crashing-is-fun

hey, guys

got a dinky little teeny weeny...... rush evo. And i think its about time too get a pipe for it(got the header), been lookin out for one recently and a few have court my eye.


what would you say was best?- low or high end power???

Fastrax comp
-[link]http://www.modelsinmotion.co.uk/product.asp?productid=5423&catCode=441&tamiya=258[/link]

dynamite
-[link]http://www.dynamiterc.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=DYN6604[/link]

associated
-[link]http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXBMH0&P=0[/link]

associated again
-[link]http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXCKN4&P=6[/link]

looked for an adam drake pipe, but heard there not very good?

cheers

ICrashThings

I heard dynamites weren't too bad. I have Associated ones though, they work great.

avg_joe

I haven't run very many different pipes. The stock associated, and a Dynamite 2 chamber short pipe. The dynamite is what I have continued running. It is a high rpm pipe, and it works well for me.

crashing-is-fun

oh,ok which one would you say was best overall?

any opions on high or low end power?

ICrashThings

i guess the AE is good all around pipe.

crashing-is-fun

which one? you are talking about associated aint u?

any idea when the power would come in on any of them?

cheers

The_Collector

It isn't worth dumping a wad of cash into a piece of aluminum pipe. I tried three different pipe designs on an O.S. .12 CV (Evader). Going from a plastic exhaust to metal is an improvement, but on 'standard' engines, the performence changes between different "tuned" pipes are very subtle. Get the cheapest AE pipe you can find on Tower.

[link=http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LX3419&P=7]Pipe[/link]

Jea3

I disagree. On a stock Traxxas Jato, we clocked it at 51 mph, with a radar gun, 12 passes. We put on our new pipe, (our meaning I work at CVEC) at we got 56 mph on the gun, and did it in 10 feet less room than the stock pipe, hitting 51. And all we did was mount our pipe.

If you can find the right "Tuned" pipe for the engine / truck, it's worth all the money, if you're looking for speed and or acceleration.

just my $.02

Grantothismo

Jea3:

I would agree. As my father always told me - an engine is nothing more than a fancy air pump - the more efficient you do that the better they run. This really is more for 4 stroke, but holds true in 2 stroke. A good pipe should give you enough backpressure to push the fuel, but also allow the cylinder to scavenge properly. I use as THS Exaust seems to work well.

The_Collector

Alrighty...
Asuming he uses his OFF-ROAD truck in off road conditions, the small gain in max speed will not likely be noticed...unless he is driving it down a sand flat. I doubt he is trying to break personal records, and just wants a replacement.

gubbs3

My Feedback: (1)

One question for you. How many XXX-NT's have you seen that don't use the drake pipe? Honestly, I haven't seen a single one since they debuted. I have tried other pipes, but I have stuck with the Drake pipe because, to me, it has about the smoothest power delivery I have ever felt from a pipe. With any engine I have had, I have never felt I need more torque or top end. The AE pipes are good, but they do have their limits and are not suited to overall performance. The torque and rpm pipes do their job as stated, but do not go both ways. Don't sell the Losi pipe short. If I buy a different truck, I would put a Losi pipe on it.

Shmeal

Get the RB XR 12 TURBO. It's my favorite pipe hands down.