Unbelievable engine destruction!

[TK5310]

That's the only way it'd fit with the buggy header & ezystart.
Buggy header is on there coz I busted the stock pipe, then the THS header, I welded up the THS header & it broke again.
Had to grab the buggy pipe coz it was the only thing I could make fit that was available at the LHS.
It's higher than it looks in the pics, about chassis height, seems pretty safe there, had a few stacks & not a mark on it whereas in the stock position it was getting busted all the time. It's well protected by the tyres, can't really get hit unless I side swipe a pole between the tyres.

Anyway, got it broken in, it's a monster with that ofna carb on there, wheelstands changing into 2nd gear, wheelies on demand just with throttle application up to jogging pace - even with the 17/38 gearing, a barely broken in engine & a dead safe break in tune.
I reckon I'll gear it up some more, 17/36 should work great.

 

[red bob]

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looks great but i reckon an angle plate run out from the chassis would protect
the exhaust;shame your not closer as i picked up some military grade titanium
plates 1.5mm thick[very light] which i have made various skid plates out of for my traxxas.
which like a f1 car throws up sparks when under braking across uneven tarmac.

 

[TK5310]

Skate park shenanigans last night with lotsa air time, some hard hits etc say the pipe location is just fine, not a mark on it.
It actually sits above chassis height.

The mount is alloy plate, it aint' going anywhere!

New motor is well broken in now, almost 1/2 a gallon through it & loosening up nicely, goes like a cut snake with the ofna carb, buggy header & THS pipe, throttle response is outstanding, wheelstands at speed with 17/38 gearing & will pop the fronts up a little on the gearchange. Plenty of grunt for what I need even with is still on a dead safe tune.