dg301

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can i change my engine in my mg16 to a bigger more powerful engine? if so, what can i put in ?

lcf9

install an os cvr 18 it will blow that dude into a new time zone.

calvino

only prob with that is, it will look TERIBLE, and you will need a new pipe....[], no, that would be AWESOME if you did that, what about like maybe a .095 Trinity engine, like what is in the "next"[8D]

walkingcarpet900

isnt the stock a 15
i dont think the .95 will be that great
why not a os 15 cvx

calvino

um, the stock engine is a 2.5 CC, I was thinking it was smaller like what the NEXT ran, sweet lookin truck[8D][link=http://www.cenracing.com/area51/51_mini_g.html]MG16 Page at CEN Racing[/link]

dg301

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stock wise, is the next better and faster than the mg16?

HpiDrifter420

if your thinking about dropping money on a next id look into a xray NT18MT. great truck heres some pics of mine

dg301

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how fast does it go? i was thinking about one..lol.. tough little truck

HpiDrifter420

depending on your tune and weather you kan get them to 25-30 out of the box.

Mr Terminator

The X-Ray is a tasty looking little truck..

HpiDrifter420

the xray is a great little truck the quality is amazing.

muck76

DG you can throw a different engine in it. It needs to be a slide carb and standard crank with a prop washer. CEN has an .18 with the proper set up and the os .18 will work. You will need a flywheel kit CEN part number MG095 no matter which on you choose.

Now i have been looking into this also for a bit. The OS engine is a taller engine and the head will stick out of the roof of the body. Yes the OS.15 would be better for it. But good luck finding one with a slide carb. If you are good with RCs you can make a pivot to use a rotory carb. I am going to try to make one this weekend for all to see. Then carb would not matter.

Exhaust wise on the .18 you would need to open it up some other wise it may drown out the .18 at idle and or low speeds. It would be a heck of a power house though. I am looking at .12 engines right now. I am told for my RC10gt a good .12 would be better than the .15 stock engine. Considering the MG16 has the same displacement size engine of my GT and is lighter i bet a good .12 would work well also.
the only real thing holding this truck back is the exhaust. I had a NTC3 single chamber pipe on this stock engine and it really woke it up. Digout on this forum did the .18 and the NTC3 pipe on his. The pipe idea i got from him before i went with what i have now.

eddyeddy

I was wondering if the OFNA/HOBAO Hyper 12 would fit

http://cgi.ebay.com/HOBAO-H-1202-Hyp...QQcmdZViewItem

muck76

Eddy, the crank shaft on that one will not be long enough unless you do some fancy modding of flywheel and CBs. It really needs to have a standard crank to fit the best with CENs hop up flywheel.
I know Digout used a SG crank .18 with TT flywheel and i believe Ofna P10 CB. So it has been done but would need extra modding to make happen.

bigairlife

I'd say drop the money on a nt18mt... I have the electric version and its a great little truck. Amazing quality and it handles really well out of the box!

HpiDrifter420

yea the xray is one of the best nitro minis out. heres some pics of mine

baryracing

I just bought an O.S 12TG-X with the rotary carb, should be a direct fit. I've fried the CEN engine, for some reason everytime i got it running good it would overheat, then when i leaned it out even a tiny bit it ran too rich and too slow.

muck76

let us know how you get the rotary carb and rear exhaust set up in the MG16. I had thought about it and tried to get a rotary bell crank to fit and ran out of time. I have a AE .18 pro i could throw in mine but the CEN engine still runs strong.

baryracing

mmm something to think about, im fairly new to this and just realised... I've no idea what I need to set up that rotary carb... any car u know that has one with a similar setup to the mg16?

muck76

not sure what part of similar you are talking about, the rotory carb or slide carb?

I tried to make a rotory carb bell crank for my MG and kept running into interferences issues. Not sure, but will the stock carb fit the OS .12? Sometimes they will.

If i can sell My GT as a roller i will have a .18 for my MG and it is rotory carb. I will be forced then to come up with something...

baryracing

My engine came in the mail today, looks like everything is the same size including the thread on the stock carb I guess thats gonna be the easy way of doing it then, to put the stock carb on the O.S engine, but you should see the difference in diameter of the carb opening! its almost twice the diameter of the stock, the exhaust will be the tricky part I think mods to the body will be in order... I'll keep u posted.

muck76

With a smaller carb opening, you are not going to get the full potential out of that engine.

Keep us posted though. Did the crank shaft come with the prop washer the flywheel presses against?

baryracing

yup it sure did, but won't be a while till I install it coz I still need other bits n pieces such as the exhaust.... will post here when I've done something.

Mr Terminator

I had a Xray NT18MT a while back and it was a great little truck and good quality but no way as pokey as the MG16.I'm a bit of a mini freak and have the Acme NB16T which is not as good quality as the Xray but the little .06 Go engine thats in this is similar to the NT18 and just as powerful cos the Acme is 1/16 and is the same or very near speed wise.The MG16 is the best mini i've owned and I have 2,one for the wife and the one i've just modded that i got not long ago.The mods that Muck did make an already fun little truck a lot better.

To the guy who's fried his engine,my engine runs hot but not to a point of damage,the tuning scale on the smaller engines is very narrow and I would advise tuning in 1/16 increments.When I do the spit test on the cooling head at the end of a run it bubbles away in 2-3 seconds and thats about right as far as that not so accurate test goes but the temp of the the glow plug can be 260F and it never does any harm as its running still with a clear strong blue smoke trail.The top of the piston is still shiny and not brown with heat as they tend to go after running lean and the liner is spotless,it still has awesome compression.What i'm really trying to say is that the rule of 220-250F being safe isn't necessarily always the case,especially in the small,high revving engines...

muck76

i thought about having mine modded to get more rpms out of it. It need to not top out so fast.... all though who'd be able to control it lol