Boy did I pick the WRONG time to seek nitro

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blackrain said:
Damb May really be time to ditch the nitros going to have to make a decision. Just got a new igniter ran my novarossi Roma today snapped the Conrod damb near had to look all over internet for a replacement. Had to get one directly from novarossi USA.
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I was thinking the same thing until I ran my twin today, nothing compares to nitro bro
 
blackrain said:
I know, looks like novarossi is dead But the last thing I want is a engine I can’t rebuild end up being a giant paper weight. I still have 3 nitro that I love would be hard to let go of
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Oh yeah I feel you, nitro does have its hardships, but once you work through them (which can be frustrating) it’s worth it.
 
blackrain said:
I know, looks like novarossi is dead But the last thing I want is a engine I can’t rebuild end up being a giant paper weight. I still have 3 nitro that I love would be hard to let go of
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Unfortunately this is the norm with all the Taiwan based engines. Why spend $125 on a piston / sleeve kit, and another $30 on crank bearings when you can buy a complete new engine for $190 ? For the typical young RC enthusiast nitro simply offers too many headaches. Brushless is just brainless plug in / charge / go fast. One needs to "learn" nitro and it's a deep learning curve, and you need patients and mechanical knowledge. I wanted to buy a Rossi .28 back in March and they were NOWHERE to be found, and Rossi has NO plans to mfg and ship to the USA in the future. I ended up buying a RCR modded LRP .32 and even this current engine I can't find a Rotostart kit. They did make them but they are now discontinued. Plan "B" is to CNC machine my own Rotostart housing and backplate out of aluminum.


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Polar_Bus said:
Unfortunately this is the norm with all the Taiwan based engines. Why spend $125 on a piston / sleeve kit, and another $30 on crank bearings when you can buy a complete new engine for $190 ? For the typical young RC enthusiast nitro simply offers too many headaches. Brushless is just brainless plug in / charge / go fast. One needs to "learn" nitro and it's a deep learning curve, and you need patients and mechanical knowledge. I wanted to buy a Rossi .28 back in March and they were NOWHERE to be found, and Rossi has NO plans to mfg and ship to the USA in the future. I ended up buying a RCR modded LRP .32 and even this current engine I can't find a Rotostart kit. They did make them but they are now discontinued. Plan "B" is to CNC machine my own Rotostart housing and backplate out of aluminum.


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That’s what I like about the Italian motors there always worth rebuilding plus you get a lot more gallons out of them. Sucks about the rotor start but the one you build will probably last longer than the one they sell you
 
Polar_Bus said:
Unfortunately this is the norm with all the Taiwan based engines. Why spend $125 on a piston / sleeve kit, and another $30 on crank bearings when you can buy a complete new engine for $190 ? For the typical young RC enthusiast nitro simply offers too many headaches. Brushless is just brainless plug in / charge / go fast. One needs to "learn" nitro and it's a deep learning curve, and you need patients and mechanical knowledge. I wanted to buy a Rossi .28 back in March and they were NOWHERE to be found, and Rossi has NO plans to mfg and ship to the USA in the future. I ended up buying a RCR modded LRP .32 and even this current engine I can't find a Rotostart kit. They did make them but they are now discontinued. Plan "B" is to CNC machine my own Rotostart housing and backplate out of aluminum.


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plenty of roto starts out there, there are 2 standard sizes, small and large, get a large and ur set (y)
 
RcJunkie13 said:
plenty of roto starts out there, there are 2 standard sizes, small and large, get a large and ur set (y)
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Nope. I bought a complete large / small rotostart kit off amazon . The "large" unit does not have the same mouting bolt circle as the LRP .32
 
Yea, i'd say you got an issue..... Those shoes do not look like they are sitting correctly against the flywheel nut.
 
Actually edit- the drive is 31 and idler 30.
Basically it has to equal 61.I think I found a solution I can use the savage x gears I think it’s 32/29. They used the light weight gears on the xl so they aren’t the best for big tourqe which is what I was geared for. Def wanna stick to original if I can tho.
 
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