Trinity Adam Drake Series engines

[PeterV]

Straight from the Trinity press release: <BR><BR>Adam Drake the undisputed “King” of 1/10th off-road nitro racing has used his years of experience and knowledge to bring you the “Adam Drake Signature” line of off-road nitro engines. <BR><BR> Designed for the weekend racer who demands the best performance for his racing dollar. The Drake line is the “most horsepower per dollar nitro engines” without sacrificing quality or durability. <BR><BR>TRI40004 .12 Standard Edition $249.99<BR>Side Exhaust, 1/10th Racing Trucks, ROAR Specs, ABC, Slide Carb, Threaded Shaft. Designed for the Losi XXX-NT and the Associated RC10GT racing trucks. Super smooth power band lets you really hook up your truck on any track surface.<BR><BR>TRI40005 .12 Draked Edition $299.99<BR>Side Exhaust, 1/10th Racing Trucks, Blue Printed & Tweaked ROAR Specs, ABC, Slide Carb, Threaded Shaft. Same as above but given that extra care and tuning by Adam himself. Adam personally preps, blueprints and tunes each “Draked” model.<BR><BR>TRI42011 .12 Drake Off-Road Inline Pipe $69.99 <BR>Designed to make the maximum power with the correct power band for off-road racing.<BR><BR>TRI40002 .20 Plus REVO Standard Edition $350.00<BR>ABC, Slide Carb. The perfect power plant for your REVO. Direct fit. Makes way more power than the stock engine yet does not tear up your gear boxes like the bigger engines do. Enough power to be out of control but not hurt yourself. If you are racing REVO’s this should be your choice.<BR><BR>TRI40003 .20 Plus REVO Draked Edition $399.99<BR>Blue Printed & Tweaked, ABC, Slide Carb.<BR><BR>TRI40006 .30 Plus Maximum Monster* Std. Edition $359.99 <BR>ABC, Slide Carb. .21 based so it fits easily where a .21 will fit. The perfect motor for your Trinity, Associated, Losi or HPI nitro monster trucks. In most cases way too fast to even control. Not recommended for beginners! <BR><BR>TRI40007 .30 Plus Maximum Monster* Draked Edt., $409.99<BR>Blue Printed & Tweaked Fits Where .21 Fits. Savage, Spyder etc. ABC, Slide Carb.<BR><BR>Available in June<BR><BR>The “Drake Signature” line is distributed
world wide by Trinity Products and will be available through most good R/C Distributors.TRINITYTrinity Products Inc.36 Meridian RoadEdison, NJ 08820732.635.1600, www.teamtrinity.com

[Cain]

wow, for the T4? LOL

[ITurnLeft]

"Designed for the Losi XXXT and the Associated T4 racing trucks."

I'm thinking their propoganda engine has a misfiring spark plug ;)

[PeterV]

It's not a typo, the engine has been designed in anticipation of DuraTrax's new chain-drive nitro conversion. :) <BR><BR> You guys remember those, for the 10T and LXT? We've come a loooong way...

[OutFrontFrames]

Team Pit Stop baby.. lol.. Are they really releasing a chain conversion??? I know I may sound gullable but after such a long wait for a new GT anything would be cool at this point..

[PeterV]

No no, just kidding about the chain drive!

[thedarkness]

Will there be a non pullstart .30?thats what I want to know.

[metalry101]

Hmm...I wanna see what those .30's can do. The Collari .30 is a POS, but hopefully these will be better. I'm going to put a new engine in the MGT some time this summer...and right now a Picco .27 is first in line, but if these .30's are reasonably priced and turn out to be good maybe I'll give one a shot.

Oh...and that Revo engine sounds interesting. I'd definately like to see how it compares to the OS .18 TM and TZ, and the new small block Picco .26. That'd be quite the impressive shootout.

[rc411]

Now is this a REAL trinity product, or just a rebadged one like many of their others?

