I am looking to buy 2 P5 motors. One for buggy and one for truggy. Can someone suggest pipe combos. Currently ran werks and have the following pipes 2013 & 2058. Quickly looked threw this thread and not to many running werks pipes on the P5. Suggestions welcome!

Thats how long my rear bearing lasted before needing replacing. Stock front bearing was changed at ~2 gallons.

Rod was changed 1 1/2 gallons ago along with a new piston. Rod was changed because I had a runaway and the rod broke and piston chipped, sleeve was fine.

I plan on changing my front bearing again in 2-3 gallons or when it gets loose and rear bearing when it gets loose.

Thats a lot of bearing changes.

what is the best way to clean out an engine?

No its not, only changed the once.

Take apart, spray with nitro spray all the parts, re assemble with some kind of oil (I use after run oil to assemble) so engine doesnt start dry.

Where did you manage to get a piston only. I have 2 very lonely sleeves in need of pistons.

Neal had a btt team piston and I bought it from him. Don't know if he has more, I think he just had one.

your plan to change it again in ~2 gallons is.

Read my post again. Front bearing was changed at 2 gallons because stock P5 bearings are known to fail prematurely.

I plan on changing the front when it gets loose, maybe it will go 4 or 5 gallons before getting loose, but I like my engine to be in top condition.

I run in dusty conditions as well.

Take the engine part including carb meaning needles and boot. Then i use denatured alcohol then compressed air . hit with alcohol the corrosion X or any good ARO. I also clean the button and reside off the top of the piston. I use a very light compound for this some use toothpaste. When I assemble the needles I use losi oring grease on all the orings its green tube or green slim from AE.

Both of the werks pipes you have should work, The 2058 I don't know much about, but seems that many like that pipe on a lot of different mills.

The 2013 I do know a little more about. Usually used in Truggies (though some do like it in a buggy). Tons of power, but runtimes are a bit lower. Very unique sounding pipe for sure.

So both of those should get you by for a while.

The usual reccomended Nova pipes for buggy and truggy:

9901 for Buggy
2096 for Truggy

Either the 021 header or 029 header (mostly used in for the Mugen's or where space is tight).

The 9853 in a truggy makes a lot of power, but doesn't always get the best milage (like the 2013).

A P5 in a buggy is a bit over kill on the bottom end, but with some clutch setup changes and the right pipe/header, will work. I know a few who prefer that mill in a buggy.

I'm sure there are other pipes/headers that can be used/reccomended that will work better or have the "feel" you want, but the 9901 and 2096 with the 021/029 header should get you started in the right direction for Buggy and Truggy.

I run the 2013 in Truggy ... great low end power with run times about 10 minutes. Keep in mind my P5 has just over a gallon on it so I suspect run times will increase as the P5 gets completely broken in.

Thanks! great info

The 2058 is fine for buggy, 2013 for truggy.