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#1 DOCinCanton

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Posted 21 January 2020 - 09:01 PM

Has anyone heard of a JK Retro Hawk Screamer motor?

 


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Posted 21 January 2020 - 09:20 PM

Did someone step on its toe?


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Posted 21 January 2020 - 09:22 PM

no. 


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Posted 21 January 2020 - 09:38 PM

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Posted 21 January 2020 - 10:23 PM

Turbo-basted?? :laugh2:


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Posted 22 January 2020 - 12:04 AM

Yep PCH Scott sells them


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Posted 22 January 2020 - 12:10 AM

What does he do to them?


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Posted 22 January 2020 - 01:27 AM

What does he do to them?

 

Charges a couple buck more than retail......


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Posted 22 January 2020 - 02:26 AM

Zapped magnets I believe..


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Posted 22 January 2020 - 07:53 AM

Tuning subcontracted to Ken O Racing no doubt.....


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Posted 22 January 2020 - 09:07 AM

I heard Ken retired to Texas, but don't know if that's true or not. He's not been pushing products on eBay for months.


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Posted 22 January 2020 - 09:08 AM

They were recommended to me by my Chief Car Builder. I have a few of them. I have no idea what Scott does to them, and I have not run them yet.

 

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Posted 22 January 2020 - 01:36 PM

I think he "hand picks" them.  I have a couple that were better than average and a couple that were not.


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Posted 22 January 2020 - 01:47 PM

I read/heard that the screamer motors have the magnets re-zapped.

 

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Posted 22 January 2020 - 04:29 PM

The magnets are not ceramic, so it is extremely doubtful they have been zapped. As far as hand picked, that is a bit of a crap shoot.

Unfortunately this sounds more like marketing than technology.


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Posted 22 January 2020 - 04:48 PM

I now remember asking Scott, a long time ago,  about the screamer motors he offers and he did say he "re-zapped" the motors!

 

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Posted 23 January 2020 - 09:48 AM

Thanks for the rsponses. I got what I was looking for.


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Posted 28 January 2020 - 02:52 PM

Just bought 4 retro screamers, nothing special about them save the 4 bucks each for something you need. This was not my first purchase of screamers I bought 4 hawk 7 around 6-8 months ago also nothing special. Mine had balance marks on some and none on others, so not sure how they decided what screams and what doesnt. My retros turned 48k -49k at 12.5 volts this is not above average. One of them also is a two speed which makes it useless
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Posted 28 January 2020 - 03:35 PM

The balancing is done at the factory, not at PCH. Being a Screamer has nothing to do with balancing. They are sealed disposable motors. They can't be opened or modified.

 

All disposable motors have some that are duds. Again, this has nothing to do with Screamers. Why don't you guys just call PCH and ask what they do to make them "Scream" LOL


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Posted 28 January 2020 - 04:02 PM

When I was a kid, the only thing in sealed cans were sardines. It's amazing what they put in them today. :)


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Posted 29 January 2020 - 09:23 AM

The balancing is done at the factory, not at PCH. Being a Screamer has nothing to do with balancing. They are sealed disposable motors. They can't be opened or modified.

 

All disposable motors have some that are duds. Again, this has nothing to do with Screamers. Why don't you guys just call PCH and ask what they do to make them "Scream" LOL

It's not the motor that screams--it's the buyer when they find out there is  nothing special about them other than the price!!!  :crazy:  :shok:  :victory:


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Posted 29 January 2020 - 12:45 PM

It's not the motor that screams--it's the buyer when they find out there is  nothing special about them other than the price!!!  :crazy:  :shok:  :victory:

Commonly known as the Ken-O syndrome!


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Posted 01 February 2020 - 11:51 PM

He does Have a Cobalt Zapper If that's what's needed to charge them and I have used them Many years ago on batch 2 I think they were a buck more then I'd say maybe I got 6 and all ran well and I used them in F1 because They had awesome brakes but back then 2 races if you were lucky on a motor and my love for these things has run it's Course 

 

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