I wanted to get a thread going for CEFX here on hobbytalk. CEFX is owned and operated by professional driver Josh Cyrul and he has been working on some great oval and road course cars.

He does have a new site in the works, but you can check out the old one at www.cefx.net


If you have questions or comments post them here.

Adam Liehr
Team CEFX

s'up with Top/Cefx merge?

ask him to post some pics of the oval car. I have heard about the car for years, but havent seen any pic or any info on what the car offers, prices ect.. Im sure it works well since josh made it but some info would be great. thanks

Burbs,

I'll get you some pics in the next few days. I got a lot of stuff going on with finals and work, but I'll make sure I get some up here soon.

I think conversion kits start at about $175, but I'll get some firm numbers for you as well.

Adam

See below.

Jake

http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/attachment.php?attachmentid=71365&d=1228956666

Jake

TQ needs to come out with some green wire for this thing!

Have one one of the NimH cars; it is ballistic and turns in when you just start to think about the corner. I ran it in 10.5 since i need all the help I can get in that class. One weekend at Hensley's I spent a day and a half working on putting my primary 13.5 car in the top 3 and then decided to throw a 13.5 in the CEFX and picked up another second with no changes.
Really looking forward to what changes Josh did for the Lipo car.

Adam
Have you ran the lithium car yet. I just assembled mine and will be running it Tomorrow night but it will be in 4 cell 13.5. I've been running the Phoenix 10 oval car for a year now.

Here is the new Lithium 10.

Pretty wild, lots of interesting things going on there...Although the one thing I can't figure out is the purpose of the screwed in braces in the middle of the tray.

looks like maybe an option for a lipo saddle pack, or for single cell lipo. Car looks good! Nice work Josh! :thumbsup:

to locate and hold a nimh saddle pack sideways

Yep, the braces are for nimh packs.

The new lipo car is dialed. I ran it for the first time this past weekend at classic and was right on pace with what I had been running the first time out. I'll post pics of the lipo car later this evening or tomorrow if I get time.

The best way to get ahold of one of these rides is to send Josh an e-mail through the web site. Shoot him and e-mail.

If that doesn't work, let me know. I know Josh has enough stuff to get quite a few kits together. Just trying to find the time.

-Adam Liehr

anyone have a 1/12th for sale?

Here is a pic of the car as it sits on my table. No fancy promo shots yet.


Adam

Here is a pic of the car as it sits on my table. No fancy promo shots yet.


Adam

Hey now theres to much BLUE stuff on that car lol.I should have mine ready to go for sat night.

Keith

Adam's car was real fast and went around the track like glass last Saturday, you could not tell it was the cars first time out.

Chuck

The only blue parts were the hubs.

That'll change.

Keith, you'll love it.
Thanks Chuck.

See you sat.

Adam

The only blue parts were the hubs.

That'll change.

Keith, you'll love it.
Thanks Chuck.

See you sat.

Adam

Ye i know i was just messin with ya i cant wait till we get it all green,What time do ya think your goin to get there sat?Im goin to try to be there at 11:00

Keith

Adam,

Dusty D and I are going to run the Lithiums at Cinci this weekend. Hopefully no ESC problems.

I will be at Classic next weekend.

Good Luck,

Terry

Early as I can. But working on finals and a paper for school. Looks like next weekend I'm gonna have some stuff to burn up the carpet. hehe



Adam

Good luck in Cinci guys!

Adam

I had a great run last night. This was the first night out for my Lithium 10. I ran on a 150' carpet track with a 4 cell 13.5. I picked up a lap over my phoenix 10. Here is my setup in case anyone wants it. Car was stable and turned in great. Someone needs to make us an excel setup sheet.

Tires BSR
Lf pearl Rf Grey
Lr pearl RR white

Springs
LF prog white RF blue
LR 12# RR 12#
Center shock assoc gold

Long wheel base and both front locators as wide as the front end can get.

Charger Body with Pedona wing
Hope this works for others.
Let me know what others are running
Mike

Good job Mike.

I have a very similar setup on my car running 17.5 lipo. It seems like it is a good starting point, but I definitely think that there is a little bit more left in the car that we can get out of it. Going out today to do some more testing. I'll let you know if I find anything.

Soon we are going to start testing for 10.5 lipo.

Adam

Adam how many green cars are we goin to have tonight?Im goin to need all the help i can get with it lol,All i have to do is mount the wing when i get there.

Keith

Oh ye your long haird hippy grandpa is goin to be there but he's not racin.

hey adam: When did you start using cefx cars last i knew you were with ksg what's up? Thanks

Today was my second week on the CEFX car. The Thursday prior to last (4th I think) was the day that I resigned from running KSG cars. The McClellans and KSG are great people and I wish them the best of luck, I wouldn't be where I am today if it wouldn't have been from their support for 5+ years.

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On another note, the car worked really well today. I did a lot of testing with tires and messed with the wheel base a little bit. Overall I was very happy with the consistency and durability (thanks Keith, lol) of the CEFX car. Josh and I still have a lot of ideas that we want to test with the car. With another week on the car, and as long as the track has the bite it did today, I should have a good med/high bite starting setup.

So far I have liked:
Protoform THD
3 Pink or 2x pink and 1 Purple BSR Tires
Long/wide wheel base.
Red and Green front springs
Gold/Blue w/ 35 side oil
Silva Silver w/ 55 center

This has been pretty good setup so far for a low/med bite somewhat bumpy track.

Any questions feel free to ask.

Adam Liehr
www.cefx.net

This was my first night of runing this car and i am very happy with it i started off right where i was with my other car,Thanks Josh for such a great car and thanks Adam for helpin with the car setup even though we forgot a few little shims in the set up but they will be there next sat.

