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Sorry, been super busy and away longer than I like, but I am just curious to see what discussion comes up. For me the answer is easy in this category. PRETTY, PUNY, SISSY, LITTLE, WIMPY MOTOR. Strong, reliable and did, does, and always will run strong with timed brushes. Any opinions are welcome. Pics are welcome, but certainly not required. A close second is the Quarter Flash. The first stock motor I personally remember with silver brushes. Not to mention Neon Green was certainly very cool for that time period. Honorable mention goes to the classic Johnson 540 which was, and is a great motor. No vintage Tamiya would be the same without it. Let’s see some great pics and great arguments! Vintage or otherwise what is the greatest stock motor of all time?? (Mods can be kept for another discussion)…

i was going to say Wimpy when saw the thread title. tried to think of the full name while the thread loaded and what do you know you said it. it was mt favorite motor back in the day. never failed me and you can't beat the name.

I always had good luck with the SLOT MACHINE stock.

Slot Machine--hands down (if we are staying vintage) otherwise the Binary 2

The one, The only - ORIGINAL Yokomo 05R.....cant get more vintage than that - they were the MUST HAVE motor back in the day....

They were the start of the stock motor boom class.

However if you are going for a more recent "ïsh"" motor - has to be the Slot Machine!

Cheers

Darryn

i always liked the "original" trinity green machine (circa 92-93). i even used one at the '08 v-nat's.

Ahhh yes - the green machine - one of the first with the "tri rotor" design werent they?

Cheers

Darryn

I've always run the Green Machine. Weren't a lot of those motors the exact same thing with different names?

They certainly were mate, thats what the brushed motor industry was built upon - 3 manufacturers and about 100 "manufacturers"

The colour/"brand" of your motor made you faster!

Cheers

Darryn

I think there may be a couple of categories that we're looking at here.

Personally, I think the Revtech with the blue label and 44 degrees of timing was the best (prior to 91). My buddies use to run the B&R bullet and those were also very good.

After the 24 degree rule in 91, it was pretty much trinity's game...

Precision Motorworks Rage pink can, fast for 4 runs then it was toast. Also another trinity/epic rebadge

Back when I was racing in AK @ 1987-88, the stock motor to have at our track was a Race Prep.
That or the Trinity Monster Horsepower.
We didn't have much in the way of local hobby shops, so we may not have been "up to speed" with what the hottest "stock" motor was....
Hell, we raced RC10's, Tamiya's, etc on carpet before 1/10th "pan" cars were introduced...

It always seemed the 'stock' motor industry was surrounded by a whole lot of hype way back when. Most people didn't have much more than magazine publications or other racers to learn what was best. I think I ran the Kyosho stock 20 I think it was called. Only cause it was free but the 34 had some go.

I used to run 4WD modified back in the day....my Kyosho Lazer had a Reedy Red Dot in it..man that car was quick..

My new JRX2 with the Trinity Monster Horsepower stock racing motor always got inspected after every run. Very quick.