Dug these out of my old racing toolbox
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 12:58 am
I just bought the LeMans motor to put on my re-re Tomahawk. It needed a good cleaning and tune up. Its now quite the screamer and should be at home once the build is complete. Not the best looking but still not bad for its age. This tuning up made me want to dig out my old racing stash from long ago and do the same for those.
Gosh, most of these I forgot the specs on because I have been retired from racing long ago. Anyone heard of East Coast racing motors? I dont remember where I picked that one up but that one fired right up and runs smooth like butter after sitting so long. All the others required a little coaxing to get them to run again. It was funny to hook them up to a power supply and hear them barely run and slowly spinning faster and faster. Guess they needed the ol cobwebs blown out! One I brought back from the dead is the Joel Johnson. That had so much play in the bushings that it made a horrible sound when it was trying to run. Lots of miles on that one in my RC12L. Popped it open and put in new bushings from a revtec donor and now runs like it should. One of my favs back in the day. Was wondering if I should have put ball bearings in that one.
The fastest one is the black and gold label one. Not sure whose signature is on it but I remember that one chewed through my SCR1700s so quickly that my car would slow down before the race was over. I put it back in the toolbox after that so it has lowest mileage of the bunch.
The final one I bought when I was racing is the Green Machine 2. That one is also a hot little runner and I was quite impressed with it in my 1/12 scale pan cars. It did take quite a bit of effort to get running again but it now draws 4 amps for some reason. Not sure why. Even replaced the old caps but still drains too much current. Any ideas?
I had fun bringing these back to life, brought back many good memories!
Gosh, most of these I forgot the specs on because I have been retired from racing long ago. Anyone heard of East Coast racing motors? I dont remember where I picked that one up but that one fired right up and runs smooth like butter after sitting so long. All the others required a little coaxing to get them to run again. It was funny to hook them up to a power supply and hear them barely run and slowly spinning faster and faster. Guess they needed the ol cobwebs blown out! One I brought back from the dead is the Joel Johnson. That had so much play in the bushings that it made a horrible sound when it was trying to run. Lots of miles on that one in my RC12L. Popped it open and put in new bushings from a revtec donor and now runs like it should. One of my favs back in the day. Was wondering if I should have put ball bearings in that one.
The fastest one is the black and gold label one. Not sure whose signature is on it but I remember that one chewed through my SCR1700s so quickly that my car would slow down before the race was over. I put it back in the toolbox after that so it has lowest mileage of the bunch.
The final one I bought when I was racing is the Green Machine 2. That one is also a hot little runner and I was quite impressed with it in my 1/12 scale pan cars. It did take quite a bit of effort to get running again but it now draws 4 amps for some reason. Not sure why. Even replaced the old caps but still drains too much current. Any ideas?
I had fun bringing these back to life, brought back many good memories!
I enjoyed restoring some of my Le Mans motors too, and they look so nice on the shelf with their anodized end-bells and can ends. 
