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[Scott]

Dude, most of these guys race nationally... they have 8 foot trailers PACKED with spares. Most had work benches, generators, more tools than I use on a real car and like 15-20 sets of wheels... un-frickin' real!

[Nickle]

See.  You tried talking me into competing.  Yeah right.  I'd get assraped even if my car was performing well.  

If I were even going to get started, i would need something like this:
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXLVV7&P=7

1.6 hp @ 42,000 rpm's
Displacement: 0.12 in^3

The serious guys have even "hotter" motors then that.

[Scott]

They even had a pit guy with fuel, and a laser thermomter to check motor temp... apparently anything over about 235 was bad.

[Nickle]

They even had a pit guy with fuel, and a laser thermomter to check motor temp... apparently anything over about 235 was bad.

Was it 325, or 235?  I have been told that 325 is the temperature threshold.  You try and tune for temps below that.

I use an onboard thermocouple that will record peak temperature.  It was a very good purchase.

[Scott]

hmmmm... not sure...