Originally Posted by Herrsavage

Well look, in both cases I bit on special offers thinking I was getting something quality for a good deal. And now I'm looking at spending nearly what I paid for the engine to get them modded. Which is okay.. But I'm not gonna' get €200+ (plus the packaging, shipping, waiting, etc..) in to a couple engines which are each gonna' need €75+ (€50 for the bearings, €25 for the installation..) to have the bearings replaced one or two gallons down the line.. That's fxxxing stupid afaic. I'm alway championing the actual simplicity of nitro and telling flasthlight people that it's really not that complicated.. Which I do believe to be the case if you have the right gear. But there is an awful lot of Novarossi fanboyism about, and a lot of those people have been saying these stock black bearings suck and need to be changed out.. Dude in a German forum just chimed in today saying his P5XLT bearings are all fxxxed up after two gallons... Nobody talks about this shxx in Alpha, OS, Picco, etc threads.. Yet everybody is always talking about how great the P5XLT is.. I guess if you alreay have some stupid $100 Hudy tool and a bunch of blue bearings laying about, and the patience to dick around with replacing the bearings it can be okay?.. And if not?