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Ghost of Akina
09-10-2002, 09:00 PM
Who knows of the most reliable place to buy 3.8 motors I want to buy it from a place that people got theirs from and it didn't die

Namuna
09-10-2002, 09:31 PM
Psssst...Tiny sells them right here man.

http://tinyrc.com/shop/product.php?pid=132

blacksabbath070
09-11-2002, 04:56 PM
from waht i hear the 3.8 motor is really fast and last a long time

Ghost of Akina
09-11-2002, 08:20 PM
who has actually bought a 3.8 motor from here. DOes it work well? Or did it die fast or shipped dead? Is this a reliable source to buy it from?

Namuna
09-11-2002, 10:20 PM
Check out my site, I've got some info and video on the 3.8 in action.

jigoku
09-12-2002, 09:14 PM
I bought one from QFM, and its awesome. I bought a 3.0 there also, and mine seems to be performing about as well as some other people here who picked up the 3.0 lucifers. That is to say it doesnt really work at all. The 3.8 works better then you could imagine, though, and I have never read anything but good reviews of them. The only real trick seems to be that you have to break them in before you start using them. So if you get one just run it on your car for 3-4 charges without any gears or axles on the car. I had just swapped in a new NIMH battery, so just charged it twice, and ran the car for about 20 minutes while i watched t.v. and the 3.8 worked perfect.

tinyrc
09-12-2002, 09:19 PM
We now have from 1.6 to 3.8 in stock:

http://tinyrc.com/shop/products.php?pid=2

:cool:

MTL
09-13-2002, 05:12 AM
hmm not sure if i want to get a 3.8...that just means more rolling ;/
and i dont wanna have to repaint my car :D

[tT]Skyline
09-17-2002, 03:21 PM
Just a Question... What do you guys think would be the best for racing (fastest) is the 3.8 really the best or are the other mottors that are better. I hear that the 3.8 is hard to control so I think I'm gunna go with a 2.6 or slower

*I need a new motor cause my stock 1.0 is fried. So I wanna see what is the most prefered motor for racing, cause that's all I do *RACE*

323iT
09-17-2002, 03:52 PM
i would think its hard to get a reliable 3.8 motor cuz the higher the rpm in real car engines, the less reliable it is. since you need more maintance because the car's motor is working soo much harder than the regular motor/engines.

[tT]Skyline
09-17-2002, 04:07 PM
so.... what would you go with?

jigoku
09-17-2002, 07:26 PM
I race at work around my desk with a 3.8 and dont have any trouble with turns, but I have a lot of room to work with. I guess it would just depend on the track to decide what motor to use. Also I've never noticed any posts about the reliability of the 3.8 motors. YMMV

tinyrc
09-17-2002, 08:40 PM
[tT]Skyline, it depends on the track, but basically the 3.8 cannot be beaten for speed. You may want to try a 3.2 for a little more control:

http://tinyrc.com/shop/products.php?pid=2

Don't get a TOMY 3.0, they tend to fail very quickly.

QFM Racing
09-18-2002, 01:14 AM
No doubt, Tiny RC is right... depends on track type.

Heres a brief breakdown:

1.0 (blue) - parallel parking & obstacle course
1.6 (green dragon rotor) - Multisurface track & elevated terrain
2.2 (yellow) - Tight track lots of turns
2.6 (orange) - wider track less turns
3.0 (red lucifer rotor) - oval type tracks only
3.8 (pinkslip rotor)- Sim. Qtr. Mile Drag Racing!!!

Only the first five motors listed are genuine Tomy motors. The 3.8 is available in two flavors... Custom-made KC Special (US - green) and the OEM Pink Slip Rotor (HK - Pink).

QFM Racing

[tT]Skyline
09-18-2002, 03:10 PM
QFM & TIny - thanks guys, yea I think I'm gunna get a 2.2 for racing cause my track was made with a big massive peice of plywood, the track is fairly big but most of the turns are pretty tight. so I think a 2.2 would be good for that. and I'll of coarse get a 3.8 for the hell of it. ppl say it's fun on big tracks and messing around with.

-ez