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Well just recently I decided to pull my old RC10GT out of the closet and try to get it running when I decided I should look for a new motor for it. Well after browsing a bit I found this on www.rc10.com

http://www.rc10.com/newprod/2005/lrp31800_z18s_600.jpg

That is linked directly from their site, no photoshop voodoo.

As far as I know it's not equipped with any kind of variable valve timing (come on, it's a 2 stroke), but I think it's funny / cool as ---- that it's on there.

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Yeh for shure..thats something way different , those things are heaps of fun ..max reffs !!
All it needs now is a turbo..

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could have variable powervalve timing ;)

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They make superchargers for these things, but I think the general consensus on those is that they're more of a novelty item than anything.

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I never got the purpose of have a really fast RC car. I mean whats the point?

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rc cars are gay, i dont know why you would want to own one they get boring after 15 minutes

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Ya those little guys are fun but a spendy little sport..

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i work with an old guy who races them all over the midwest.. he likes it i guess

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I always wanted to build a crazy rc car, but I don't know the first part of thier secret language. The motor names (numbers) don't seem to really identify them at all.

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haha that ---- is SICK! :P

Hey if you wanna buy a new r/c engine, how about buying my brand new RB .12, i think it's a big block too. If you know r/c, you know that the RB motors are sick ish. ;)

what's the point of having a really fast car? What's the point? Same thing. ;)

gimme money and i'll build you a sicc ass r/c >:D

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The really fast car is something that you can drive and an adrenaline rush. There's nothing exciting about standing there twisting knobs on a controller. The really fast RC car is just a wate of money that goes from 0 to out of sight in 2 seconds. Also nobody ever got laid cause they have a really cool RC car. :-\

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You need one of these for it http://www.nvbackflow.com/engines/home_image_sml.JPG

Video http://www.nvbackflow.com/inprogress/EngA1AA.mpg

More on the site. 1/4 scale these are badass! http://www.nvbackflow.com/engines/

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i have.

i used to race my rc10/t2 and ive never lost

dirt tracks and jumps are fun, and when i get my t2 it was the best electric truck. always landed on its wheels. still got it and it still works :)

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Are those made to also be used in go carts and ish like that

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That thing probably has more power then a 3cyl geo metro engine. :P

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i used to have a rc10gt, i stopped using it cause it would always break. the teeth on the spur gear would always get grided down cause it was plastic.

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Most of them use plastic, you probably weren't setting the back lash correctly.

It could have variable port timming, I always thought that would be cool.

Like variable length intake runners, but the runners go to different ports, so the ports can have different timming, and a valve switches between them.

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They did they because you didnt set the tension right. Next time, take a piece of paper and stick it in the gears THEN adjust it. I also used to race r/c cars. Both on and offroad gas and electric. Still have my RC10T,T3 and GT, Losi buggy and my Nitro RS4.