AutieBender

Wowwwww I have snapped ears off the case, cracked the case along the bottom, Blown a hole in the side of the case and now you put force on the motor and the thing disinegrated. V specs definetly have a case problem. And there front bearing leak. My EB mods v spec came with ceramic special sealed bearings... still leaked. Motor has constant air leaks, runs hot, flames out.

My new novarossi is PERECT! Douglas why dont you just run plus 4 like your dad? Hasnt he been having WAY less problems than when he ran v spec? Also my sirio ran good.

Jaz240

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your Sirio ran good till you blew it up! When in doubt lean it out, till it grenades!

slumlord

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Don't mean to hi-jack your thread Doug but I have a quick question about my V-Spec as well!

I just had a mild pinch done to the sleeve, I'm doing the break in on it and it seems like when I let off the gas when I'm buzzing around the parking lot it is almost jake braking. It makes this puttering noise like your car would if you had a standard trans and let off the gas while in a low gear.

I have never heard an engine do this before, it seems rather odd. Also forgot to metion it's installed in a Losi 2.0T with a fresh clutch.

Jaz240

iTrader: (52)

What kind of temps are you at..maybe the piston is sticking in the sleeve?

Is the piston skirt hitting something?

these are obviously just guesses...the only other thing that comes to mind is one of the bearings has a bad ball, which is jerking the shaft around

did you take it apart and check it?

slumlord

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Temps are 220ish and it stops if I hit the brakes. It only does it if I give it a fair amount of gas and let it coast. But as I said the instant you brake it stops.

My initial guess is it's the front bearing, but it seems to run rather stable and at good temps and has insane power. So at this point it's hard to tell.

JAMMINKRAZY

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GRP engine tooling kit will solve all of your problems. And get one while you still can. GRP will no longer be making engines so I would assume they won't make the tooling kit either. Really saves a LOT of headaches.

As for your issue, you will need a new case. As jpalessi reccomended the ninja case is the best one. Speed and v-spec cases are basically the same(the carb pinch bolt is different). But if you can find a deal on a good condition v-spec case you should be fine. Just DON'T slap the engine on the exhaust port. To remove the bearings with the oven method, you should only hit the engine on the backplate.

losi_racer

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my dad had zero issues with his vspec. And im breakin the nova in saturday for the buggy cause bill from bce speed chassis chose me to do some testing at the pit with there new chassis. And i need a truggy motor cause when he gets the truggy chassis done im testing that as well

losi_racer

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i didnt slap the exhaust port, it was the back plate area, and you said the speed case was the same except the pinch bolt, whats different

Autie's Dad

My sirio had 6 gallons on it and still had machanical pinch. sometimes I'd have to use the heat gun just to start the thing. But in the main at nitro cross (the o-ring in my hsn was worn out) the highspeed needle screwed itself sll the way in and the motor just blew up. But it did not lean bog.

And after 6 gallons it did not flame out once!!!

losi_racer

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didnt that happen to kenny as well? if the +4 preforms as good as people say ill be stickin with it

JAMMINKRAZY

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The speed pinch bolt is larger for some reason. So if you went to the speed case you would need to get the speed pinch bolt too.

As for hitting it, I really doubt it would just fall off without being dropped/slapped. It is weak metal, but still metal. Unles you had already cracked it earlier, it wouldn't just chip like that without some kind of impact.

losi_racer

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jammin, honestly, i had to put it in the oven for so long i think the case just got brital

JAMMINKRAZY

iTrader: (17)

I see. Well again GRP bearing tool solves that problem. There are others too, that work very well. The GRP one is very nice and works with most sizes(above 13mm). no heating required!

Jaz240

iTrader: (52)

Now you need to explain, how the GRP thingy gets the bearings out without expanding the case? The case is what holds the bearings in place

You have my interest. Please go on

dreaux

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i would imagine it's like a gear puller, with a high torque pulling action similar to that of a come along.

Just a guess.