what engines are you guys running in the lst2 for racing?

i run the stock 427. It is plenty fast enough for racing and it is reliable.

i am running the stock 427 in my truggy and have to say that it is a great and often overlooked engine.easy to find parts for ,easy tuning,great low-end revs pretty good,dececnt mileage.responds pretty good to pipe changes. i have ran many other engines,from v-specs,hyper,sts,piccos,drakes,novarossi,go,etc.the 427 is great,and can hold its own with any of those.the drake 28 had the most bottom end of the bunch,same as the other picco based 28s(jammin,ofna).

i also ran the 427 for a season and half, then the rod broke. what pipe are you guys running with the 427?

I recently made a thread like this. What i got from my thread was that the 427 was a good solid motor but it was just ok. If you wanted to take the next step in performence go with the lrp. That motor has a Ton of power and its only another 25 bucks.

that is what i meant by responding well to pipe changes...the motor seems to show the pipe characteristics pretty well.the stock 8ight (-t)readu to run pipe had the best mileage ,but flattest(or maybe smooth?)power.jp-3 had better bottom,bling,pretty good mileage.the dynamite 086 smoothed out the bottom(softer),but did help the end a bit.it has been a while,but the jp-1 had really good bottom,the jp-2 had better top end than the jp-1,and better mileage if i remember correctly.
i know this kind of reads like an ad,but that is the cool part.the engine responds very predictably to pipe changes.for run time go for the rtr (8ight)pipe.

I run the Team losi Hard anodized pipe.

Which LRP, and pipe are you using and does the motor come with the roto start. Also, what was your run/race times per tank.

Dan

You can run the stock lst2 pipe with either lrp motor. It is a good all round pipe.
The pullstart lrp spec3 can take the losi spin start pretty easy.

Here is the holy grail for the lst2

http://lstforums.com/forums/index.php

All the info you could ask for.

I don't recall what run times were but with that big lst2 tank you have plenty of mileage.

427 when i raced 1 for my boss in '06. HT pipe. beautiful. 13min/tank on a big track w/stock tires even. 14.5min w/race tires (so darn close to that magic 15min. oh well, they made pitstops mandatory anyway...so why not come in get a lil fuel and a wipedown for the photo).

R

The Mach 427 is a great engine. I use the RD Logics dual stinger on it. It's a little too loud...but it really opens up the engine.

The Picco P3 is also a nice engine for the price. A 086 pipe really opens it up. I find that Picco is too much power for me when I plan to race on our track.

LRP Z.28R I'm still breakin mine in and tryin to keep the gooo off my aluminum. LOL

i sold my LRP and went back to the M427.

ported 427, LRP spec 3 ,or a RB 728. all depends on the track and more importantly....what mood I'm in. They all have mounted clutches and bells and motor mounts so its a 10 minute change out including gear alignment.

The STS .30 v2, has performed in mine, completely stock.