a relative term. Big block is a term used in the full-size car world for V-8 engines. Most car manufacturers make/made a small block V-8 and a big bock V-8. Depending on how much the cylinders were bored out, you could have many different size engines, all using the same block. Smaller displacements use the "small" engine block, and larger displacements use the "big" engine block.

In the R/C car world, "big block" means an engine that is larger than the stock/recommended engine. It is a marketing term intended to sound "cool," like, "yeah dude, I put a big block in my T-Maxx and it hauls *****!"

Hope that helps.

Basic engine help
 

hey thanks - i figured as much with the carbs but just wanted to be sure. so since my car is going to have a .15 in it, if i went bigger it would be a big block, but if i just went for an upgraded .15 would it still be considered a big block???? Just want to make sure i understand everything thanks again.

Mike