NTRATECH SHEET 1 .

JANUARY 1ST 2009

Section one: AURORA FACTORY ARMATURES

ARMATURE NAME IMPE.DANCE ***
Christma.s tree Arm 17 - 21 ohms
Grey Arm 15~· 20 ohms
AFX Arm 14.0· 15.5 ohms
Magna·traction Arm 13.0.15 ohms
Speed Wind Arm 6.8~ 8.0 ohms
Wild Ones .Ann 5.5·8.1 ohms
Tuff Ones Arm 6.0 - 7.5 ohms
Mean Green Arm 6.0·7.5 Sportsman and Competition Class permitted antiS

Stock and Super·Stock

All a.bove except Quadralam 5.5 ohms minimum

Christmas tree arm and Grey arm 16 ohms minimum

Gas Class and BB/FC

(1) Armature limits are progressive. A HIGHER impedance armature is legal for use in a LOWER impedance limit class.

Example: Gasser may use all Aurora armatures listed with the exception of the Quadralam.

(2): Arms that ohm HIGHER than the lower limit and meet other class requirements are likewise legal

Example: A mean green arm that is measured at 7 ohms and meets other class requirements is legal in GASSER class.

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Section! tw'o: A,RMATURE BREAKDOWNI ANDS[PO'TTIING FE.A:,TURES

CHRISTMIAS 'TIREE AR,MIATURE:

Stock and SuperStock Lega.~

Impedance range is typically 17 ohms to 2,1 ,+ ohms., AlI'tnature, displays 'Cop,per, Red and Green wire.

'These were used in the earnest Thunder·jets, with the' solid rivet chassis. They are a Ihilgher impedan,c,e arm, :than, a:ll the ethers and suffer {r(l,m a Ila,ckof 'c,onsistenc,yfrom arm to, arm a'!'!id po~le to pole. More powerf,uII magn.ets may merely ma!ke 'them run botter. Unle;ss ell ass nodes specily, try to luse the grey arm listedl below. Tlhelle We:re some variia,tions of this arO'!; one !:nay also see (GreenJRedIG,reen) coloredl poleso:r even (Red/Green/Red).

LATE T JET ARM "GRlEY ARM"

Stock and SUlpe!iStock I legal

I,mped,aln;ce' range from 15 to as high as 20 ohms" CO,pipe,r, Green, or Red wire with Gra,ytips

Thijs is the "ba,se' armat,ure f,or ma:nty m,oing association,s, and NTIRA is no e,xception" SUlper$liock Class mandates eiither the,se o'r the Christmas tt.ree ann,. It is surprising! how fast well~t.uned tjet calli move with oneaf these. Fiind one that is reasonably' rnat!chedfrom Polle t,o pole and a Ipair 01' decently matc,hed magnets, and you will halve a reliable combinat:ion.

AFX and MAGNATRAClilON A.RMA'TUlRE

Gasser legal

Impedance range 13.0 - 15.0 ohRls Copper windings with red tips

These parUciul!ar arms are recomended only iin, Magna .. tra.ction Ca~rs ,or if cb!l!ss lI1u:les do not al'low a faster arm in a T JET chassis. They were d'esigned to be used with lPOWe:rful MIT filag'Rets., They Willi still giive decent periort:n!anCe iin, a T Jet chassis if used with AFX S.uper II magnets. or JL magnets. Be sure to' measure an.y arm with this col,or cOlmbo as it resem'b~les the lo ...... er impeda,nce and higher horseiPower Tuff o,nes Copper/Red armat:ure.

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Section 'two:: ARMIATURE BREAKDOWN ANID SPOTT.IN'G,

FEA'.TU'RES

conltinlued

IMPE:DAN'CE RANGE 14,.5 -1.5.4 'OIHIMS REDWlIHDINGS WITII RIED TIPS. 'fIMING R.ETARDIED 2-,4, DEGREES.

USUALLY FOUND OrNI A,F)( AND/OR EA,RIL,Y Af.X. MAGMA-TRACTION C.ARS.l'IHE, RARETY OF IIIUS ARIM IMAKES IrS OSE AS, A.IPERFORM'AN,CE SW.AIP RATIiII:ER LiIIIMITED. IT DOES PIER'FORM WEIi.L WRIH AF)(, SUIP'IER :III OR n, MA,GNU:S ANII' A, 14 TOOi'f1it FINIAIL IDRiEVE PINIOIN.,

Ga.sser I~egal

SPEEiD'WINO A.RMAI'URE

Imped,amc1e, ra:n;ge fll'onti 6.9·~ 8 .• '0 ohmls

,Green wiireJGr~ylipsQr G.ree'n wire/Green tips. Dralk.e ra,ciilng owns a siubstaniiall nl.ll'mlber ,O'f these. These anns werre inten,ded as '"h,op-up'" afte.nnarket parts for T Jet cars. Most of these werefOu.n.d IIn.derWIII!.D ONE:S chass:is .. Seems to be a decen,t: arm with

