HPI Bajas

[Slowkrawl]

Well I have had the baja for a little over a month now, and am fully addicted to it. The savage hasn't been touched and is up for sale. I've already put about 2K into the baja, not including what I bought it for.

A few pics:







Those are while it was pretty much stock. I have since upgraded to a futaba 3pm radio, with a killer rc kill switch so I can keep myself and others around me safe.

Along with:

BLEM hostile MX's all around with 250 kold kutter ice racing studs
proline desperado wheels
DDM enclosed clutch carrier
rear v2 dominator pipe

That's just a small portion of it, I forget everything I have put on it haha.

In the mail is an ONB full mod 30.5cc, along with all the drivetrain goodies from DDM
I have to call jet pro today to see if they are done a 5b pipe for me, they designed a pipe specifically for that motor but so far only for a 5t.

Originally Posted by Slowkrawl

Well I have had the baja for a little over a month now, and am fully addicted to it. The savage hasn't been touched and is up for sale. I've already put about 2K into the baja, not including what I bought it for.

A few pics:

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Those are while it was pretty much stock. I have since upgraded to a futaba 3pm radio, with a killer rc kill switch so I can keep myself and others around me safe.

Along with:

BLEM hostile MX's all around with 250 kold kutter ice racing studs
proline desperado wheels
DDM enclosed clutch carrier
rear v2 dominator pipe

That's just a small portion of it, I forget everything I have put on it haha.

In the mail is an ONB full mod 30.5cc, along with all the drivetrain goodies from DDM
I have to call jet pro today to see if they are done a 5b pipe for me, they designed a pipe specifically for that motor but so far only for a 5t.

I know the feeling, my other RCs are feeling pretty neglected right now too. I haven't really driven any of them lately since the weather isn't great right now.

Looks good, you are going to be happy with the ONB full mod. I have a ONB/TS reed 27.2 in my buggy, and it's a beast that revs forever. I'm seriously thinking of sending my crankcase back and having them do a TS 30.5 for me.

If I wasn't going to Vegas this week, i'd have my 5T already. Owell....

[Slowkrawl]

Originally Posted by billy gunn

I know the feeling, my other RCs are feeling pretty neglected right now too. I haven't really driven any of them lately since the weather isn't great right now.

Looks good, you are going to be happy with the ONB full mod. I have a ONB/TS reed 27.2 in my buggy, and it's a beast that revs forever. I'm seriously thinking of sending my crankcase back and having them do a TS 30.5 for me.

Are the reed cases really that much better? I am expecting my 30.5 to rev to just under 20K. Is TS the only person that makes a reed case or...? Still confused on that subject.

Originally Posted by Slowkrawl

Are the reed cases really that much better? I am expecting my 30.5 to rev to just under 20K. Is TS the only person that makes a reed case or...? Still confused on that subject.

Depending on what kind of porting you have ONB or any other porter do, the reed cases generally do not rev any higher. The TS cases generally just have better low-mid range power and response, not that its needed with the 30.5s. I would be pretty surprised if the full mod 30.5s hit 20k, i personally think that 19k is more reasonable estimate. Either way, should be a screaming engine with tons of power.

Trevor Simpson is the only person that I know of that makes a reed crankcase for baja application. ONB (and I'm sure other people do as well) sells engines that use a regular crankcase with the reed block on them, look at the "cylinder reed ported engines" section on their site. As far as being better, that depends on the person. There is a pretty big price premium for a case reed engine. Because of the reed valve the powerband is wider, hence the better low-mid range power. The top end is approximately equivalent between a piston port and a reed port of equal bore and stroke.