RobH
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Before I start, I had some complaints about my last EBMods posts that I was spamming the site. For this reason, I have pre-cleared this with the RCNT staff prior to posting it.
On a previous thread about engine mods, some said that they wouldn't put their expensive engine in hands of someone that hasn't won any races (or something like that).
Last weekend, Don Greene and his EBMods .26 took 2nd place at the 3rd Annual Dirt Oval Nationals (2003) held in Bakersfield, CA.
Larry from Nova RC Products attended the event and had this to say:
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3rd Annual Dirt Oval Nationals 2003
I took a little road trip last weekend, to the Dirt Oval Nationals held at Racers Haven Raceway in Bakersfield CA.
The temperature was cold, but the racing action was as hot as it gets.
Over 120 entries, and all of them ready for a shot at a National title.
The T maxx Class, was a bit like a demo derby, but Don Greene managed to keep his MP Hybrid together long enough to take 2nd in the A main...His EBMod .26 was more than too much power for this small oval track.
Qualifiers started Saturday around 4:00 and many of the racers were a little groggy from the Friday night races that ended after 1:00 am.
The Outdoor Channel sent out the camera crew from Inside R/C, and they got some great racing action on film.
After a full afternoon of very fast qualifiers, the mains started just about dusk, and the temperature dropped fast. Many of the racers had sided canopies, and propane heaters to keep the chill off. No such luck for Greg, the owner of Racers Haven, and his crew, that announced, and ran the races from the drivers stand, for the second day in a row.
The track was in “blue groove” condition, and after talking to some of the locals, I found out that the track had just been rebuilt by volunteers the previous weekend. It was in the best shape it has ever been in.
There was a great crowd, many exchanging tips, and helping out. It was just a good down home atmosphere.
After several of the other classes had raced, the speed demons took the track “modified wedge class” By far the fastest class of the day turning laps in the 5 second range.
This was some of the fastest racing action I have ever seen.
I’ll be making the trek to the Dirt Oval Nationals again next year. I hope to see you all there. For more info check out www.racers-haven.com
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Racers Haven hasn't updated their race results pages. The following results are from 2002:
http://www.racers-haven.com/html/race_results.html
I post links to the new, official results when they become available.
I realize that I may sound like a repeating record to those active members that read every post. This will be my last time I bang this drum. For that reason, I'll explain in detail...
EBMods is a company (one man show really) that was started about a half hour north of me by a guy named Ed Bridges. The business is all about modifying engines for models -- nitro engines, gas engines, plane engines, helicopter engines, tether engines, etc. EBMods specializes in Nitro engines. Most of the engines Ed does are big block Nitro RC car engines. He does some small block Nitro RC car engines too. I've seen air plane engines in his shop.
I was skeptical at first. I thought "another guy with a dremel that read the how-to port the TRX 15 Pro engine." Come to find out, Ed has an insane amount of knowledge on the subject of modding engines. I think he said his dad was into it. He started with motor-cross. Ed then got into Nitro and as he put it: "the first this I did was take the engine apart". Since then, he's a part of the scenery at the LHS. He runs the races at the local track. He's been porting their nitro engines since the track's inception (years and years ago). He just rescently started to offer his services for hire.
Another thing that will clue you in that he knows what he's doing is what he does. A lot of people port the sleeves, polish the crankshaft and do port matching. Some guys will lighten the crankshaft. How many of those guys, however, balance the crankshaft? I believe that means he makes it so the shaft doesn't "wobble" as much. He quoted me percentages. "Most engines are only 30% balanced". He tries to balance them to 50%. The RB engines he can only do to 40%. I have clue what that means honestly. Also what's "blueprinting"? I have no clue... but Ed does.
Also, Ed doesn't just do one port job on all engines. He does to the engine what you need done. If you run off-road, you need different mods from the guy that runs the same engine on-road. If you drag race, it's whole new ball game. I was just reading on the SGrid where some guy would like to try and get more bottom end and a better power band out of his C5. Knowing how make the engine do what you want takes lots and lots of experience and knowledge. Ed does it.
The biggest testament to Ed's skill are the responses from the people that have the engines. How many of you can say that your current engine will make you broke buying new tires? How many of you can say that your Picco/Wasp .26 is easy to tune and hard to overheat... How about an engine that has "twice the pull" of a any of these engines: WS7II, OSRZ & Sirio 27
I don't know if it's true, but I'm not making it up. The above are paraphrases from what EBMods customers are saying.
