Cant drive

You could just remove that shim all together and be just fine. Going from .7 to .5 will make a huge difference in performance

Expose193

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So by simply removing the shim it would make a big diffrencr?

Cant drive

Oh yeah. Novas are over shimmed from the factory, just remove the .2mm headshim and the performance increase will be dramatic. If you are worried about detonation, switch to a c7tgc but the 6 will work just fine as well. Obviously only remove the shim after the engine has a couple gallons on it.

Expose193

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Cool man thanks for the info, so pretty much this engine will get the same run time and life as a p5?

joey91473

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If you treat it well it will last awhile. I never got 10 minutes on a p5 but darn close. They are great little mills. I even ran it in a truggy and it worked pretty good.

Konstantinos

Hi guys!
I just breaking in my elite 5!
Can i ask something?
As i damaged my gx5R crankshaft, would it be appropriate to combine it with my EFRA 2072 tuned pipe from the GX5R??
any possible issues?

Rampokker

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Having gone from a GX5R to a Top Elite 8, I ran the 2072 pipe for a while and never had any hassles with it. I've now switched to a different pipe, but that's just because I'm always trying something new.

Konstantinos

great!!!thanks
( concerning the GX5R and the Elite 5, do you believe that the nova will be faster that the GX5R?)

Rampokker

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I went with the elite 8, which definitely has more top end than gx5 had. They're pretty close on bottom end torque though. For me the gx5 had a slight edge on bottom end over the elite 8. I'm not sure what the difference would be between the elite 5 and elite 8.

mercfocus

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One of my first real engines was a Beat 5 (P5 with a Mugen labeled head) I got a few years ago then about 2 years ago, I got the Elite 5 you're asking about and I noticed right away the Elite 5 is stronger and faster.

I thought maybe it was because I got so much better with engine break-ins since then (maybe that's part of it) but reading some of the other comments, I see it's just a really good deal.

BTW, that same Beat 5 has 8 gallons through it now and still kicks butt. BUT, the Elite 5 can beat it.

maximax

Hi everybody , Just want to know a few thing !
I have 2 of these engines and love them , they are realy good engines for the price !
But here , on the forum , many guys tell to take out a shim or reduce of 0.1 , but is it not bad for the glows ??? Not bad for the conrod ??
And what about fuel consumption does she increase ???
Wich fuel do you use 33%,30%,25% ???
Here in France , i have heard that some guys will put another shim to reduce consumption ...

Thanks for your answers .

am

I agree with you. Putting one shim in will make your engine slightly down on torque, and you have less wheelspin. This results in better fueconsuption. This is also my experience.
Glowplugs is ok and conrod also, if you would like to remove one shim.

I use Byrons or Racing experience fuel. I would advise you to use the Labemax 25% fuel. It is super good!! Your engine will be very very smooth and you will have even better consumption. Byrons is an ok fuel, but your engine will not be very smooth with Byrons.

I advice you to use the 41005 and 2096 pipe. If your engine is modified, get the 2041 pipe from Donuts racing ;-)

maximax

Hi , thanks for this review , i run with Labemax fuel too ! And a 2041 from mielke (the original version of the donut's version )
Thanks for that !

Hotspur

just wondering how the donuts racing pipe compares to 2096? I have a modified elite 5 from the nitro shop. I use 41021/2096.

DXPinoyRC

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What other pipes+manifolds and runtime are u guys getting on your local tracks? And how many gallons are u guys seeing these engines last? Thanks