Originally Posted by
Greg B
Have a good deal of people interested in the Maxy engines. Since many of the people visit this thread and it really ties in well with Intech, would you care to write up a little info on them Gene ?
The Maxy Cinco BT by Novarossi is a great engine. It is basically a P5 with the new style Bonito head and CNC domed piston, but made to Maxy's specs. It will outlast most engines because of the CNC piston. It is super smooth, yet has tons of bottom and top end power. The 2096/41001 pipe/manifold works best but the 9901/41029 gives the best fuel mileage. Matt Sistrunk was getting 13:35 at the PNB in buggy with an RE-12 pipe (Losi's 9901) and TQ'd and won the Open buggy class.
In truggy, I am getting 12+ min on a tank and I got 12:45 at the PNB with the 2096 pipe and stock 6.5 reducer. I am getting 9:30-11:00 in buggy with the tuned version, but the stock gets even better fuel mileage.
The stock engine is 100% made by Novarossi. The tuned is modified by Maxy. The pre-broke in is broken in at the Novarossi Factroy. Maxy installs the ceramic bearings on the tuned version.
Before I had always run OS V-spec or the new XZ-B. This engine is better then both of them. It is easy to tune, more then enough bottom end for truggy, yet smooth enough for buggy.