[thedarkness]

Trinity is only a distributer, so everything they sell is rebadged or re-enginered.Most likely they are sirio based/built engines as they are trinitys top engine.

[Travis Dupree]

True story on the chain drive conversion Duratrax made for the LXT.

Adam and I were at the Truck Challenge in Dalton, GA in the early to mid 90's. He was running the LXT with the chain drive conversion for gas and during the main I think it was, the 1/4" layshaft snapped. Talk about old school.

[HelicopterPilot]

Hmm...I wanna see what those .30's can do.
Oh...and that Revo engine sounds interesting. I'd definately like to see how it compares to the OS .18 TM and TZ, and the new small block Picco .26. That'd be quite the impressive shootout.

What problems are you having with the Collari .30 becuase I am looking at it and also I do want to think on the performance of teh Revo engines

[ragamuffin]

Makes way more power than the stock engine yet does not tear up your gear boxes like the bigger engines do.

Funny, I haven't heard of any Revo drivetrains grenading from BB engines, unlike the T-Maxx transmissions...

[revodude14]

wonder what the hp is for the drop in revo engine? Also, if these engines are close to just being rebadged, what would the equivalent be for the revo engine? (I havn't heard of a .20 drop in)

[RespirologyRC]

I read somewhere, but can't remember where; that Sirio is about to release a .30 So this is only fitting that trinity would rebadge it and say Drake is personally modifying all of them himself.

Does anyone know when the WASP .32 is coming out? I can't seem to find any info on it other than the the RCcaraction mag saying that it is due out soon.

[thedarkness]

Turns out the drake engines are TOKI based
http://www.horizonhobby.com/Shop/ByCategory/Product/Default.aspx?ProdID=TRI40007
http://www.horizonhobby.com/Shop/ByCategory/Product/Default.aspx?ProdID=TRI40003
http://www.horizonhobby.com/Shop/ByCategory/Product/Default.aspx?ProdID=TRI40005
Sigh

[MikeWz]

They're Toki based!?!? THat's kinda dissapointing. Sirio isn't toki based, and usually trinity/drake would rebadge a Sirio engine....or not even bother with rebadging it

[GT Freak]

Doesnt AMERICA make anything at all these days :confused:

[TC4]

Turns out the drake engines are TOKI based
http://www.horizonhobby.com/Shop/ByCategory/Product/Default.aspx?ProdID=TRI40007
http://www.horizonhobby.com/Shop/ByCategory/Product/Default.aspx?ProdID=TRI40003
http://www.horizonhobby.com/Shop/ByCategory/Product/Default.aspx?ProdID=TRI40005
Sigh




I can recognise the last engine (.12). Seems like the engine used for Terra Crusher (.18 version) the difference are the black anodized and the crankshaft. Really it's CRAP!

[microrcdude]

Doesnt AMERICA make anything at all these days :confused:
No, because its cheaper (labor wise) to get your products made in other countries

[MAXXWRECKER]

[QUOTE=metalry101]Hmm...I wanna see what those .30's can do. The Collari .30 is a POS, but hopefully these will be better. I'm going to put a new engine in the MGT some time this summer...and right now a Picco .27 is first in line, but if these .30's are reasonably priced and turn out to be good maybe I'll give one a shot. Why do you say that?I have the collari and the picco .27.

[soreloser]

They look a lot like the same case and head that Fantom uses.

[WheelNut]

Well that .30 is definately not a Sirio based engine, I've got the Sirio and its completely different looking. $285 for a TOKI engine? ouch....

[rcboy201]

if the rc motors were made in america the standard race engin would be 500 bucks at the least

[fastharry]

Doesnt AMERICA make anything at all these days :confused:

they make the new CVEC ROAR legal pipes in the good 'ol USA...I just put one on my R40.....runs great!...and WAY stronger than the THS,RD logics junk......

http://www.cvec-racing.com/

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v209/fastharry/cvec1.jpg

[Jea3]

Nice pipe.. ;) :D

[Legend_Car]

nice truck