Anyway, to those still reading, this will be my last mention of EBMods. I apologize if anyone took my enthusiasm about this local phenomenon as spam.
-RobH
On a previous thread about engine mods, some said that they wouldn't put their expensive engine in hands of someone that hasn't won any races (or something like that).
Last weekend, Don Greene and his EBMods .26 took 2nd place at the 3rd Annual Dirt Oval Nationals (2003) held in Bakersfield, CA.
Larry from Nova RC Products attended the event and had this to say:
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3rd Annual Dirt Oval Nationals 2003
I took a little road trip last weekend, to the Dirt Oval Nationals held at Racers Haven Raceway in Bakersfield CA.
The temperature was cold, but the racing action was as hot as it gets.
Over 120 entries, and all of them ready for a shot at a National title.
The T maxx Class, was a bit like a demo derby, but Don Greene managed to keep his MP Hybrid together long enough to take 2nd in the A main...His EBMod .26 was more than too much power for this small oval track.
Qualifiers started Saturday around 4:00 and many of the racers were a little groggy from the Friday night races that ended after 1:00 am.
The Outdoor Channel sent out the camera crew from Inside R/C, and they got some great racing action on film.
After a full afternoon of very fast qualifiers, the mains started just about dusk, and the temperature dropped fast. Many of the racers had sided canopies, and propane heaters to keep the chill off. No such luck for Greg, the owner of Racers Haven, and his crew, that announced, and ran the races from the drivers stand, for the second day in a row.
The track was in “blue groove” condition, and after talking to some of the locals, I found out that the track had just been rebuilt by volunteers the previous weekend. It was in the best shape it has ever been in.
There was a great crowd, many exchanging tips, and helping out. It was just a good down home atmosphere.
After several of the other classes had raced, the speed demons took the track “modified wedge class” By far the fastest class of the day turning laps in the 5 second range.
This was some of the fastest racing action I have ever seen.
I’ll be making the trek to the Dirt Oval Nationals again next year. I hope to see you all there. For more info check out www.racers-haven.com
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Racers Haven hasn't updated their race results pages. The following results are from 2002:
http://www.racers-haven.com/html/race_results.html
I post links to the new, official results when they become available.
I realize that I may sound like a repeating record to those active members that read every post. This will be my last time I bang this drum. For that reason, I'll explain in detail...
EBMods is a company (one man show really) that was started about a half hour north of me by a guy named Ed Bridges. The business is all about modifying engines for models -- nitro engines, gas engines, plane engines, helicopter engines, tether engines, etc. EBMods specializes in Nitro engines. Most of the engines Ed does are big block Nitro RC car engines. He does some small block Nitro RC car engines too. I've seen air plane engines in his shop.
I was skeptical at first. I thought "another guy with a dremel that read the how-to port the TRX 15 Pro engine." Come to find out, Ed has an insane amount of knowledge on the subject of modding engines. I think he said his dad was into it. He started with motor-cross. Ed then got into Nitro and as he put it: "the first this I did was take the engine apart". Since then, he's a part of the scenery at the LHS. He runs the races at the local track. He's been porting their nitro engines since the track's inception (years and years ago). He just rescently started to offer his services for hire.
Another thing that will clue you in that he knows what he's doing is what he does. A lot of people port the sleeves, polish the crankshaft and do port matching. Some guys will lighten the crankshaft. How many of those guys, however, balance the crankshaft? I believe that means he makes it so the shaft doesn't "wobble" as much. He quoted me percentages. "Most engines are only 30% balanced". He tries to balance them to 50%. The RB engines he can only do to 40%. I have clue what that means honestly. Also what's "blueprinting"? I have no clue... but Ed does.
Also, Ed doesn't just do one port job on all engines. He does to the engine what you need done. If you run off-road, you need different mods from the guy that runs the same engine on-road. If you drag race, it's whole new ball game. I was just reading on the SGrid where some guy would like to try and get more bottom end and a better power band out of his C5. Knowing how make the engine do what you want takes lots and lots of experience and knowledge. Ed does it.
The biggest testament to Ed's skill are the responses from the people that have the engines. How many of you can say that your current engine will make you broke buying new tires? How many of you can say that your Picco/Wasp .26 is easy to tune and hard to overheat... How about an engine that has "twice the pull" of a any of these engines: WS7II, OSRZ & Sirio 27
I don't know if it's true, but I'm not making it up. The above are paraphrases from what EBMods customers are saying.
Anyway, to those still reading, this will be my last mention of EBMods. I apologize if anyone took my enthusiasm about this local phenomenon as spam.
-RobH
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