Changed my mind not going to put a .21 in
09-30-2007, 07:54 PM
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Changed my mind not going to put a .21 in
Hey Ferrarimk13 I have changed my mind about one of my winter project I am not going to put a .21 engine in my R-40. The .21 just weight too much the increased weight would have a very negative effect on the R-40 handling. I like the way this car handles too much to make it a purpose built landspeed attemp vehicle only. A OS.12TZ Spec2 weights 208 grams, OS .18TZ ( non -pullstart) weights 222grams just 14 grams more but the OS Max.21 VZ-R weights a whopping 315 grams!! Thats 107 grams more that is too much for my purposes.
10-01-2007, 11:37 AM
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RE: Changed my mind not going to put a .21 in
good, i didnt believe u would have gotten too many great results with a .21, and im glad you're sticking with the 18TZ. That extra weight would really unsettle the chassis, and it sounds like your setup is pretty good for the purposes
10-01-2007, 12:47 PM
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RE: Changed my mind not going to put a .21 in
I would like to add that much of the .21 engine's weight is at the head something that would destroy your low center of gravity.
10-01-2007, 05:17 PM
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RE: Changed my mind not going to put a .21 in
Just too heavy, really surprised that a .21 would weight that much more than a .18 yikes!!! I will just keep the fusions for landspeed attemps vehicles
10-01-2007, 07:43 PM
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RE: Changed my mind not going to put a .21 in
haha, sounds good, what if you replaced the .21's head with a lighter one? it wold be awesome to have a carbon fiber head, lmao.
10-01-2007, 08:11 PM
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RE: Changed my mind not going to put a .21 in
Good idea except the material would need to be something else besides carbon it does not disscipate heat that well.
10-01-2007, 09:05 PM
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RE: Changed my mind not going to put a .21 in
Maybe aligning the engine horizonally instead of vertically...LOL I think that the.18tz is WAY better than the .21 fon an R40 when on track.
10-03-2007, 06:07 PM
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RE: Changed my mind not going to put a .21 in
yeah, this guy had that sirio i was talking about, which head was kinda smeared, but had a very low center of gravity.
10-03-2007, 07:07 PM
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RE: Changed my mind not going to put a .21 in
Who knows...maybe their alignment caused loss of power...maybe they were not compatible with most of the cars out there...
