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FLY black motor- Grand Am pontiac

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denny
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FLY black motor- Grand Am pontiac

Post by denny »

Raced me grand am tonight in LMP.Not to bad but I need a little more poke down the straight.any one know what RPM the black motor that comes with it has,black sticker on Can no vents with a big flyslot and a little cars under it no checks.No ones been able to tell me and cant find motor any where on net.TAR
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kenneth
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Should be 18,000rpm at 12v. The same as all other Fly cars unless it`s a racing version.
`It is better to enter a turn slow & come out fast, than to enter a turn fast & come out dead` Ferry Porsche
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Re: FLY black motor- Grand Am pontiac

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KEN its the long can type ,eg ninco ,so does that have same RPM as the scaley type motors.it wasnt to much slower than the open motored cars
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And heres a picture boys and girls
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yep its am 18K RPM long case Boxer motor
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Re: FLY black motor- Grand Am pontiac

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thanks Ken if thats so its going to fly down straight next race LOL even with an mc5.
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