I thought you folks might get a kick out of Team Porsche, my son's and my R/C car racing team. The cars are Associated NTC3's, which are 1/10 scale gas R/C race cars. The bodies are 996 Turbos, with the yellow one (my son's) cleverly disguised as a 997 Turbo. These cars normally run .12 ci two cycle glow engines that produce up to 1.2 hp at 35,000 rpm. They can hit up to 60 mph in second gear, having two-speed centrifugal transmissions that are externally adjustable for shift point. My son's car runs a fairly typical O.S. .12TR with the Associated tuned pipe. My car is a little different, running a four cycle engine. It is still a glow engine, running on the same methanol / nitromethane / oil mix as the two cycles. It started life as an O.S. .26C, rated at 0.5 hp at 18,000 rpm. It is now bumped up to .30 ci, has a manifold from a .40C, a slide carb from a .12CR, a larger diameter header pipe, judiciously ported head, and is supplied by a Perry micro-oscilating fuel pump. It now revs willingly to over 24,000 rpm and has apparently at least doubled its power output. Anyway, here are the pics:
