Vilian questions??

[Mike Howarth]

This question should be in the Vilian page, but the "new topic" button did not show up on my computer in that forum.?! Anyway, Mike Z how does the Vilain run with a modified motor? The weight and length seem to light and to short for a mod motor? Just asking??

Mike

 

[Jerry Dunlap]

Mike,

I have never even tried running my Villain with my CMB Greenhead LS. I did however build a 29.5 WOF tunnel that is basically an oversized Villain. It ran really well.

One of the guys in our district built a Villain and tried running it with a piped K&B 3.5. It really didn't run well at all. I know Mike won the IMPBA Internats 20 Tunnel Class with his Villain, but in my opinion it's just a little too small. I'm going to send a couple of photos of my 29.5 WOF to Tom and maybe he can post them. I wasn't able to attach them to this posting.

Jerry Dunlap

 

[TomMoorehouse]

one pic did not come through the email properly??? here is the one that did

 

[Grimracer]

Mike

Good to see you on the site.. It is good to have the guys I race with chatting on here.

To start with the Villain S1 was not designed with a piped motor in mind. The boat was designed as a stock class killer and it has come in to its own quite well there. The piped Villain i run was, and still is a test bed. However the darn thing runs really well on my piped K+B and as Jerry said I was lucky enough to win at the Internats this summer. It is tons of fun to drive and race.

Now is the boat to light for a mod motor in both length and weight?

YES.

Will it run with a piped motor?

YES

Disclaimer: This boat becomes a real hand full with allot of power behind it.. Be careful.. Also i do not recommend a mod motor on a Villain for racing. A stock motor on a villain will run with most mod boats of any type.

One thing to remember: The villain was designed as a stock class killer.

The prototype was built to do one thing and that was to beat Todd Tribbit. (the best tunnel racers i have ever seen).. But as you might or might not know he died before i got to race him with it. I decided to sell the boat when guys keep begging me to build them one. (Now Im glad I did) Its not the money its the fun i get to see guys having with the boat that trips my trigger.

The Villain S1 has a history of winning races. It is fast, stable, and darn good looking if i may say so myself. lol. It uses some new ideas that we have not seen in tunnel racing before, or at least in a while.

One more thing.. I just can not sit still for very long..HINT, HINT

Grim

 

[TomMoorehouse]

One more thing.. I just can not sit still for very long..HINT, HINT

Grim

oh man.... you tease!!!

 

[TomMoorehouse]

i got to get your webcam running so we can spy on ya!

 

[Grimracer]

Just a test.

grim