I have collected a number of older motors from deals. Mostly Tamiyas, and a few Kyoshos. They really make fantastic shelf pieces!
I only started this hobby a few years ago and I'm curious to know what were the motors of choice in the 1980s through the 90s? I do realize this is a considerable span of time, but what were the popular motors back then for racing? Some background story would be nice. I'm more interested in off-road motors but feel free to mention onroad motors.
My motors of choice in stock class were Green machine, green machine 2, Slot machine, slot machine 2, Midnight, Midnight 2-pro. Kyosho had a popular motor. Don't remember the name of it though. It had a red and gold striped label. I think it was just called the super stock 27. Also the Losi revolutions motors were popular. Some others that I remember but didn't use were. Race Prep, check point, Peak Performance. I remember a lot of pink motors.
I believe it was largely regional, as to what was the "hot ticket" for racing at any given time. Usually, it was dictated by what local sponsored guys had—everyone bought what the fast guys won with.
When I first started racing in the mid 80s, the American-made original Big Jim Checkpoint motors were light years faster than anything else on the track. They always were held in very high regard for me, which is why I still have a case full of them in my small collection.
As I progressed in racing, locally, everyone ran either Trinity or Revtech later in the 80s. Locally, Wimpy, Race Prep, Twister and Black Magic were also popular. On the pavement or carpet, CAM motors were rockets, but not used so much elsewhere for some reason. The owner of CAM was an oval guy, so you saw a lot of his motors on Super Speedways.
I still have my motor collection—mostly Checkpoints and Revtechs, but a few Twisters in there as well.
Stock motors? They were all the same with different decals on them, and the brush of the month. Take your pick.
Yeah, going with what Doug was saying it was pretty much what the local hobby shops were pushing or what the fast guys at the track were running. I still love my Fantom mod motor with the machined aluminum endbell. It's identical to the black motors Doug has in his case above.
For Off-Road....
Stock
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Race Prep
Trinity
Revtech
Mod
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Revtech
Black Magic
Trinity
Checkpoint
Sparked by a Discussion on AFX and Slot Cars, I brought this up in a different forum and it might be kind of cool to see what other hobbies/collections/toys you all might have played with in your youth (or if you never grow up- now)
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