Gasser legal

hiigh.ersllee,d than the Gre'v Ann. but less tor,Qu:e t~ana IMean Gree:n

WILD G'NES a,nEl EARLY AFX ARIMATURE IIIiI'pedanc,e ran!ge from 5.0·,8.,0' ohms

Iredwiirelred tip Dra'ke l1'a.(;in,g has a few of these of these in its ,c::o~lec:tion. They have been Ipanned by others" and we have yet to, test them exte:nsively. Some lIave eiteda 'tendemcy to, lfiun hot, not IIsuaUy IlIiIluch of an issue wi:th drag rac,ers" N,otas w~d:e:ly used, cHo: the Mean, 'Green alrmatwre seems to, Ibestoutet Diece. and ImOll'e r,eadUvavailla'bfe

TUfF ON:ES ARMATURE

Im;peda,nee ran,gefirom, 6.0 -7.,5 ohms AvaUa:bleo:n the Aurora Th~Jndel'"j'et ilitlff Ones seriies of c:,ars, the!se' were the fastest arl:natufes pfQd:ueed Iby AWI'Or'3 fol1' the Thulnder,.jet st.yle ehassis. Tuft' Ones were prodlllee·dafter the Wiild 'O'oes and offered in,creasedi p,emrmance. The' Tu,ff Onles aliso int'rod,ucedlllh,e '141. 'Clluister Pinlion. II:f you ha.ve a decent power supply,a:nlythiin:g above a wall w.an, these can, de,finii·tely Q1.ove" Tlllff'Omes arms will oceasiionally bespottedl under avery earlly .AF.Xear as well.. The early Tuff Ones arms Iha.d 'Copper 'co,llomdi wire wiith la,ter models haviinig Green wiillle. Annature tips were red. Aurora aliso' used the 'Co'pper & Red 'COilorcombinatii[Jn on m,ost oftheAF'X magna"traction, ,carsthroughowt tbeirproduction. Rlns. It is t'herefore i:mportantto meas'u'rethe i.m:pedance of these' 'CoOPper/Red arm.s SO' as noOt ·to' eODfiuse them with hi:giler hnpe,danee

I Gasser leg ail

Magna.·traction, arm.

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Sectionltwo: AIRMATURE BREAKDOWN AIN D SPOT'fIING

IFE'ATURES conth"ded

MEAN GIRiEIEN AIRiM A.RMATIIRE Impedance range fypic.any 6,,0 - 7.5 ohms.,

G:reen ,01" ,coppe:r wire wiith 'gll'eem fiips. A nice piece" and nJoC oyerly eXlpensilve 'f j'et re1pllaceme,ntall'm. This isa H,ot R.od arm., and is suiita.blle rot NTRA G.ASSER Class co,mpetit:ion. Desigmed foli' H:iigh RPM ,opeli'allom, this Arm iis o,f thetypiica'lllii.Lamiililate d~esiign" A Green/Green v,ersiolil w·as also. Uised on some of the AFX. ,cars. If used in c:ombiinatio:n with AURORA SUPER nnaag:netsor .J'ohnny Li:grhtnimg magnets this is a high pelifoli'man.e,e piece foli' Mid·!levell comDetition.

DRAGSTER o:r SIPEC,IAL TY.AIRMATURII! Imped1an:ce rangre typ:icaUy 7.0 .. 7.5 ohms 'Copper wire Wiith billie tips.

Not easi!lymistaken for any other .arlmature dm,e, to, the, dis,fiin,otive blue tlips.

T'hese are found in thle AFX Specially ears lik,e Dragstersanc:l FunlnlY 'C,a,s, also known as "4 gear" ca,fS" These cars hlad lo:ng,er olilalssis's that hadal tola:1 OIf 4 ,gears a~nd were fairly heavy, Tlili,s armature is wOllmd with a heavi:er 'gauge wire" sind prodll'c,es exc,elilentto.rq,ue. If uised for Drag racill1g~, the tlighest Gealll'ing po,ssiblle (14 tool:1:1I finall driive p,irnionl) and 'Ialll tires, Class I~egalll'or NiliRAGASSER CILASS,.,

Gasser Illegal

SUPIER. III QUAD,RALAMI ARMA:.1iIURE Impedan.ce range ,4.0 ~ 4.5 ohms 'Co;pper wirealnd Bllack tip!s

T'tds is another very distinctiveappear1ingl arma,tUfe. In addition to the 'blaelk.fips, it: elnpllo,ys four lamination's wlideliil are easily discenled. This [is the Hlemi of armatures and is a true factory pe.rformance piece. lit is ,.afheir scarce and pricey and tllIere'ore n,o,rm.alily Ilega~ alnlly lin ell asses wlilichaUow custom a..-matures, or much like tlille Hemi itself, on'ly agaiinst ot,liiIer Quad Lam cali's. Its do,ulble'" wind design CQup'lled with the 'Quad .. llamiinatiQl1Isallld advance ti'min!9 make iiil:a IHighl RiPM IP:iece, al nearly TO'k rpm.

Not leqal tor NTIRA competsicn at ~his time.

