Originally Posted by
Gizmatron
Well racing went fabulous today.....until in the semi final I first cracked the weld at the front of the stinger on my new 2072 pipe and almost ripped it right off..Bugger..repairable though but 3 laps later the 7 port died and after a few attempts to restart I slammed the 3 port in and finished the race in 8th..BOO!..Post race inspection of the 7 port revealed a crack in the underside of the crankcase..Oh shit..strip down this evening shows it pushed the rear bearing through the case..ruined the case,crankpin,probably the rod etc and definitely the piston and sleeve (but they were on their last legs anyway)SO! big question is do I rebuild it with the new MM5 p/r/s I have which means new crankcase gen5.5 crank and might as well get MM to fit ceramics as well cause I bet the bearings are shot as the crank was presumably spinning at an angle for a while b4 it died!probably at least aus$160 or do I flog the unused p/r/s kit to someone on here and buy a new MG66..
.MM5 7 port p/r/s unused and ready to run in anyone
Hey Giz, that sucks big time bro. But as they say, every cloud has a silver lining. Now you get to run an MG66 (it's a no brainer - that is your only course of action
). Gee, I love spending other peoples money
Mate, from what I have seen of the prototype Gen 6 6 port which Retro RC tried here, plus the fact that the production MG66 is more advanced than that motor, and knowing what workmanship and high standards Mark at Massive Mods sets, I would not hesitate to go for the MG66 as a replacement.
It is going to be one hell of a motor. It's not only extremely powerful, but is designed to be very drivable as well.
Glad to hear the 2072 is repairable. Man, you did have a bad day at the track
