general revo discussion

[DAVEC-NITRO-RS4]

Well, my new 2.5R is in hand and will be in the truck tonight!!!

[Tex]

was it replaced free or did you do an engine exchange?

[DAVEC-NITRO-RS4]

Traxxas Customer Service said "sorry" to any kind of warranty. Shame on me for telling them the truth.

I shopped eBay and found a sealed new-in-box engine for $83 shipped. Had to jump on that. So it's another boring wimpy stock engine for the Revo. At least I don't have to monkey around making it fit in there and connecting it to an exhaust. Stock setup served us well the first time around, maybe we can take a little better care of this one and get more like 5-6 gallons thru it?

The blown engine will make a nice desk ornament for the office.

[FreeRideFrosty]

Make sure you take the piston and con-rod out to make a keychain!

[DAVEC-NITRO-RS4]

Refer to picture with blownout conn rod. No attachment point left on the rod. doh.

[Tex]

5-6 gallons on a 2.5? it's been done, but not that often....it's luck of the draw, some of them are powerful and last a long time, some just plain suck.

[Traxxas_Junkee]

I got 8 out of one of mine, and the one in my maxx has 5 now.

[briyouu]

if you can keep the temp under 260 they last a long time, if your running it maxed out for racing, 2 gallons if your lucky

[DAVEC-NITRO-RS4]

I'd rather have 2-3 gallons of hauling the mail, then 8 gallons of putt-putting around. If you have to run so rich it has no power what's the point? I may have been too lean on average over the life of that engine, but it was worth it!!!

The new engine is mounted and ready for break-in. Later today maybe!

[kevinF]

if you can keep the temp under 260 they last a long time, if your running it maxed out for racing, 2 gallons if your lucky

nah i had my motor set up for racing and it would run about 270-290 and i got 7 gallons out of it

[DAVEC-NITRO-RS4]

Well, broke it in with 30% and it's running 210-215 with the body on and making decent power. A new plug and a little more tune and we shall see how this new engine performs.

[Ponch]

Cool...Seeya at the December Race! lol you wish. :p: You gotta come race soon!

[DAVEC-NITRO-RS4]

Yep, not the Illinois Race, but after that....prolly with the GT, so I can race with Gabe!

[Casketman]

He was there today. Had to run it with the MT's

[DAVEC-NITRO-RS4]

and how did that go?

[kevinF]

He was there today. Had to run it with the MT's

what????? thats crazy, how did it go?

[DAVEC-NITRO-RS4]

Hey, I'm too forgetful to recall this....revo 2.5R engine on 30% fuel....extra shim or not?

Thanks

[FreeRideFrosty]

I didn't run one, but was told that you should. 1/2 the people do, 1/2 the people don't I think....

[kevinF]

just run a shim to be careful

[xxxnt with trx 2.5]

what happens if u dont run a shim

[Traxxas_Junkee]

I never ran an extra and I was fine, 1 gallon of Trinity Platinum and a galoan and a quarter of Byrons, the motor already had about 2 gallons of Trinity 20% on it and as far as I know it is still running.

[xxxnt with trx 2.5]

wat happens if u run no shims

[Czech-it-Out Graphics]

u will get detonation on the head if u take all the shims outta the motor, it will resemble an extremely lean condition, hard to tune, probably have some messed up timing as well

[snakebite46]

Detonation
The piston top and head button will start to pit.

[Traxxas_Junkee]

First of all stop asking the same damn question you just asked a few minutes ago, its getting annoying. It makes the motor easier to tune, run cooler.