Keith

Adam, have you gotten any prices on the kits? and what's on them (or what green parts come with them)?

I'll have that information available tomorrow. Josh is in Canada and I don't want to give false information without talking to him. I believe the conversion kit is $175 with everything other than front end, servo mounts and rear axle assembly. However I believe he has these parts available for full kits.

Please be patient as we get everything going, great things are coming!

Adam Liehr
www.cefx.net

in Canada eh? wonder where? it's a hop skip and a jump for me without having to cross a border LOL

Yea Canada, they had part of their Grandslam On Road series at Fascats.

Okay, just checked with Josh on the pricing. Everything other than the front end, shocks, rear axle, servo mounts, and hubs are available for the car for $175! So here is what you do get:

Chassis
Graphite and foam bumper
front end locaters
center shock mount
Cross brace
Nerf Wing
T plate
Top and bottom plates (He has 0*, 1/4*, and 1/2* rear steer plates available)
Green motor plates
Screws

$175 is pretty right on with the other conversion kits available right now, plus you get some of the aluminum.

FYI when I made my post with previous chassis setups I forgot to add that I was running 1/4* rear steer.

Any other questions feel free to ask. I am very glad to see a lot of interest in CEFX cars, my pm and e-mail boxes have been flooded. :thumbsup:

-Adam Liehr

Intresting looking car does this new one still use his short t plates?

Jake

JDW,

The new car still uses the short CEFX t-plate, but Josh made a slight design/material change to make them more durable.

Terry Zinser

Yep, I had heard he got rid of the inner two holes and just stuck with the outer two. That'd be nice since the only way I found to keep the old ones together for any amount of time was to use all four screw holes...but then again it was me behind the wheel.

Hey Everyone,

Thanks to Adam and everyone for the updates and info on here. It's also nice to see the interest in the car. At the moment, I am working on the design for the enduro car for the Thunder 600. Hopefully, I'll have my 17.5, Mod and Enduro cars built in the next few days and I'll be out to do some oval testing. I have my on-road program pretty well together going into the Birds so this year I am actually spending some time preparing for the oval side.

I'll also work on some proper set-up sheets for everyone to use to share set-ups.

Thanks!!

Josh

And the bossman checks in.

hahaha


Adam

Hey Everyone,

Thanks to Adam and everyone for the updates and info on here. It's also nice to see the interest in the car. At the moment, I am working on the design for the enduro car for the Thunder 600. Hopefully, I'll have my 17.5, Mod and Enduro cars built in the next few days and I'll be out to do some oval testing. I have my on-road program pretty well together going into the Birds so this year I am actually spending some time preparing for the oval side.

I'll also work on some proper set-up sheets for everyone to use to share set-ups.

Thanks!!

Josh

Slacker!:rolleyes::wave:

EA

Slacker!:rolleyes::wave:

EA


Josh coming from EA that is a compliment

Ran mostly the same setup this weekend (ran gold sides) and the new Thunder Power batteries. Picked up 3 seconds on what I ran previously

This car is gooood.

Adam

hey all; Thanks for the info on the new cefx oval cars. Are there any pics of the new 10th and 12th cef oval cars avalible to be posted yet? Also did i hear that cefx may merge with top racing or is this just a unsubstanciated rumor. Thanks for the info and all the best to everyone in the new year. :woohoo: :thumbsup:

this car looks pretty cool. are they available yet?

Conversion kits are available, e-mail Josh through www.cefx.net

I have a camera phone pic posted previously.

-Adam

B-man777 - It's not really a merger but TOP Racing will be introducing their own cars later in 2009 (hopefully mid-late summer). All the TOP cars are designed by myself and will be 100% our own kits (no more OEM from other mfg's). This will greatly increase the amount of support and ease as far as ordering kits and products without the delays that have been with CEFX. Additionally, there's no limits - A lot of the time, I've had to try and restrict designs or ideas simply because we don't have the money to create molds or do a lot of the trick things that I've always wanted do do. With TOP, they are investing in the molds and anything I want to design to be sure we have the best product out there. CEFX will still be around but as a "design house" and maybe in other ways in the future.

We will support our CEFX products for at least 1-2 years after TOP makes a kit - So say that TOP makes a 1/10 oval car in August of 2009. We will discontinue the Lithium kit at that time but still offer parts support for at least 1-2 years (depending on interest and people running it). We are still pushing hard with our CEFX kits (1/12 and 1/10) as we really want to improve and learn as much as possible with out product, especially so a lot of it can be applied to the coming projects with TOP.

For those that don't know yet, Adam did an awesome job yesterday and broke the track record @ Akron with a 61 4:02 run!! This weekend, I'll be joining him at Akron to do some testing and running for the Birds. Hopefully, I'll have all the cars (10.5, 17.5 and the Enduro Car) ready to run!!

We do have conversion kits as well as other spare parts available now. Also, if people are interested in running the enduro's at the Birds, I could cut some extras of these cars for anyone interested in racing in the Outlaw 600.

Here are some images of the Lithium. Also, we do have a chassis with battery slots for those that are still running sub-c's....

I have a 4 cell Cefx 10 scale listed for sale in the Oval section if anyone is interested.

seen a few run at classic this weekend very nice car and they run even better than they look! Great run Adam Liehr on smashin the track record

does the novak brushless motors fit in this pod without taking anything off like tire or top plate off? thanks im just curious

Pork - I'm not 100%. I'll know better after I build my cars today/tommorow.

Frank - Sorry I missed you at the Halloween Classic. We didn't finish up until midnight and my phone never worked in the basement there. If you are out running, I'll see you at Akron in a few days!!