Which budget engine?

[nobrob]

I'm looking for a budget engine and found these choices.

Picco @ £80
HoBao @ £100
Novarossi @ £135
RB @ £155

All .21 buggy 3 port with standard glow plug.

I currently have the HoBao, and I don't want to take a step backward, if the Picco is less good then throw that out of the equation.

However, I value durability (spending less money) over performance, so please take into account I can buy two Piccos for the price of the RB.

Which would you recommend?

Thanks

[savageracer1]

i would look at the new range of GO engines mate: http://www.radio-racers.co.uk/cgi-bi...21R5PT#a21R5PT

ive just run one in my truggy and they are a stonking engine for the price, you also get a pipe and a CON ROD!!, this will last you a while


Jake

[ainsbury8]

i use the picco p3 its a stonking little engine.you cant go wrong for the money, very fast easy to tune, not as tight to break in as the go engines. forget the hyper if i was you. as in my experience they run hot.

[JonyNitro]

If its budget,are you racing?starting out! novarossi, or the p3 basic

[ryanlownie]

Novarossi.

The new 21R 2010 is an excellent engine. I've been speaking to a lot of customers and this engine is rated very highly. Your getting very similar performance to the higher end Novarossi's (Plus 4 for example).

For the money you really cannot go wrong with it. It'll be easy to break in, tune and the reliability is like nothing else I found. Also, a few people from our track get 12+ minutes runtime out of it with ease.

[Chrislong]

Ive been running the NN21R and its bloody good. Its fast beyond what it ought to be for its price! I have had no issue with tuning, the factory settings are good for running in and then lean out very little and it screams.

At Stoke on Sunday, I was doing a 3 minute warm up straight into 5 minute race without stopping, finishing in 5min 37 seconds. So thats almost 9 minutes, and I have 1/3rd of a tank left.... so thats easy 12 minutes+. I run it on Byron 30%.

[dave g]

the cheap novas are great..until you come to need a new rod and rear bearing..eek!

the new G0 engines have been great,very quick and reliable and cheap on parts for rebuilds too.

[Chrislong]

Yep I hear they use some expensive components. What would be the lifespan of those parts? For the price of the engine, when it expires it would make more sense to just buy another, keep the tired one for components.

[steelie600]

Dave that avatar scares me!!!!

What about the new alphas they seem to get good results. but personally after running budget engines and some very very high end engines, i would advise the reedy all day long. Look on ebay you can get them for about £200 new

[druid]

I would suggest the Novarossi motor. They are great quality engines at a good price.

They have a very linear power delivery and excellent fuel consumption.

If not the rossi then get a Picco.

[nobrob]

Thank you all for your input!

Although I'm keen to go for Picco because of its low price and its three votes, I can't help but think that Novarossi is the brand of choice, with five votes. So I'm still in two minds about this

I notice a lot of posts are about the engine's ease of tuning and performance, which is an advantage but this isn't my first car and I'm not interested in winning any races.

In my experience the sleeve, piston and conrod are the most fragile parts, so I guess I'm looking for the engine with the strongest set of these. How long has your Picco/Novarossi lasted for you?

[chickentikka25]

I'm fully expecting to get flamed by the racing crowd here, but I've run Hobao's Mac .28 engine in my Hyper7 basher for a while now. It's fast (Mine's been clocked at c.45MPH on standard gearing), pretty hardy, piece of cake to break in and tune, and I'm getting half decent runtimes on my standard tank.

I even left it standing for 18 months, a quick clear out of the after run oil and it started within 3 pulls. Sweet.

[nobrob]

Thanks to everyone for helping me choose this engine

[Chrislong]

Looks like a very fast sledge..... not sure if your aware, but your missing a few essential components

[nobrob]

Originally Posted by Chrislong

Looks like a very fast sledge..... not sure if your aware, but your missing a few essential components

Whoops!

The sledge works great for the break-in period

[BRS]

Originally Posted by nobrob

Whoops!

The sledge works great for the break-in period

At the very least you need the motor to be pushing the transmission and a set of wheels around. I would highly reccommend not trying to run that in with only a flywheel and clutch attached.

If it runs out of fuel it might reach 80,000rpm (briefly) before you catch it

Oh and put a filter on it too before you start it, never run without, ever

[nobrob]

Originally Posted by BRS

At the very least you need the motor to be pushing the transmission and a set of wheels around. I would highly reccommend not trying to run that in with only a flywheel and clutch attached.

If it runs out of fuel it might reach 80,000rpm (briefly) before you catch it

I'm doing heat cycles, so always have a very close eye on it with a temp gun.

I thought it best I take the clutch shoes off... in case they pinged off!

I never let it run out of fuel as I don't want it running lean, but I struggled with this concept while packing up for the day, as I always burn the remaining fuel out...

Oh and put a filter on it too before you start it, never run without, ever

Agreed!