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Curious Bud's motor
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 3:50 pm
by juicedcoupe
I received this Bud's motor a while back with a car. Seeing the bent tabs on the can, I just assumed that it was a common stock motor.
While screwing around, I grabbed it and put it in my Fantom timing jig. I was surprised to see that it only had ~10° (Maybe 12) of timing.
So I checked the other end. No Roar stamp, just "Yokomo Japan" and "M-1".
I'm not familiar with all the kinds of spec classes that were run back in the day. Maybe a 21T, 12°.
Anybody have an idea?
Re: Curious Bud's motor
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 4:21 pm
by Frankentruck
With that vintage of motor build in a Yokomo can and endbell, having a crimped silver 'stock motor' can with less that 27T would have been extremely weird. It would have had all sorts of labels about being an outlaw stock. I didn't see many Buds motors around, but maybe it was a milder timing for more durability. Some of my Yokomo style stock cans without ROAR stamp have an SP stamp. Some have nothing stamped.
Re: Curious Bud's motor
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 6:06 pm
by TRX-1-3
Is it an onroad flavor of motor? I really have no clue. I just thought Bud's stuff was more onroad oriented.
Re: Curious Bud's motor
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 6:15 pm
by juicedcoupe
TRX-1-3 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 26, 2022 6:06 pm
Is it an onroad flavor of motor? I really have no clue. I just thought Bud's stuff was more onroad oriented.
No clue.
It came on a highly modified six gear car. It was probably a nice car in its day.
Re: Curious Bud's motor
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 6:15 pm
by GoMachV
Could it be a default slave motor for the dyno they sold?
Re: Curious Bud's motor
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 6:19 pm
by juicedcoupe
I wonder if it is similar to the Reedy Esprit (ES) motors. I have a few of them.
Several of them were mild modifieds with bushings and fixed timing.
Re: Curious Bud's motor
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 6:23 pm
by juicedcoupe
GoMachV wrote: ↑Sat Feb 26, 2022 6:15 pm
Could it be a default slave motor for the dyno they sold?
I never dealt with them. But it would seem like you'd want the slave motor to have no timing, since it is running backwards.
But as I said, I don't know.
Maybe another member has one.
Re: Curious Bud's motor
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 6:24 pm
by Phin
Doesn't exactly ID the motor but according to the '91 RCCA Buyers Guide Bud's offered at least one mod motor with a fixed end bell. "Modified Stock No 7215 is a super-hot 17-turn single fixed end bell bushing motor."
Re: Curious Bud's motor
Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2022 8:14 pm
by juicedcoupe
Phin wrote: ↑Sat Feb 26, 2022 6:24 pm
Doesn't exactly ID the motor but according to the '91 RCCA Buyers Guide Bud's offered at least one mod motor with a fixed end bell. "Modified Stock No 7215 is a super-hot 17-turn single fixed end bell bushing motor."
Oddly enough, there is a pretty much identical Reedy Esprit.