NYRA YECHSHEET' NIlI'M:BER 'TWO' 'CO'MMOIN T~ET MIA.GNET·S

A. II'TEIMS i'I'~6 liN DIESCENIDINIG ORDER O,F MI&ASUIRED STRENGiliH.

ITiEMS 7..gCOINS!IID·EIRE:Dl'O BE EQUAL,

lB. IPOl:VMIER MAGNIE,TS LIEGAL IMI PRO DIVIS~ION OINlY.

e. ALL OTHIER MAGNETS. LEGAL I~N .ALL CILASS·ES ABOVE SU PiERSTOCiK

D. NOT ,S!ITU)WN: MAGNIATiRAC AND XliRAC MAGN&T,S,., ALL, IKiMOWN PROD'UCnQ'NI MAG,NIETS IFO'R.THIS 'CHA;SSIIIS .AlRE: bE.GAL, &XCEPiIi POb1'IMIER.VEIRSIOIMS.

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(I, SlVOCK MT-.lIET') :5S Ii.E:GAJIl..

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L,EGAIL STUlIFF'

Tlilis guidie has, beeln com:pilled aillid pUibliislhedi as, aJliI ,assi'5,t: 'to,

ttlose seekJio,g ilmfQ:rma,tion on Vai'1iOl!l5 :Au flora PirotluctSi ,and

JI;'I.iONE prndUlcts; 6f IlIam&. Foil' liIi'Ia,tter,g pertaillfliing :solei, to NiliRA 'lIbD glll~du call1, bo' ,c!CI!lfIsi'liiolrodl 3111 AUTiI'iI:ORIITI'VE NiTKA rUISOIllII'CC. &-veli'yalttiemp:t tit .,u:;o!;;iUgIi;Y has been, mO!;tie, MIRA ~liIdl

P$y¢lbo$mo't$i ,2i!$Silllll1'!e lifO ~el5pO!!!'5n)tlltyfO!i' !Q~e ,al!idO!lppncat~ol1' of '!lIiI~s ~mt\oll'imJatl'olil. nor 'hn eUOIiS" wlileillilur t;vp1lllglraptl1ll!ca'l 'or Ilt.ral. N'fRA Iilntl p~yetl0<5~0t;5 11ii1~ no ,aHilililtiion wiitii1l file pflotiucis '(:!~i,!~d !i!ereij!!!" "h~ N<!rn;~~ ~r!di I"'Q90~ 'llif AURQRA PLAS'neS, AUTO 'WORILD, ,)H)HNINIY LJI:i!~HTiNIIN~., MiODIEJIL MO'TOR~NG", ,AS WEILL AS NAMES T1JJ~F O:N!ES,WH.D ONES~ TiHIUNDER:JET, AlNID'T :JET be!ongl to entitie5 so!ely 5eiParatel'!!I1d lin!ilejpelflu:ienil: ,of HTRA and ih Boali'll!ll of Dliroctol'.lI. Psychosllots., Tiho, 1iI.lI>9 of :such II1lamUS, alnd IDg~5, is limfllolillllatiiomall ~nly.,

IH'OT&: T'O US,ERS,=

Th~s giU idle is COiFty righted material. I(Cqpyr1ight ·J.B" Michaels 21009) tillowevel1!, members andl other users of tihis material aile granted permiSi$ion to GO" it for Uleiilr ,OWIll !IIIseWlithout cllilargil3i" (i;omm8:r~ial 1IiI$8 of tliliii5 produd It8q,l.Iiq~ wriittun, Q0ll18elnrt of' IIImRA 31ndl J11. B. Mli'(l!liIiael$. 'Othe:r websitles alilldcdubs wisliliingl to use MIl!) D:~SSEMINA1iE this mate,",ht~ for !lise' Iby:t!hei!l' ,",acing bod,ie;s are likewis'fi!;g~venfl'@~ U8@ DermlssJH and we as1k ontiy that the SQ'I'ul::e be cllted aSCQmmo:n, ,courte'sy 10 the a:uilhor ,and to lllTiRA.

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.as, '9 ~eei!i! or copper W,III'!,OI!1'!9 wilth radt!ps" Some models; may Iba S~ElI"! fllEiIili armafurea whic11il Im.ay measure as lliow aJS !fig ohms.

Chassis:,Th!l underside ofllil;!I Tuff 'O:nes c!liIli1ssis. lIiI,as one gasu,lij!" detee1:1l1~b 1!9 fu'ml!llr'!I: 'llil,!l ctl'own gGar Ihas II slil;Q!rri-!lrl9d eo~ liar ~D aeeemmedata ~hll II!3Jrgllll' fimll driiv,e IPiimriomr gear used,

IfI'OIil,t wheels: Aln ~lIIdepelil,d!enil: Voriiid!e tsaekfront end is, used, G;eal[s; ,~5, mention;ed abo'l!''e" UrefinOlI dr~ve IPU ~~e,~ lis 1-1"5 14 tee1ih. IMagnets: M<lg netsare impro_d O'II'llirr prolVioLiIS dIlS~9Ii11IS.

~ jf'e<lF tires are a di5ti'mrctivcve wide ,oyai design.

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