[crazydave]

I had heard people saying these were faster than their other 3.8s, and even saying faster than their R-Specs. I'm here to say that is just not so in my case, but don't get me wrong, they are decent motors, and for the price I'm not complaining.

First off the Perfection 3.8 looks identical to the 2.6 clone motor that comes in the Bensu/ST Cannonballs. To the extent that when I took the clone motor out, and switched the pinions, I wasn't so sure that I put the pinion on the right motor. After running both of them, the Perfection motor was slightly faster, but not 3.8 fast. In fact I was so unsure which motor was the 3.8, I tried it in several different cars, a Bit char-G, MS Sport, MS Pro, and a LXX Modellista. I bought 2 3.8s, and with every car and both motors I came to the same conclusion, they were only slightly faster than the clone motors.

My Bit Char-G Motors pink endbell 3.8 died long ago, and the white endbell 3.2 has not been quite the same after the endbell transplant. The 3.2 was almost as fast as the 3.8. In fact, because the 3.2 is so punchy it almost seems faster in small areas, but the 3.8 would take it in the top end. So I compared the 3.2 to the Perfection 3.8, and it had similar top end, and the even though the 3.2 is not what it used to be, it still seemed faster because it is so punchy. So that's my gripe, it seems only as fast as the 3.2, but doesn't have the punch.

So I was a little disappointed with the 3.8, and wasn't expecting much from the 3.0, but it was about on track for a 3.0.

Now I'm not saying the Perfection 3.8 sucks or anything like that, I'm just saying in my experience it is not the fastest motor out there, but for $5 you absolutely can not beat it!