Originally Posted by stefan
Tell your friend to kick those Picco .12 conrods as far as he can, the are the old notorious trouble makers.
The new T3 rods (Mega or JLR) also work in those engines and the hold up.
Oh, and if that's really JB-Weld in the crank, take it out, or it will come out at a bad time. Epoxy and alcohol don't go along well
Yeap, it's amazing how advanced engine performance has become. When I started nitro racing in 1999, a Mugen MT12 was a screamer.
I still had a new one laying around and just broke it in for my son to start nitro as well, and all I could think was: WHAT A DOOOG!!!
thats funny stuff....every year I race my HPI super at the challenge(with a 1999 edition HPi NOVA motor)...it was screaming fast in 2000....(and is raced ONLY at the HPI races...)...this year,it was mid pack......and looked slow as molasses....My Rb 3 port standard in my R40 SMOKES the super....motors are incredible i the last 5 years,,,