MugenDrew

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Whoa, I was not asking you for a bag of excuses. I was suggesting that if you had more engine it would have helped. If the Picco does not work out I would suggest trying an I.D.M.
Now that ya mentioned the time sheets, I'm curious to see how many laps I had on ya ping pong.

GMartinez

iTrader: (91)

Tested out the IDM in March very good motor for the price not much difference between the Edo just a slight difference tear drop on the IDM but with the Edo"s now coming with ceramics when I test out should have more info

walo

What motor did you use?

JIM1

Is the conrod for the Torque EDO .21 the same as the p7r EVO4 EDO ?

Thanks

JIM1

Anyone mounted this engine in a 966? Flywheel seems to sit very close to the crank bearing. Using the shortest flywheel cone otherwise I cannot get pinions on without it binding. Anyone done this?

GMartinez

iTrader: (91)

you can try the kyosho collet that comes with a spacer to help solve the issue

X4

iTrader: (3)

Hey guys, i jus got myself a Picco Torque .21 Edo Modified. Hope it doesn't disappoint...

Quick question, when would it be advisable to change the conrod? I'm planning to break in by idling 1 tank, and maybe run in on the track for about 8 tanks (intervals of cos) and after that, maybe push it through a race weekend before changing the rod.

What do you guys think?

PS. I forgot to mention i run a high speed track with a long straight that is about 80m.

stefan

Also, in the 966 you have to check very closely if the engine is not touching the one piece engine mount (other than the mounting points of course)

We have seen a few engines going south because of this.
After they made room with a dremel, all was good.

stefan

You'll find, that the new Picco engines don't need that much breaking in.
I would skip the tank idling and start running the engine with the factory settings for two tanks. Let it cool down to ambient temp between the tanks.
From the third tank on, you can start leaning it for another two tanks.

After 4 tanks you can go for race tune.
Don't worry, if the engine looses all the pinch soon, according to Edo, it's gotta be like that.

We got 3 Torque that all feel like they are through, but they all run awesome.

X4

iTrader: (3)

Hi Stefan, sounds great. I'll give that a go...

How about the conrods? there are 2 back to back races where i'm from in asia in Sept & Oct and i would like to keep my engines race ready. Do you think i have to worry about the conrods?

At how many gallons did you guys change ur conrods?

stefan

Since break in is now pretty easy on the rods, we usually run them for 2 - 3 litres after break in and then change them.

After that, if nothing like overheating happens, we run the rods for 8 litres (2 Gallons)

JIM1

Doh! I had a foreign cone slip into my supply. I have now fitted it with the correct one and all is good.

Does anyone know if the rod is the same as fitted in previous engines or any other Picco variants, IDM, Xceed etc?

X4

iTrader: (3)

Thanks again stefan.

MugenDrew

iTrader: (36)

I.D.M. .21RCW and the 2033 pipe kit.

walo

Okay. What size header did you use with the 2033? Are the IDM Picco/Mega based?