Is this engine any good?
#1
Is this engine any good?
Well It looks like I am getting into 1/8th scale gas. I wasn't expecting to any time soon but I couldn't pass up this deal. Buddy at my track sold me a MRX-3 with a Novamega SX 21 Evo 4 and a bunch of parts for 200 bucks! My question is : Is this engine any good? I know its an older engine but it has a new rod and fresh pinch. What I mean to say is, was the engine when it was new any good...?
Last edited by BIGTACO; 01-27-2007 at 06:55 PM.
#2
Tech Apprentice
1/8 On-Road
The Evo 4 is plenty fast. Nice purchase, the MRX-3 is a great car.
#3
Tech Adept
nice ride.... you and me were in the same situation i guess?... i couldnt pass up a 1/8 mrx4 with servos and evo 5 engine for 500 sgd when the chassis itself costs 900sgd here in singapore. maybe you could change the air filter to the on road one? less restrictive = a small bit of power.... heh...
#4
Thanks lance04. Yea I like it and am REALLY excited. I am going to change out the air filter before I hit the track...
#5
the car come with a buggy filter?? also, i have a MRX-3 too but the spare parts are no longer available here.
#6
Man, $200 for all of that is a good deal. As far as the air filter is concerned, you should check out the Mugen "Airbooster" Air Filter (part #B0010). Good luck in 1/8th scale.
Loren
Loren
#8
Tech Adept
hey gasshuffer, are you talking the silver can thats tapping the pressure line? thats a pressure chamber for regulating the pressure pulses =)
#9
Right, that's a Mugen pressure chamber. Leave it on, but you could shorten the line. Whole Idea is to dampen pulses without the need for longer pressure line.
#11
Well I installed the radio equipment today and fired up the engine for a bit of parking lot testing. WOW...engine runs great. Idles forever and winds up fast. This thing is ballistic. When the guy at the hobby shop said "You know the 1/8th is going to ruin 1/10 touring for you" I now see what he meant lol. Cant wait to get to the track next weekend!!
#13
sounds like that